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Libya: Col. Gadaffi Right On Leadership, Says Mugyenyi
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The Monitor (Kampala)
24 March 2008
Posted to the web 24 March 2008
Risdel Kasasira
Kampala
COLONEL John Mugyenyi has supported Libyan leader Col. Gadaffi's suggestions that revolutionaries should be allowed to lead until they fulfil their missions.
"Col. Gaddafi can talk about revolutionaries because it is a subject he understands well. He is right to say that revolutionaries should be given a chance to lead until they fulfil their missions so long as it is in line with development and streamlining systems," he said.
"People should not get excited about changing a leader. Leaders cannot be changed like shirts. You find people shouting change. Change to what? Not everybody can prove to be an able driver for the country," Col. Mugyenyi, a former commander of the ant-terrorism taskforce said on Thursday.
He cited African countries, like Nigeria, Burundi, Benin, Comoro, Ghana, Central African Republic and Burkina Faso, which have changed leaders more than Uganda has done but some of them are not even better off.
Col. Gadaffi, while speaking at the closing of the Afro-Arab Youth Festival at Speke Resort Munyonyo on March 17 said leaders like President Museveni should not be changed because they are revolutionaries.
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Col. Mugyenyi however, disagreed with the Libyan leader's remarks that the Bible is a forgery. While presiding over the celebrations of the anniversary of the birth of Prophet Muhammad at Nakivubo War Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, Col. Gadaffi said any Bible that does not mention Prophet Muhammad was written by mankind and therefore is a fraud.
Col. Mugyenyi, who last year met with world evangelist Pastor Benny Hinn, said "with due respect to Col. Gadaffi, I was disappointed".
"I do not agree with his remarks. His remarks could lead to more animosity between Muslims and believers of other religions," he said.
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