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"Integration is in the interest of Afro-Arab communities," Gaddafi said through an interpreter as he closed the youth conference. "African leadership is paralysed. If we depend on constitutions, we are losing track."hebu tukumbushe...alipofika uganda alisemaje? ningependa nifaham mkuu!!!
Singling out Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and host President Yoweri Museveni as the most "visionary" leaders on the continent today, Gaddafi criticised multiparty politics and presidential term limits.
Gaddafi, who has been in power for 39 years, said: "Why should a leader relinquish power when he is doing good things for his people? There are people who talk about term limits. What are they? A constitution is simply a document drafted by people. A leader should only leave power by the will of the people. For example, President Museveni came into power through revolutionary means, not the vote. How can he simply go?"
He added: "If Museveni has the will of the people, he should be re-elected. Museveni came in through revolutionary means; his programmes are revolutionary. You need revolutionary leaders. We have leaders who have a clear vision; these should stay. You are talking about political parties, but that is not the reality. We have bigger problems. We want people's authority."
This was the second time Gaddafi was urging Museveni to rule for life, after he made similar remarks at the Ugandan leader's May 2001 swearing-in ceremony.
Gaddafi?s speech in Uganda a script from the 1960s