(TALKZIMBABWE) Brown urges Museveni to 'intervene' in Zimbabwe

Brown urges Museveni to 'intervene' in Zimbabwe
Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:07:00 +0000

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown has appealed Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni to intervene in the Zimbabwe situation to end the political and economic crises grappling the country, despite the formation of an inclusive Government last month.

Museveni is the current chairman of the Commonwealth -- a 53-member organization of countries formerly colonized by Britain.

According to a press release from the Ugandan State House on Tuesday, Museveni told Brown that there was need to give time to the inclusive Government in Zimbabwe to try and resolve the current crises.

Museveni was optimistic that the inclusive Government in Zimbabwe will help to address the problems currently bedevilling the country.

BRITAIN TO FUND UGANDAN LAND REFORM

Meanwhile, the British government has finalised modalities through which it will assist Uganda to finance efforts aimed at solving land problems, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has disclosed.

During the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Kampala in 2007, Museveni appealed to the British premier to assist Uganda to solve the land problem.

He said it was created by the British colonial government in 1900 when land in Buganda was divided and large chunks allocated to a few landlords.

Museveni said this resulted into making the majority peasants into serfs on their former land.

In the recent past, the country has been grappling with unresolved land wrangles, some involving encroachment on gazetted forests and game reserves.

--TZG/TNV