When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.
George AyitteyYou have to separate the humanitarian impulse from the record of aid itself. We all want to help. Many people would say that it's the moral impulse of the rich to help the poor, but the record of aid has been terrible.
George AyitteyAfrican history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.
George Ayittey