Uganda has replied to Rwandan president Paul Kagame war remarks during his recent interview with a German newspaper.
In an interview with Belgian media in Brussels, where he was attending the European Development Days summit (EDD 2019), President Kagame said: “People fear fighting between us. I don’t see it coming because I think Uganda understands the cost of it. We don’t want to go down that road because everyone will lose something.”
Since late February, Rwanda has blocked its citizens from travelling to Uganda and restricted Ugandan goods from crossing the border.
Political pundits say Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has scored a diplomatic point by largely remaining quiet about the tension with Rwanda.
However, Uganda government continues to accuse Rwanda of spying on Ugandan soil including conniving with rogue police officers to kidnap Rwandan dissidents some who have been executed by Kigali authorities while some still continue to rot in Rwandan dungeons.
According to a brief statement posted by the office of the NRM national chairman who is president Museveni, Uganda has done nothing to cause for war with Rwanda.
“Whatever grievances anyone can raise about Uganda, it is becoming increasingly clear that the Pearl of Africa has done nothing warranting a break out of hostilities between the two countries. On the contrary, Rwanda has engaged in all forms of provocation and infringement on Uganda’s territory. In fact, a war situation has been created on its side of the border “Statement said.
It added that Uganda is not ready for war but is ready to defend itself at all times and at whatever cost. “This is not something to be disputed or to be overemphasized”.
Rwanda has also had diplomatic spats with neighbors Burundi and the DRC.
He caused chaos in Burundi and hosted Burundian coup-makers.
Kagame also threatened to kill former Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete for advising him to negotiate and end hostilities with FDLR rebels fighting his government from DR Congo.
Kagame who publicly called Kikwete “a genocide and terrorist sympathizer”,“ ignorant ”,“ arrogant and “mediocre leader” threatened that he would just wait for him at the right place and him.
“Those people [Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete] you just heard siding with Interahamwe and FDLR and urging negotiations… negotiations? Me, I do not even discuss this topic, because I will just wait for you [Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete] at the right place and I will hit you! He [Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete] did not deserve my answer. I did not waste my time answering him…It is well known. There is a line you cannot cross; there is a line, a line that you should never cross. It is impossible…”“ Kagame said.
It’s a tradition in his improvised speeches to hear Paul Kagame spit his anger and express his contempt for Western donors and other foreigners who do not share his peculiar ideas about governance and political freedom.
He does not miss any opportunity to slam what he calls their attempts to give him lessons, while he has no lesson to receive from anybody.
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