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05/28/2005:

"'It must stop completely'"

Entebbe - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has ordered his government to reduce its dependence on foreign aid and lashed out at "paternalist" donors who he said want to impose their values on his country.

In a speech to international investors in this town on the shores of Lake Victoria late on Wednesday, Museveni demanded rich nations stop conditioning their assistance on democratic reforms and warned Uganda would forsake such aid if they continued.

"The so-called donor countries must get out of the habit of dictating the management of our countries because this has and will lead to failures," he said.

"I do not accept someone telling me how to run Uganda because I know Uganda better," said Museveni, who has come under mounting criticism for the slow pace of reforms and his intention to amend the constitution to seek a third term.

"This paternalism of running other countries must stop. It is not acceptable and it must stop completely,"
Full: news24.com