Uganda Alleges Foreign Meddling Amid Call for Cut in U.S. Aid

Uganda Alleges Foreign Meddling Amid Call for Cut in U.S. Aid

KAMPALA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni took aim at alleged foreign interference in his country’s politics and railed against the media in his first official address since sporadic protests over the arrest of a pop star-turned-opposition lawmaker. Museveni, who’s ruled since 1986, accused unidentified foreign governments of funding non-governmental organizations that assist the East African nation’s opposition. In his state of the nation address late Sunday, he also declared the need for “discipline…

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