The 40 man strong delegation that Egypt sent to Uganda failed to convince Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. The delegation consisted, as reported by the English weekly Ethiopian reporter.:
The mission …. includes al-Sayyed al-Badawi, President of the Wafd Party, and other individuals that are hopefuls for the next Egyptian presidency, such as Hamdeen Sabbahi, Ayman Nour and Hesham el-Bastawisi.
Former Minister of Irrigation Mahmoud Abu Zeid, Ahmed al-Leithi, former minister of agriculture; Osama al-Ghazali Harb, president of the Democratic Front Party; and several youth from the 25 January revolution also traveled for the talks.
However, in the meeting with delegates Museveni reasserted Uganda’s natural right on the Nile river , according to the Ugandan media Daily Monitor. The website quoted Museveni sayng:
“Our ratification [of the new Nile Basin Treaty]would wait for the placement of a new administration in Cairo, including the conclusion of presidential and parliamentary elections.
“We have to be accommodating of Egypt’s interests. We will not ratify in a hurry. We want Egypt on board,”“The issue should not be the building of dams. Uganda will go ahead and construct dams for electricity generation at Bujagali and Karuma and elsewhere. The real threat is underdevelopment, deforestation for firewood and farming.”
No bilateral dealing: It is to be recalled that Egypt demanded Ethiopia for technical and environmental studies, according to the Egyptian news outlet Almasry Alyoum on March 31, two days before Ethiopia launched the new dam, named ‘the Grand Millenium Dam’. Almasry Alyoum on March 31 reported:
Irrigation Minister Hussein al-Atfy on Thursday said Egypt is awaiting the Ethiopian government’s reply to its request for technical and environmental studies of the Great Millennium Dam. Ethiopia is building the dam on its borders with Sudan.
“We shall examine the studies to determine the adverse repercussions on Egypt’s Nile water quota,” he said, adding that Egypt would resort to the international community if Ethiopia failed to reply.
However, Ethiopia rejected Egypt’s request as it is outside the Nile Basin Cooperation Framework. Dina Mufti, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said to the English weekly Addis Fortune : “Any questions they have about the development of water have to come through the CFA[Cooperative Framework Agreement],”. “This is the spirit and purpose of the CFA. We will not deal with them unless it is through the CFA.”
Military threat? In a related development, the Washington based online news outlet, World News Daily, reported yesterday that the Egyptian army received an instruction ‘to prepare for any eventuality regarding a crucial water dispute’ with Ethiopia. The news was by Aron Klien who cited an unnamed ‘Egyptian security sources’.
The report indicates Egypt is pleading U.S. and European Union to oppose the Grand Millennium dam, which Ethiopia launched on Saturday.(About the dam)
World News Daily claimed, citing its sources, that ‘the Egyptian military believes Israel is encouraging Ethiopia to build the dam as a way to weaken’ the new Egyptian government – that is the Military junta that assumed power last February.
It appears the news is a product of Egypt’s ploy to alarm Ethiopia and concerned countries and a right wing US media keen to exaggerate threats. The reporter, World News Daily’s Jerusalem Bureau Chief, Aaron Klein, failed even to conduct basic checks on the relevant facts. He referred to Ethiopia’s new dam as a ‘proposal’ and the Nile Basin Framework agreement that is signed by six countries as a ‘petition’. It appears he was parroting whatever his Egyptian sources told him.
why are people sooo confrontational?
…listen, the major fear for Egypt is waterflow not the dam itself. i fully support Ethiopians massive dam projects for electricity ,drinking water ,irrigation for food plants and cattle plants ,fishing,… i wish them to get out of the poverty and starvation and become a middle income society like Chinese did -and they are the ones giving huge cheap credits to Ethiopians for these projects,not the “westerners or Jews”.
…but you have to consider that if this dam stops all the water going downstream it would be a disaster for Egypt and this dam can hold back water for up to a year ,year n a half ,thanks to its huge volume.This is to be the biggest dam in Africa by far for now. So Egypt is very worried at the TEMPO which will be used to block the water and fill the dam ,how many years will the reservoir be filled ?, will it be filled during the autumn droughts ? or only during flooding months? Nile river has a very changing flow of water so Ethiopians and Egyptians should cooperate and negotiate ,Ethiopians should show them their plans for the dam construction and especially how they plan to fill the dam with water ,but Egyptians should let Ethiopia build its dams! Remember talk and compromise its the only way to succeed and to make something good out of Africa for its peoples !
