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Daily Monitor
Monday May 17 2021
President Museveni (left) and his Libyan counterpart Muammar Gaddafi at State House, Entebbe in 2008. Gaddafi ruled for 42 years. PHOTO/file
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As he seeks to rule Uganda for 40 years, Museveni has eclipsed many leaders and by the end of his term in 2026, he will join the league of the longest-serving 20th Century leaders in the world. However, it has come to light that Mr Museveni put in place a team to prepare for transition in 2002 only to change his mind. Barely after the 2001 election, the President sent his surrogates to foreign lands to study the blueprint of orderly successions, which would be transplanted into the country as he planned his exit in 2006. But this plan was shelved, as a day in politics is a lifetime,
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his wife, on Tuesday paid their last respect to former President Jerry John Rawlings, whose body is lying in state at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).
The President and Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo exchanged pleasantries with the widow of the former president Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, children and the family.
It was followed by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and wife Samira Bawumia. Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, the second president of the fourth Republic, also paid his last respect to his predecessor.
Mr John Dramani Mahama, also a former President and Flag bearer of the NDC for the 2020 Election and his wife, Mrs Lordina Mahama, took turns to pay their last respect to the Founder of the NDC.
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