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Thanks for the ping! Interesting to place the Uganda angle in the long-term context of Clinton's 1998 Africa tour, touched on in the discussion of the Corporate Council on Africa in my Wilsongate article (Joseph Wilson organized the trip to increase U.S. oil exports from Africa). One of my footnotes there referenced this:

"Leaders of Congo, Kenya expected at Clinton summit in Uganda": CNN, March 18, 1998

Congo President Laurent Kabila and Kenya President Daniel arap Moi are to be present at the March 25 summit of ten African leaders in Entebbe, Uganda, said the official, who did not want to be identified.
Clinton is scheduled to leave Sunday on a six-nation tour of Africa, billed by his administration as the most ambitious visit to the continent by a sitting American president.
The official said a formal attendance list is to be issued by the Ugandan government, but that the presence of leaders whose policies have raised concerns with the United States will give Clinton a chance to personally express those sentiments.
Kenya, despite being a firm Western ally during the Cold War years, has been increasingly criticized by its allies over democracy, governance, human rights abuses and corruption.
On a visit last month, Clinton's African envoy Jesse Jackson, who is expected to accompany the president on this trip, said Washington is tough on Kenya because it expects high standards.
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Along with Uganda, Clinton is to visit the West African nations of Senegal and Ghana, Rwanda in central Africa and Botswana and South Africa in southern Africa.