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Opinion: Kiwanuka Briton won’t get passed Mzee

“My mentor was given forms on Saturday. Why can’t I get mine? Does it mean they printed only one form?” – Kiwanuka Briton (30.06.2025).

“JUST IN: Kiwanuka Briton from Jinja, who attempted to collect nomination forms for the NRM National Party Chairman position, was turned away by the NRM EC Chairman Dr Tanga Odoi, He was advised to return on Friday when the forms are ready” (KSTV Uganda, 30.06.2025).

A decade later and the sins of the past is repeated. Just like the then Prime Minister and Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Amama Mbabazi was seeking the NRM Electoral Commission and the approval of the party to run as Chairperson and President in July 2015. Which later ended up in Mbabazi running as an Independent Candidate under the banner of Go Forward and in the opposition coalition of The Democratic Alliance (TDA) in the General Elections of 2016.

That lesson should have been learned. The cost the price of paying for the forms are for nothing. Briton is better spending it on side-dishes, booze and a possibly investing crypto-currency. Than spending it on nomination fees for the National Chairman, which cost him 20 million shillings already. That’s a wasted burden and cost, which the man could have saved himself from. Those money was better burned on the streets and never touched. Because those forms and the idea of challenging Museveni is futile.

Anyone with who has a little common sense and knows the game knows this. The hurry to transition or change from Museveni is redundant. The old man cannot even retire so his son can carry on after him. The delusion is real and someone has kick some knowledge into the man.

Kiwanuka Briton is practically asking an old man who has sat in the chair and been the chairman since inception of the party and the movement to step aside. It is a brave action and a foolish enterprise. As Museveni has sat on the throne since the 1980s and won’t budge. We all know that Briton has to accept an offer he cannot refuse. That’s all that is given and the NRM EC has hopefully bought enough time to give him that offer.

Briton should have studied Mbabazi in 2015 and 2016. He can see the writing on the wall. There is a reason why no other has gotten the shot or the capabilities to takeover from Museveni. Everything has been done by default and the party has just ring-fenced it for him. We all know this…

So, why even bother? This is a waste of time, shillings and resources. Briton is better of doing nothing. His better just sitting back, drinking his tea and chilling somewhere. That’s what he should do. Because doing this, well, nothing good will come out of this. Unless, he accepts whatever the party and the people surrounding him offers him. Since there is no chance that he will ever really challenge Museveni or be his equal. That’s impossible…

Kiwanuka Briton should have known better, but no one enlighten him. If they did, he didn’t listen and went ahead anyway. This could either be his end or his gain. Time will tell, but this wasn’t clever… but a gamble with his future and whatever ambition he carries within his soul. Peace.

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Tinkasmire MP abducted and dumped by a drone within 48 hours

“MP Barnabas Tinkasimire allegedly abducted in Kampala. His wife says her husband was abducted by gun-wielding men from Rubis Fuel station opposite Kampala Hill at around 6 PM on Saturday. His phones have since gone off. She says they have since reported the matter at Wandegeya Polie Station and that their effort to be availed with the CCTV footage by the Fuel Station have been frustrated” (Kungu Al-mahadi Adam, 29.06.2025).

“Hon. Tinkasiimire Barnabas dumped at Namungoona today at around 1:00am after being abducted by a drone on Saturday according to his wife Sandra Tinkasimire. She says Hon Tinkasiimire is so frail and seriously assaulted” (Peterson Nickson Amooti, 30.06.2025).

Today we have the news of MP Barnabas Tinkasimire being first abducted on Saturday 28^th June 2025 and now it’s revealed that he was “released” or dumped today on the 30^th June 2025.

This shows how the state and the authorities can just pick up someone and drop them off like nothing. They did this without a warrant or a notice. The state used law enforcement or state agents to pick him up at a gas station. That was done out of nowhere and with no prior knowledge. They just did so and to send a message.

We know something is up when the authorities say this: “Police have denied holding Buyaga West Member of Parliament, Barnabas Tinkasimire. The legislator was reportedly picked up by unidentified security operatives over the weekend from a fuel station in Wandegeya, a Kampala suburb” (106.9 Kabalega FM, 30.06.2025).

The first unverified reports were that the drone was from Special Forces Command (SFC). So, if the Uganda Police Force says they didn’t apprehend him or detain him. Then it makes sense for the UPF to say it. The SFC is an army entity and not a part of the Police. So, it’s all common sense and rational.

A man won’t kidnap or abduct themselves. Neither will they put themselves in pain or suffering. This is most likely done because he spoke ill of the President and wished him death to succeed him the other day. That there would be retaliation and usage of force against isn’t surprising either. He spoke with fire and fury, which is why he tasted this vengeance.

No one should be shocked or in awe. As this is modus operandi and the usage of force, intimidation and using the monopoly of violence is used against citizens. The citizens who are associated with dissidents can easily be accessed and taken away. No, it happened with one of their own who dared to speak out loud and against the President. That’s why he was touched and we could all smell it in the air. Peace.

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Opinion: Museveni, running for his ninth term [1986-2031]

“I have decided to come forward and see how to escort the Bazukulu and their parents forward for another five years and in this time I want us to really wipe out corruption” – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (28.06.2025)

Not breaking news from the Republic over the weekend. There has been no shocker and no earthquakes. Just another Saturday and a weekend where the National Resistance Movement (NRM).

I’m just one of the brothers who are tired of the erasing of the 1986 to 1996. Because he held the first election in 1996 and that’s how they count it to be 7 terms. Yes, 7 terms are bad and shows how he has self-styled President for Life. That’s nothing new either, as he has amended and changed the Constitution to fit his narrative and life. Therefore, we have to educate people about the lost decade.

The lost decade of 1986 to 1996 has to count as two terms, as he has since been “elected” for new years every 5 years ever since. That’s why he has held polls in 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 and now in the coming year, 2026. But we should count 1986 and 1991 as well. Even if there were no polls. It is still two terms and a time he defied the need for elections and was a “transitional” government after the bush-war of the 1980s.

So, let us not say his trying to get “elected” for a seventh term. His getting elected for the ninth time. He is serving currently on his eight term. That is what his finishing and doing the final run for the 9^th time. That would be sincere and it shows how long he has been in office. It is just a true reflection of how long he has lingered in power and reluctantly avoid leaving or retire.

His using corruption as an excuse to stay in office. Just like he has used the integration and the supposed wish to ensure a stronger East African Federation or a more unified East African Community. However, we know he hasn’t worked for that and only swayed his own ways over the years. That is just another long-con of the old man and now he uses corruption for his own personal gain. Just like he has used the tricks and theatrics to enrich himself and the inner circle surrounding him. We are not supposed to know that, but this trade is as old as the old man. This is his system and his political methods, which are now widely used and protocol. Therefore, we cannot run away from it and he has gained vast wealth because of it.

So, Mr. Ninth Term and the only man with a vision. Mr. Sunday who promised “fundamental change” and pledged for a liberation. He himself got liberated and so did the ones who is aligned with him. Nevertheless, the rest who dares to defy him or go out of his circle. They can suddenly be touched… and be in legal jeopardy. That’s what we have seen and this is how he runs his republic.

His not running for a better nation or securing your future. This isn’t steady progress, but more of the same. He should just run on “No Change” like it is 1996. Because his coming with nothing and taking it all. Just like he did yesterday and the day before, the decade before and before the millennium. He has generational wealth, because he stole from the future generations. Peace.

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