“It is not true that Dr Besigye sidelines people. He has been working with everyone” – Patrick Amuriat Oboi (25.04.2018)
“I want to be President. And this is no surprise, because I got good training from Dr. Besigye. Now you see that I have experience; you can see it when you watch television these days. So on January 14, go vote the key, go vote for POA” – Patrick Amuriat Oboi (05.01.2021)
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has kneeled and internal bickering gotten destroyed. As the two sides hasn’t squashed it. Meanwhile they are both moving forward, but we know the bridges are burnt. There are no return of the FDC Headquarters and the Katonga Road branch. Both of these entities are separate units, which used to belong to the FDC.
Patrick Amuriat Oboi, who happens to be Party President of the FDC knows this very well. As he was a follower, a student and a participant of the Katonga Road branch. The man developed there and built alliances in the past, which was one of the reasons why Besigye vouched for his candidacy over Muntu. That has been the final straw and is now used against Besigye. This just shows what sort of fella he is now. Not that its shocking, because POA has already dismissed and downplayed Besigye. The FDC HQ has even made him “person non-grata” in the party and the whole Katonga road.
So the rant today isn’t anything new, but shows how fierce POA has become…
“There is a very big fundamental problem with the “made in 1986” political group (model) who have over time proven to be the same, everything Ugandans know about Mr. Museveni, Col. Besigye seems to be three or two folds of it. Upto now as we all know that Mr. Museveni has never dreamt of life outside Presidency with more ambiguities on a succession plan. It’s worse with our brother Col. Besigye for as long as he is not the leader of this Party or any anti Government organization, the country, and the entire world has no person that can serve better than him. According to him, Gen. Muntu was bad for the Party and therefore branded a mole and had to be hounded out of the Party. Now even me who succeeded Gen. Muntu together with the Secretary General Hon. Nathan Nandala Mafabi when we refused to be his stooges, we were branded all sorts of names like sale outs, engata, ebikooko and all other tribes of names that one can ever think of. I can assure you that even his current political peg boys will fall out with him should they attempt to be independent minded. The World can now see for themselves that the allegations advanced by Dr.Kizza Besigye against the leadership of FDC were intended to tarnish the Secretary General and myself out of selfish personal considerations We saw how the team was busy discrediting the leadership of the Party yet this group is more questionable than those they blackmail. Clearly Dr.Kizza Besigye has surrounded himself with characters of questionable reputations knowingly but has kept silent for his own political expedience” – Patrick Amuriat Oboi (21.08.2024).
It is really amazing that he wants to use Gen. Mugisha Muntu as a shield now. Reflecting on it and how the FDC handled the loss of the Party President, which happened to go to POA. That was the ordeal that broke the camel’s back. POA can act indified, When he has called Muntu for “selfish” and sort of other thing to undermine him too. While he called Besigye his “political mentor”.
That is really compelling here and the betrayal to say the least. That the case of “money” and possible “illicit funds” could alter the equation so much. These was supposed brothers and now they are sworn “enemies”. Because, POA is speaking only ill of Besigye and his allies now. The ones that helped him to the position and office to begin with. If it wasn’t their support and endorsement. He would be a former MP and an unknown stalwart in the party. This is just being real about POA and what he has to offer.
That’s why seeing how he has mellowed on Muntu, but brutally goes after the people of Katonga is compelling. It is hurting his pride and his ego. This is damaging his calm, because he knows the heart of the party is there. Besigye and his comrades are the ones that brought the vision, the drive and the purpose of the party. Not the like of Nandala-Mafabi or himself. Not even Sabiiti or anyone else left. They followed head over tail for whatever campaign or sort of mission that Besigye had. Therefore, POA should ask himself.
Why are you betraying your mentor, the one who given you training and ones who works with everyone. That’s the one that is apparently “surrounding himself with questionable characters”. Once upon a time that would have been you, but you have disassociated yourself with him. Its POA who has dismissed and discarded the Katonga road. The Katonga road wanted a proper investigation and go into the roots of the matter. While the FDC HQ just made a mockery and pre-emptively ensured a “cleaned hands” report. Therefore, we know who is shady and untrustworthy out of the lot.
POA you cannot win against the one that trained you and mentored you. He knows what he taught you and what you learned. The past will haunt you and you will never be anywhere close to Besigye.
Besigye will be your boogeyman and you know. He will haunt you and be your nightmare. That’s what you have become and it was your own making. Peace.
MinBane 