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“Without me NRM was not going to defeat Bobi Wine. I would like to thank President Museveni for appointing me as his advisor, I promise to be loyal to him. My brother Bebe Cool told me that Bobi Wine has one trick that he beats them with, he does not respond to people who attack him. I would like to tell you that I have come with 45 tricks to end Bobi Wine’s political fame” – Butchaman aka Mark Bugembe on 29th October 2019
Well, it is just one of those days… Mark Bugembe alias Butchaman has found out the hard way. Back in the day ahead of the 2021 elections, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) was doing whatever it could to be viable and relevant in the ghettos. That was done because Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine was a rising star there and becoming a leader of his own. Therefore, President Museveni sought after allies and friends of Bobi Wine to boost his campaign.
One of the men and people that the NRM captured was Butchaman. He was promised a fancy title, a livelihood and being closely associated with the President. He became all of a sudden the Presidential Advisor on Ghetto Affairs. That was done to hurt Bobi Wine and the People Power Movement.
Alas, while that was done in October 2019. There was other who followed him and these has also gotten scorned. In the hey-day and the beginning they will get all the perks. However, that will not last… because they aren’t bringing much to the table. They where poached to hurt and be the demise of another political leader. That’s why they are appointed and why they left the side of former friends of Bobi Wine. It’s all for Museveni to show his power and might. That he could sway them and get them under his roof.
Now we are in the middle of July 2023 and the 2021 election is a fading memory for some. Even if the ramifications of it is still felt to this day. Families are hurt, families are without their fathers or mothers, as they are detained for their political affiliation. If not they have lost loved ones just for associating with Bobi Wine. Because that all happened before and after the polls. That’s a fact… the state didn’t just alter the results and rig the elections. It also hurt the ones who stood tall and are still standing.
When you know this and read that Butchaman is disappointed that he only see Museveni on the TV and wants to return to Bobi. It’s just like… why bother now? You ditched him when he needed you and when the Movement, and party was getting operative. That’s when you moved to a safe-haven and securing your own self.
Maybe the man should use the 45 tricks of his sleeve and change the narratives of his own life. Maybe the supposed Presidential Advisor could give some solid advice for ones. I know I am asking a lot, but I am indifferent about this man. He sold his soul and he has to carry that burden now. He cannot just reclaim it and get accepted into the fold.
Butchaman thought he had gotten the trophy and the prize. He thought he was the next big thing and what the NRM was missing. Alas, he couldn’t see that they was just using him as a prop and a plot to undermine Bobi Wine. While that didn’t last or work. They are just leaving him behind and forgetting about him. He is of no use and certainly, why should the NUP or the People Power Movement trust him?
He already accepted the bag and the title. Butchaman can easily do it again. Peace.



“If you fail to solve your problems in the bedroom as a man and a woman, you have a problem. Paul Mwiru, you will keep running until you die. Even twins don’t think alike. We must deal with internal and external struggles. Does this mean that if they get problems in ANT, he will run away? You must remain in the struggle” – Nathan Nandala Mafabi (Muhamadi Matovu – ‘Nandala Mafabi: “People want to see FDC dead, but it won’t happen”’, Nile Post, 10.07.2020).
Today we are seeing a deflection of someone who has moved parties a lot of late. He was an Member of Parliament, on the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) ticket at Jinja East. Alas, right now his without office and lacks the support he needs to return to the August House.
That’s why his shifting the parties. Even if he has been a loyal man to Gen. Mugisha Muntu. He was a part of the “New Formation” and later the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT). As the ANT went ahead for the 2021 elections, it wasn’t ready or had the popular narrative to get MPs elected. Mwiru went from a being to a former MP.
Mwiru wants a new dawn now and crosses to the biggest opposition party. It means his living his former ally and friend Muntu. He has spoken of relying on Muntu, but that is currently out of the picture.
Now Mwiru needs a new leader and new party to have a chance to return. He doesn’t want to be former MP but be an actual MP. That’s why his deflecting from ANT to NUP. ANT should feel the pain of this. His one of the big leaders that was part of the party from the onset. That’s why Mwiru was a part of the “New Formation”.
