Uganda’s longest serving dictator since 1986, President Yoweri Museveni told a corrupt Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud in Kampala on Monday that his government was willing to assist Somalia in its fight against Al-Shabab terrorist group but that his country did not have the financial capabilities to pay for the salaries of Somali soldiers.
“We can help Somalia to defeat Al-Shabab. If it’s a question of weapons, we can buy them and give it to them Somalia. We can buy uniforms and even share food, but we cannot manage the salary. Salary, for even a month, we can’t manage.”
Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017
Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017
Dictator Museveni said the practice of getting Somalia’s international partners the UAE, Qatar and Turkey – to fund the arming and training of Somali soldiers is not sustainable. He added that security is imperative for the survival of a nation.