
“As the top leader of the Movement. We humbly take responsibility for all mistakes made by ourselves, our agents and representatives. Therefore, we stand here to repent and ask for your forgiveness. Forgiveness especially for the people of Buganda and the whole country. We pray for restoration and favour. Lord restore our favour, that we came with and had with them in the beginning. Bring healing to their hearts. Soften the hardened hearts and reconnect us to the original vision” – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Janet Museveni (25.05.2025).
There is to much water under the bridge. The vagueness of the apology and lack of substance make it look like a ploy. This is making themselves look supreme and holy ahead of the 2026 General Elections. That’s why the President and First Lady/Minister asked for an apology.
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) and the inner circle knows what they have done and what sort of record it has. The years have lingered on the party and the President knows what he has done. That’s why this apology is insincere when his making laws and amendments, which are in disconnect with the needs of the nation. He wants to be oppressive and use force on people. That’s why he wants Military Courts and use Law Enforcement to detain dissidents. Therefore, there is little proof of a sort of acts, which will be for the betterment of the Republic.
There is little justice and liberty in the nation. The usage of impunity and militarized society is what the President has brough on the nation. It is a junta government, and the army is involved in every part of government.
These two has built the system and government which we see today. Museveni knows his wrongs and he spelt them out in the past. Just reading his old speeches in contrast to how his governing now. He knows his in the wrong, but he does so to prolong his stay in office.
If we would have believed him. He would have stopped with safe houses, making a duplications of security organizations to monitor, apprehend, kidnap and torture civilians. If he stopped the impunity and keeping citizens on remand on definitely on political prosecutions against civilians who are tied to the opposition. That’s all done by law and by orders of the government.
We could have believed him and his wife if they didn’t torture, drop them off on a random and even disappear people forever. We have seen this government using extra judicial killing and for a reason too. Therefore, this Apology is hallowed. It is a ploy and a plot for them.
When you know this apology isn’t sincere or honest. You know it is just made to make headlines and isn’t from a good place. That’s when you should just dismiss it. The President and First Lady could just drop a word-salad and said practically nothing. Because this here is pointless.
The acts of violence, usage of law enforcement and use of state to apprehend, kidnap, keep people incommunicado and harm people because of their political affiliations are showing their true nature. The usage of the military in the civilian sphere just shows how the President wants rules the Republic. That’s why he wants the arms, the guns and bravado to show his abilities on innocent bystanders or citizens at large.
That’s why their apology and prayers aren’t accepted. The lives are already touched, and it is not like they have tried to rectify the damage they have done. Neither is there any action for a betterment in the future. Instead, they are doubling down and making things worse as things goes. Their son is brutally harming people and gushing out about in public. That’s why the lineage are praising himself for hurting people on their behalf.
This is public knowledge, and this sort of spectacle could have worked in the early years of the Movement and after the bush-war. However, after decades of lack of compassion and acts of care for humanity. This sort of apology is worthless, when every single action they do are contrasting their words. Peace.
















