The President of the Republic of Uganda, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has appreciated the support the World Bank has rendered to Uganda over the years but insisted the World Bank and other external actors cannot interrupt Uganda’s transformation journey.
President Museveni posted on his Twitter handle and attached a 27-page document in which he explained how the aid gotten from donors has not been fully put to proper use.
“It is the internal weaknesses that delay our forward march and that must and will be crushed,” Museveni said.
“The internal weaknesses are two, the neo-colonial and the corrupt parasites in the same groups that delay the operations of the private sector or demand bribes from them,” Museveni added.
“We salute the World Bank and some other actors for supporting the social infrastructure (health and education), despite the triviality. However, there is a fundamental disequilibrium here. If you support the social sectors, but you do not support the railway, the electricity, and the cost of borrowing, how will money-making enterprises grow?” Museveni asked.
In the President’s letter, he noted that, using a realistic approach, Uganda has been cooperating with the neo-colonial actors within our Public Service while, at the same time, using the growing capacity of Uganda’s economy to promote our patriotic agenda, and Uganda has succeeded in many sectors.
Last week, the World Bank suspended funding of current and future projects in Uganda after the Anti-Homosexuality Bill was enacted, which penalises acts of homosexuality.