It seems like Mafabi will be right in the end that Mwiru will continue to deflect and change parties until his death. After leaving the FDC he will struggle to find a permanent home. He will be one of these politicians that seeks the best way to get back in office. The man won’t mind the party or the ideologies behind it. As long as he gets something in return. That’s why his joining the NUP now.
Mwiru isn’t joining NUP as a direct response to the way it wants to stop the dictatorship. Neither is it for his admiration of Bobi Wine or any of the leaders of the NUP party. No, his joining to get a safer journey ahead of the 2026 elections.
It is like Mwiru see the troublesome times ahead and knows the ANT party isn’t well established. His friend Muntu won’t give him enough edge or ability to return to Parliament. That’s why his ditching Muntu and ANT. He just seeking a soft return and leaving without much of a trace.
Mwiru did more in the FDC and has been less vocal as an ANT. That is what happens I suppose and you don’t get the spotlight as easy when your outside of office.
Paul Mwiru has to prove himself now. I hope the NUP think things through too. Not just accept anyone. As we are seeing how MPs are fleeing and joining MK Movement. That should be a sign that there are others who only uses the party and ditches it easily when the buck stops.
Time will tell… but I doubt this is the last party Mwiru will be a part of… Peace.

“MPs have tasked officials from the Office of the Prime (OPM) to explain how Shs9.6Bn was spent on training youths on how to drink coffee in Uganda, after the Auditor General revealed that some of the coffee shops established in Gulu, Lira, Mbale during this campaign are non-existent” (…) “The contract to train youths on how to drink coffee was awarded to Inspire Africa (U) Limited where; Shs3.831Bn was to train farmers on the production of coffee, Shs1.906Bn train youths on how to drink coffee, training in financial literacy and business management skills cost Shs2.652Bn while the project administration cost Shs1.271Bn, thus bringing the total to Shs9.662Bn” (ParliamentWatch, 13.07.2023).
“The young people in Uganda need to participate in the coffee economy and one of the ways the young people told us, especially those in the city they would like to sell coffee and other merchandise but coffee had to be one of the items we promote. So, we needed to have partners that are able and working in the coffee industry to do this” – Robert Limlim, Director, Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP) at OPM (ParliamentWatch, 13.07.2023).
Yesterday, the 11th Parliament unearthed another scandal and “missing funds”. The state has spent funds on non-existent coffee shops. The Inspire Africa Limited, which is based at Muwafu Road, Minister’s Village, Ntinda, Kampala. They are both a company, which is supposed to inspire people to drink coffee and another one that sells coffee directly.
They have been in the press a few years back and is maybe in connection to this…
“Coffee City, a subsidiary of Inspire Africa Coffee in partnership with the Young Africa Works Program and the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) have launched a two-year project aimed at setting up mobile coffee shops and booths around the country” (Amon Katungulu – ‘Inspire Africa partners with PSFU to set up mobile coffee shops around Uganda’ 12.08.2021).
The Inspire Africa Company on its page says it held bootcamps in Lira and in Gulu, but that is back to 2018. These activities date back then and isn’t in the Financial Year in question. While the 9.6 billion shillings was spent on training youth to drink coffee much later.
We can see by headlines in other press that the Inspire Africa Limited connected with others back in 2021 and was supposed to end in 2023. Which could be what is the trouble now. As there was a plan to set up mobile coffee shops, but the 9.6 billion shillings went nowhere. There are no coffee shops and very little training or “educational” enterprises, which was the reason for the fund to begin with.
Alas, this just shows how the state can mismanage funds and spend money on reckless “development projects”. We can all see what is at play here and we can question the reasons for doing so. The Office of the Prime Minister and their stakeholders should take accountability and be transparent about this. Because, this is a bitter cup of coffee. This isn’t helping the farmers or the ones trading the beans. Neither is this changing the youth in regard to drinking coffee…
This here story will not end here, as there will be more twists and turns. There are billions of shillings spent on it and we know there will questions about this. The OPM and others cannot deflect or not take blame here. This is a wastage of funds, and nothing was delivered. We only got ghosts and fake promises. Peace.





