"Have You Heard A Rumour There Are Humans In Uganda?" Yoweri Museveni To Western Company

• Yoweri Museveni is among Africa's longest serving heads of state and is known for being firm against political and diplomatic positions of Western countries
• He has been at the centre of a row with the Western countries after he signed an anti-LGBTQ law that was frowned upon by human rights lobbyists
• Museveni said the company from a Western country that sought to mine uranium in Uganda and go use it to manufacture nuclear energy abroad failed to answer his question and vanished

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has gotten tongues wagging following his revelation that he had told off a foreign company seeking to mine uranium from his country.

Yoweri Museveni on LGBTQ community

Museveni is known for differing with Western countries on a number of issues including the recent fall out with the World Bank over his position against the LGBTQ community.

His signing to law a law against the LGBTQ community has been cited as a reason why the World Bank is cutting funding to Uganda, a position that has not shaken one of the longest serving presidents in Africa.

In a recent address to the nation, Museveni took on the Western country, especially the US and the United Kingdom for taking advantage of the economic situation in Africa to benefit themselves in the name of helping the continent alleviate poverty effects.

Yoweri Museveni on uranium mining in Uganda

He accused the Western countries of taking Africa's resources away to benefit themselves without caring about the people who live in the continent and made reference to a company that had sought to mine uranium in Uganda.

"A Western company came and proposed to mine uranium. “Mine it and take it where?” They said: “Export it to generate nuclear energy for electricity and medicine. I asked them: “Have you heard a rumour that there are human beings here in Uganda who need electricity? They vanished," said Museveni.

His position on the matter was cheered by a section of his countrymen and Africans while others opposed it, saying he was hypocritical.

"Long live Simba wa Uganda (Lion of Uganda) May Allah bless you with a long life," Fahriya responded to the tweet by State House Uganda.

Aiden Wassaja also weighed into the debate saying that he had earlier agreed with Museveni on having Russia mine the mineral instead of the Western super powers.

"When you were in Russia you raised this point. You said the Russian brothers should work with Africans to add value to her products. This made a lot of sense to me and other Ugandans and I said, I wish you had this idea when you had just come to power. Uganda would be very far Mr President," Wassaja said.

Uranium in Uganda

Mugabi Jophous laughed at Museveni's sentiments, saying he was a man of much talk and less action.

"If he implemented all the plans he had since then, Uganda would have been very far a head but..." said Mugabi.

Museveni had earlier indicated that Uganda had lots of uranium deposits and most Western countries were eyeing it for manufacturing of nuclear power but he had rejected their bids.