On Tuesday, The New Vision, a Ugandan government owned newspaper, published a letter- dated March 10, 2019- it said Uganda’s President wrote to his Rwandan counterpart over the meetings he held with different people the Government considers as hostile to its people.
“I am writing to let you know that by accident, I, at last, had a meeting with a Rwandan who admitted to being a member of the group you told me about – Rwanda National Congress (RNC),” reads part of Museveni letter to Kagame.
However, the letter has triggered so many reactions, many of them funny, due to the time it was published but also people asking how a Head of State can meet people a neighboring country considers hostile ‘by accident’.
According to sources, the letter was received by Rwanda High Commission in Uganda on Monday evening and it was on its way to President Kagame on Tuesday morning when it started circulating in the Ugandan media, meaning it was published in the media before it reached its recipient President Kagame himself.
Following what makes the letter; Twitter followers took on Twitter and raised different funny reactions on it in a Twitter thread that goes as #WritelikeMuseveni.
A Twitter user by the name of Princess from North tweeted: “Rwanda: You are holding meeting with dissidents, why? What’s your motive?
M7: I accidentally meet them and somehow give them passports”
“So, FDLR Senior Cadres (Spokesperson Bazeye & Spy Chief Abega ) crossed ACCIDENTALLY to Uganda and met ACCIDENTALLY Ugandan Senior Officials who were sent ACCIDENTALLY by MUSEVENI and they left the country escorted ACCIDENTALLY by CMI to be arrested in DRC! #WriteLikeMuseveni,” tweeted another one called Kambanda Noel.
Kanangire Christian also tweeted: “Museveni got his presidential letter accidentally leaked to the media before it actually reached its recipient. #Museveni accidentally addressed his letter to the #Media first. #WriteLikeMuseveni,”
Museveni finally admits he met tycoon Rujugiro
As he launched the 16th National Leadership Retreat, President Kagame said he had to prove to Museveni who denied knowing Rujugiro, a tycoon owning businesses in Uganda and supporting the Rwanda National Congress (RNC).
“At first Museveni said he did not know him [Rujugiro], but later on, I proved to him how he knows him,” Kagame said.
“He (Museveni) told me you guys in Rwanda don’t know how to differentiate business and politics and I said: thank you Sir, but sometimes business and politics has no dividing line. I was trying to mean that if someone is supporting some groups, then there is no dividing line between his business and politics.” Kagame added.
In his letter, Museveni finally agreed to have met Rujugiro whom he said opposed the idea to sell his businesses in Uganda.
Mr. Rujugiro also came, separately. He seems to be resisting the idea of selling his businesses, which he had accepted (to do) before. He countered the idea of giving money to Kayumba by saying that even if he sells the factories in Uganda, he still has more lucrative factories in Angola, DR Congo, etc., a total of eight of them. He can send money from those,” Museveni wrote.
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