By the way i think it was Egypt who occupied the Jewish lands not the other way around ,so you Jews should try not to provoke your mighty neighbor!
I would like to visit Ethiopia and Aksum one day i hope!
Best of luck our christian orthodox brothers ,from Zeljko ,electrical engineer from Serbia .
as far as the source of the river is from Ethiopia we have > right to use it more than Egypt. The selfish, aggressive and single minded Egyptians still try to stop our plan. how & why? i am sure that if the river source is from Egypt, this selfish, aggressive and single minded people would completely block the river. this people think only for them selves.but i say “Do for others, what you expect from others”.
let us work hand in hand for mutual benefit unless we will change our mind like egypt and completely block it. we know how to………………………….
see now Egyptian !? selfish, money minded, unethical, un human ppl you all were suppressing the african nation now u are well come to africa even through you are so bad ppl.
we are also ready support you wheat after our production in irrigation. U don’t have power to invade us.
death for all Egyptian GOD!!!!!!
Prosperity for all Ethiopians!!!
see now Egyptian !? selfish, money minded, unethical, un human ppl you all were suppressing the african nation now u are well come to africa even through you are so bad ppl.
we are also ready support you wheat after our production in irrigation. U don’t have power to invade us.
death for all Egyptian GOD!!!!!!
Peace will defeat!! If not, war will teach!!
If you are willing to listen, let me tell you Egyptian scholars, politicians & all others
Time was ended!!
That we stand for wheat at the gets of westerns!!
Time was ended!!
That we wipe for dignity & prosperity!!
Time was ended!!
That we slaughtered each other due to hidden agendas of you Egyptian leaders & likes!!
Now, it is great time for us that almighty God finally opened for us the way to paradise!!
Now, it is great time for us to be into heaven of blessed land Ethiopia!!
Now, it is great time for us to kick out poverty & misery of last events!!
So, then, it is our turn to see what you will be in our pervious stool!!
So, then, it is our turn to watch your internal unrest we tested before!!
So, then, it is our turn to see the Sun set s on your side!!
So, then, it is our turn to look you & likes knocking the doors of westerns for sustainability!!
So, then, it is our turn to pelage something better for your existence!!
Finally, it is our turn to see you are coming for negotiation of equitable use of Nile!!
If not, come with what ways you like!!
If it is war, ask Italy, she will tell you a detail!!
If it is war, ask Somalia, she will explain you from A to Z!!
If it is war, ask your mercenary Eritrea to get the secrete!!
Asfaw from Gambella,
Hazenina guskulina hiwotachin Abeka (our sorrowfulness & miserable life ended)!!
we don’t deserve Egyptian willing
we ETHIOPIAN we can VEGETATE OUR MOTHER LAND through ABAY
we like it
we ethiopians are not need any voluntary act on our water as that arebs doing their oil.we are ethiopians and started it.
For me this topic should not come into table for any discussion as Nile is for Ethiopia and Uganda as main source.
The problem for Egypt will be Climate change, overpopulation, over grazing, expansion of Agriculture, erratic rainfall, incresed global temperature and deforestation in upper Nile regions not because of the Dam is going to be constructed in Ethiopia and Uganda or may be constructed in some other regions. The only solution for Egypt is to design coping mechanism to mitigate the effects all of these one could be to introduce family planning to limit huge population in that desert land and the other could be to live up to/ accept the changing situation/truth in Africa and all over the world.
You foolish, in every bad things,always there are Jews. they are symbols of devil.
The line that divide Ethiopian and Jewish people is very thin bro 🙂 Live with the reality.
Ugandan people are not like Egyptian. they believe on fare exploration of Nile river. thanks Uganda!!
Nice work, Daniel. Keep it coming.
Jerusalem Bureau Chief, Aaron Klein…Hmmm…
This is Jewish propoganda