On December 22, 2002, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni paid a ceremonial visit to a textile plant in Kampala, his country's capital city. Two years later the government-subsidized textile factory, built to be an exemplar for the rest of the nation, has suffered worker unrest, as politicians allege exploitation and government corruption. Museveni may still believe, as he once said, that the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act is "the greatest act of fraternity towards Africa by the USA." But to many Ugandans, their country's experience has become an object lesson in the bruising realities of life in the global marketplace.