“Security has noted with concern the continuous rhetoric by the NUP Presidential candidate calling upon his supporters to mob polling centers on Election Day, and thereafter march to the Capital Kampala. He also encourages his supporters to be prepared to confront the security forces because, in his view, the police and UPDF would be outnumbered on the ground. This type of polarizing language is very unfortunate indeed. It is ill advised, toxic, shallow in logic, and dangerous. The security forces strongly condemn the spirit and message behind the call, and we contend that this must stop henceforth. In the worst case scenario, those who incite violence and promote anarchy in the country by misleading the young of Uganda to violently confront the security forces will themselves not escape the outcome. The net effect will be a futile and zero-sum game with no winners, and contemporary examples abound in the world around us and beyond” (Colonel Chris Magezi – ‘Caution Against Incendiary and Divisive Language That Could Lead to Political Violence’ 04.12.2025).
Lord have mercy and may we ask you to forgive us for our sins. They don’t know what they do, but you see it…
Who brings the weapons? The army and the authorities do.
Who is quell the opposition? The army and the authorities do.
Who is in charge and have monopoly of violence? Well, the army and the authorities do.
I can continue, but it is beyond me. That someone who can write such a statement doesn’t see the folly. They are blaming the victims of oppression, impunity and the bystanders for their demise. That’s what the state does, and the law enforcement complies with these orders. The whole machinery is built to crush and silence the dissent. That’s not a well-known secret, but what it practically commits to do.
Sometimes I wonder if the army and the police force ever have heard His Excellency speak or fellow comrades even. Because there is warning against the opposition and their actions, but there are never any reflections on how the President and his fellow men are speaking. No, these people are untouchable, and these are the ones that is ordering the mayhem. So, let us make them saints and the victims the culprits. The deceased who cannot speak was a terrorist, a hoodlum or anything of that sort, because the dead can never say a word or defend its case. Alas, that’s how the state operates, and it is obvious. They are penalizing and criminalizing the acts of the opposition and that’s why they speak like this. Instead of taking any accountability and reflect on their own actions.
This here sort of statement is made to endanger and vilify the opposition. It is done so it can blame the National Unity Platform (NUP) or anyone else for that matter. That’s the gist of the statement from the UPDF here. They are doing this to put the blame on everyone else for their misuse of firearms and electoral violence against the opposition. This the main reason for writing and putting out this statement. That’s not to acknowledge what it does or how it operates. No, it is to pin Bobi Wine or anyone else who speaks their peace. Because the opposition and civilians are supposed to accept the tear-gas, live-bullets and whatnot in the coming days.
That’s why we must live accordingly and just know that this is what they do. Peace.
MinBane 