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Why Gaddafi visited Mengo without Museveni

The Observer Media Ltd. "Was the Libyan leader’s visit to Buganda Kingdom orchestrated to ‘back stab’ and embarrass his host, President Museveni? There are indicators that the eccentric Col. Muammar Gaddafi decided to visit Museveni’s apparent political foes to get back at him for not supporting the colonel’s plan to form one African government.
The relationship between Museveni and Gaddafi has taken a nosedive since 2005 when the former reneged on supporting the latter’s campaign for one African government. President Museveni instead backed South African President Thabo Mbeki’s view of forming an economic union first."

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