The northern half of the country has lost 90% of its former economic base as the result of the government's war against the people in this region.  Modern transportation is virtually none existent.  The Ugandan Railway Corp. is running at 10% capacity.  Passenger service has been suspended completely.  Schools are being closed as no one can afford to pay for them.

Perhaps the collapse in banking tells the real story of Museveni's so highly praised "miracle economy" better than anything.  Barcleys Bank used to have 40 branches in Uganda, and Grindlay's bank 20; today, each maintains but a single branch.  The Uganda Commercial Bank has been offered for sale, but there are no buyers.  The government hopes that an infusion of cash from the taxpayer's pockets will make the bank more attractive.

A few financial bubbles, of course, have arisen that show a 35% growth rate, in real estate ventures in the depopulated areas, and in mining ventures by the British Empire's mineral cartels.  The national economy that serves the population, itself, has seen nothing but a tremendous collapse which has made the population of Uganda one of the poorest on earth.

Uganda, that is Museveni's government, is presently supported from outside the country, with large international 'donation.'  For 1997 a total of $800 million were pledged.  In addition, some massive debt reductions were granted.  The main donors of these grants are the UK, Japan, and the USA.  Most of the donated funds are used directly to support Uganda's 100,000 man strong National Resistance Army.  This generous support, of course, is a self-serving gesture by the British transworld empire.  The donations are required to support the Empire's killing machine that has still many tasks to fulfill along the line of the invitation of Zaire.  Invading Zaire gave the Empire access to all the vast mineral wealth of the Congo, but the Congo doesn't have it all.  The next targets are Kenya and the Sudan which are to be assimilated into the Museveni system that paves the way for the Empire's cartels.  In fact, long before Zaire was actually defeated by Kabila and his so-called rebel forces (made up of mercenary military units from Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi), the Empire's mineral cartels had lined up with their 'donations' in hand before Laurent Desire Kabila, who had been chosen to carry out the invitation of Zaire for gaining concessions to that nations' wealth.  Barrick Gold, for instance, had received from Kabila's hands, for the appropriate support of Kabila's war against the Hutu refugees and the nation of Zaire, the mineral rights to 80,000 square kilometers of some of the richest deposits in Congo.  In other words, the Congo was put up for sale even while the previous government was still in power, trying to defend itself.  The nation was literally put up onto the auction block for the money with which it could be defeated.  The outcome of the invasion, of course, was a sure thing from the start, with the might of the British Empire backing it.  What African nation can defend itself against the resources of the British world-empire whose military satellites can pinpoint the positions of a defending Zairian army, by which they can be evaded?

Officially, the invasion of Zaire was carried out in order to depose the dictator of Zaire, President Mobutu, so that democracy could be established once and for all.  The opposite happened.  Mobutu's parliament of more than 700 members has been disbanded, if not killed.  All power in the Congo is now in the hands of one single man, Laurent Desire Kabila, who has openly promised that there will not be any return to democracy until the population has been "reeducated," evidently through "social convulsion" along the line of Museveni's ideological idol, "the great Fanon," according to Museveni's own words.

Uganda, the so-called model state, is officially a single party 'democracy.'  This merely acknowledges the reality that any opposition to Museveni is suicidal.  In a technical sense, President Museveni has been elected in a democratic process, but, then, so was Adolf Hitler.  The IMF and the World Bank have evidently true and honest affection for the man, who serves with such dedication for their goals.  These institutions are delighted by the fact that not a even a trifle of the national revenue is being spend in support of the population.*(details on Uganda as reported by EIR feature report August 8, 1997)

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