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...Karamajong tribe, whose members usually go around naked, two weeks ago dressed up to greet President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who had come to town on a campaign swing. Young women in red-checked wrap skirts with layered necklaces of bright beads sang him a welcome song as they jumped straight up in the air. Male dancers wore animal skins and crowned their heads with gracefully curved, white ostrich feathers. All greeted Museveni with a two-word English slogan, in fact, the only words in English they know, "No change! No change...
...countryside, love overflows for Museveni, the guerrilla leader who shot his way into power in 1986 to give Uganda 15 years of rare stability and relative prosperity. But a love turned sour is facing him among the ranks of his opponents. His main challenger is Kizza Besigye, Museveni's ex-physician and former comrade-in-arms. He has nothing of Museveni's charisma. But he does happen to have a very interesting woman at his side-his wife of 2 1/2 years, Winnie. She has charisma to spare. Once even Museveni thought so. The pertinent and prurient detail here...
...wife of the leading opposition candidate, Winnie Byanyima has nothing but derision for her ex-lover. "Museveni has copied all our ideas because he has none of his own," she proclaims. "Let's send Museveni back to his cattle farm for a long rest!" There is a lot of mud to sling at Museveni, even without mentioning sex (everyone knows about the Winnie affair, but no one would dare make it a political issue). Uganda's level of corruption is one of the highest on a continent not known for aboveboard dealings. Museveni's expensive military adventurism in neighboring Congo...
...change! No change!" As soon as they see him, the hot, sweaty crowd starts shouting, pushing to get close, trying to touch him. A sea of hands waving thumbs-up draws President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni out through the sun roof of his white Land Rover to return the victory signal. Dressed in suit and tie and wearing his trademark wide-brimmed green safari hat, he grins at the warm reception. Even in multitribal Uganda, this is not your everyday political rally. The Karamajong are colorful, usually naked cattle rustlers straight out of the pages of National Geographic magazine. Full Story...
...sexual orientation, most countries treat homosexuality as illegal and punish its practice with lengthy prison sentences. African leaders actively oppose gay rights and seem personally repulsed that some of their citizens may be gay. Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi has called homosexuality a scourge, while Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni last year ordered the arrest of a gay couple for "abominable acts." Perhaps the best known gay-hater is Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who has in the past described gays as "beasts," "perverts" and "lower than dogs and pigs...