In the foreword to Uganda Vision 2040, a booklet on transforming Uganda from a peasant to a modern and prosperous country within 30 years, President Yoweri Museveni says, ” it is, therefore, with great pleasure that I now present Vision 2040 whose aspirations are to change the country from a predominantly low income to a competitive upper middle income country within 30 years with a per capita income of $9,500″ As we celebrate 31 years of the NRM administration, the above excerpt summarises the thoughts of an elegant man, Yoweri Museveni, whose history straddles two centuries with a wealth of experience, hard assets of tolerance, drawing upon the rare wisdom of a temperament that has consistently displayed magnanimity to his opponents.