“I need an explanation from Government, people kidnapped from Kenya and beaten, you this Government of a “Freedom Fighter” that were in Luwero now the same Museveni is making MPs being brutally arrested, sitting them in the mud and charging them with public nuisance. Maybe that Museveni disappeared and we have another person, so can we be told, why we are being mistreated in our country to this level?” (…) “Nicholas Kamara (Kabale Municipality) and I with our other colleagues were charged with public nuisance, that two MPs of our caliber were a public nuisance, going to deliver a protest note to the Kenyan embassy. The Kenyan isn’t a kiosk of Uganda, we even go there to receive Visas. When I raised this matter last week, the Attorney General said we can’t explain, when I went to Kenya to seek for an explanation, they arrested us and beat us. Do they want us to go to heaven?”– Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda MP (06.08.2024)
This story is getting old and rather quick… that’s not the fault of the Member of Parliament or the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) – Katonga branch, which he represents at the moment. The MP is righteous in his cause and for questioning the President and his government. The authorities and everyone involved in the matter should be scrutinized. That is only free and fair…
Ssemujju Nganda MP knows that Museveni isn’t the same man as the man in the bush. If he is the same man… than his a serial liar and a man of manipulation. As his interests has been his own domain and enrichment over the benefit of the Republic. It has all been a deliberate scheme to get into power and consolidate all power through the usage of force. That isn’t the message of the NRA or the bush-war generals, but the message his spreading by his actions and the use of lethal weapons. That’s what is carrying the legacy of the President as we speak.
The MP knows all of this… and only uses clever rhetoric to undermine and pressure the government after the recent arrest. The manner of which was brutal. His within his rights to do so and he did so for fellow comrades in his party. The MP acted on the interests of his party and the leadership that surrounds him. Therefore, the state stopped him from assembling and petition the different stakeholders who helped to abduct, kidnap and detain fellow party members. Which is a very reasonable act of an MP. His only standing his ground and trying to find answers. However, he has been blocked before in Parliament and now arrested on the streets.
Clearly, the state don’t want the truth out. They want to silence and stop the critics for getting any sort of viable information out. That’s why the FDC Katonga Branch leaders wasn’t allowed to give a petition and ask for help by the Kenyan embassy in Kampala. Neither has the MP gotten any answers in Parliament. Which further shows the disdain and the lack of sensibility from the high ranking officials in question. They are just fine with the actions made and how they are operating. As if, this is ordinary and how the government should handle its own citizens. It is just despicable and it’s depressing.
President Museveni and the state doesn’t have any favours for the likes of Ssemujju Nganda MP. His a noise-maker and a hooligan in their eyes. The MP is on the wrong path and isn’t beholden to the NRM Way. That’s why he will get silence and possible be in more legal jeopardy if he continues to challenge the state. His Excellency, the Fountain of Honour won’t allow or accept these sorts of troublemakers. Even if the trouble is created out of necessity and worry for fellow party members. These who are lingering on thumped up charges and will face long time behind bars. Just because they dared to travel to leadership training in Kenya.
The MP should get proper answers and the state shouldn’t act like this. However, they are only acting like they have done for years. No value of dissent or opposition. They are supposed to be silent and accept this treatment. They are not supposed to be vocal or speak up. No, just be happy citizens and allow this impunity to happen on the regular. Where the state isn’t beholden to the constitution or rule of law. Only using the law and the authorities as mechanisms to shut dissent down. Therefore, the words of the MP won’t matter much. That is the saddest part here.
Ssemujju Nganda MP is right asking it… but we know this will die down and everyone will move on to the next tragedy awaiting. Another chapter of remorse and pain. The plight just continues… and the state is serving the nation with more fear, intimidation and usage of force, which is done in the name of the President and his High Command. Peace.
MinBane 