President Museveni has saluted Queen Elizabeth II for the reconciliation and metamorphosis of the British Empire into the Commonwealth of Independent States.
According to the President’s Deputy Press Secretary, Faruk Kirunda, Museveni made the remarks on Monday.
The President, who was accompanied by First Lady Mrs Janet Museveni, signed a condolence book at the British High Commission in Kampala.
“H.E @KagutaMuseveni has saluted the late H.E Queen Elizabeth II for her reconciliation efforts that saw the metamorphosis of the British Empire into the Commonwealth of independent states,” Kirunda said in a tweet.
In a prior condolence message, Museveni said that in her long reign of 70 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth witnessed the huge metamorphosis of the political land-scape in the world.
“…such as the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953, the Independence of the former colonies of Britain, starting with Sudan in 1955 and Ghana in 1957, the Independence of the other colonies formerly controlled by France, Portugal, etc the rise of Fidel Castro in Cuba, etc.”