Museveni Salutes Queen Elizabeth II for Reconciliation, Metamorphosis of British Empire into Commonwealth of Independent States

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.”