Gadaffi crowned ‘King of Kings’ as he seeks to create ‘Africa govt’

One view is that, flush with dollars from the recent boom in oil prices, Gaddafi has started on a new round of political adventurism. Mr Ndebesa said the Libyan leader is reversing the process of democratisation, whereas the African Union should be run on the principles of democracy.

The idea of supporting and using monarchs who are conservatives to pursue his ideology raises questions as to whether he is creating a parallel African Union structure.

Mr Ndebesa added that the possibility that any of these monarchs could become a threat to their governments cannot be ruled out if Gaddafi’s support helps make them financially independent.

This is not the first time Gaddafi is attempting to create a unified nation. In 1972, he proclaimed the Federation of Arab Republics, hoping to create a pan-Arab state.

The deputy chairman of the Uganda Muslim Youth Assembly, Imam Kasozi, who is also a lecturer at the Islamic University in Uganda, had some advice for Gaddafi:

“If he overthrew a king, how does he now turn around and call himself King of Kings? He wants to be in power for eternity, but it does not work like that.

Reported by Michael Wakabi and Halima Abdallah K