Opinion: The FDC without Katonga is without its heart…

The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) are now split into two fractions. That isn’t a secret, but been on public display for nearly a year or so now. The public disregard for each other and display of entitlement comes forward.

The delegation conference of the FDC Katonga Branch was naturally dismissed by the leadership of the Najjanankumbi fraction. The ones who holds the keys to the FDC headquarters and the official titles there. They have already disassociated with the Katonga branch and the divorce has already commenced.

The leaders of Patrick Oboi Amuriat and Nathan Nandala-Mafabi has shown their discontent with the FDC Katonga and used their roles to dismiss it completely. That was done and therefore, the FDC Katonga is on its own by those merits alone.

The FDC Katonga should jus start a “new formation” or a new party on its own. They are former FDC to begin with and aren’t a part of the what was known as the FDC. These leaders like Dr. Kizza Besigye and others aren’t now part of the official party. They can claim so, but it is semantics, and we know that the FDC HQ have the blessings of the Electoral Commission. Which means they are the official and the ones who has the seals.

The ones ruling from the HQ can have done without merits and done so without following procedure. They can have acted in rage and in arrogance. That is a fact too. The whole way of being incumbent and taking over the party could be seen as a coup. However, they have the signings and the paperwork to back it up.

That’s why the heart and the principles are standing on the outside. Besigye and his allies are now outsiders looking in. That is tragic and shows how the party has fallen. When one of their own has to rebuild and re-organize from the outside. When Besigye is one of the reasons for why the FDC has been viable and been a powerhouse in the Republic. That’s not because of the current leadership of the FDC, but because of him. That’s the truth and the brutal one at that.

Besigye has build a new home together with allies. They got to and there is no other way out. They cannot dismantle or destroy the FDC while doing so. That’s because the FDC HQ is safeguarded and has the authorities on its side. It is tragic, but one of the founders has no power or authority to bring it down. The only thing he can do is bring the people and the ones he trust with him. That being Lukwago or anyone else defying the ones who has taken over the FDC.

This is all Besigye has and the delegation conference is just a new beginning. However, it isn’t a story of the FDC. It is a story of betrayal and distrust. A story of a forged narrative and a lost cause. A party that has lost their way and was compromised, in such a way it has disassociated itself with a founder and a former Presidential Candidate of the same party. That what has happened and it shows where the hurt remains.

The pain, the suffering of seeing the FDC like this. There is so many victims and people who sacrificed itself for that party. To see that party losing its way and becoming like this. Taking the heart out of it and selling it to the highest bidder. The FDC won’t be the same. It’s already a mockery and a charade of what it used to be.

That’s the FDC Katonga Branch just needs a new name, slogan and a new party constitution. It needs a new manifesto and a new way forward. Because, being riddle with the past and with the glories of the FDC. It won’t do them any favours. That one has sailed. The past won’t help Besigye or his fellow comrades in the struggle. No, they will only feel worried and feel like they lost what they fought for. Which is true…

Now is the time to move on and get a new movement to work for the cause. Not bicker with FDC HQ and the useless enterprise that has sold its soul. Time to find a new way and on its own. As they will show the difference between the FDC HQ and whatever name the Besigye outfit will have.

Besigye will galvanize people and will make a difference wherever he is. That we know and the ones living in the HQ knows this. Peace.

Opinion: Ssemujju Nganda MP asked the right questions… [but he won’t get the answers his seeking]

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.

Mzee is warning the youth whose planning to demonstrate on the 23rd July 2024…

When you demonstrate in a place like Kampala, people are selling their products on the road side. Are you going to step on people’s products? You are playing. Do not have such ideas in your head. What right do you have to seek to generate chaotic behavior? We are busy producing wealth; you are getting cheap food, people in other parts of the world are starving, and you are here, you want to disturb us. You are playing with fire. While we wealth creators are busy creating wealth for Uganda, some elements, some in the opposition are always working with foreigners to ferment chaos in Uganda: riots, illegal demonstrations, illegal and inconsiderate processions, etc. These people are unfair and inconsiderate. They should check themselves or we will have no option but to check them” – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (20.07.2024).

It is like article 29(d) of the 1995 constitution doesn’t exists or isn’t enacted anymore. It is like the words of the Constitution is useless and just wasted ink. As the Republic and the Authorities isn’t bound by law and isn’t in need of abiding by it. Alas, that’s wherein the problems remain.

The article itself says this:

freedom to assemble and to demonstrate together with others peacefully and unarmed and to petition” (Article 29(d) of the 1995 Constitution).

This is under Chapter Four of the Constitution and parts of the “positive” rights a citizen has in the Republic. These words was written and put into place for a reason. Therefore, it is rich hearing and reading the words of the President.

The Self-Styled President-for-Life has chosen his path. The narrow road of impunity and collective punishment of the population. As if his the only man whose words matters and who is the embodiment of the law. That’s how the President operates and it shows.

He speaks of generating wealth and such, but his more busy scheming and finding new methods of looting for his elite. That’s what is his key enterprise and this is why people are tired of his system. A system and a state that is vicious against the dissidents and who makes an unholy elite richer than God. That’s why the elites favours the President and they hope his reign never ends. Because his the reason why they are eating and living so lavish in the first place. However, they are only a small minority and not the huge part of the population.

Citizens should demonstrate and revolt. They should do so peacefully and assemble in the streets. We know the President and the authorities won’t allow it. It is going against the nature of the National Resistance Movement and Museveni himself. His supposed to be the one with the final say and his word is the law after all.

President Museveni acts like he is the sole beneficiary and the overlord who ensures everyone, which he doesn’t and cannot do. He doesn’t have the ability or the skill-set to facilitate such a state. That’s why it’s all a mirage and empty pledges, which he never intends to fulfil. We have seen that for years. He can create more offices and cronies can be appointed to duplicated government entities, but they won’t amount to anything. Except for getting another one on the hook and being on the payroll of the state.

Meanwhile, the grievances and the losses of the citizens are falling behind. They are seeing the lacklustre attempts of governance. The numbers games and the jinxing of promises, which are never ever finished. Government schemes are collapsing or if not defaulting. Ghosts are appearing and lack of government oversight is rampant, because if there was someone being proper. That one would find a scandal, would find a heist and the whistleblower would be gone in a minute. Therefore, the President Museveni rather wants to silence his critics and have less talk.

Only his voice of reason matters anyway. The rest is just noise. His words and opinions can make a change. The voices of the people are just scattering and incoherent bickering, which won’t resolve any bottleneck. That’s why he rather dismiss them completely and threaten anyone for speaking up. That’s the liberation and the freedom that the President has to offer in 2024. A man who fought for freedom and liberation, but only freed himself and his fellow cronies. Peace.

Opinion: Kololo and the Parliament are only for the special one…

In the last few days the National Unity Platform (NUP) was blocked from having their 4 Year Anniversary at the Kololo Independence Grounds. Days later the authorities has now blocked and disengaged with the organizers of the march to Parliament on the 23rd July 2024.

All of this is happening days apart and is a part of a bigger story. A story with one main culprit and his sort of governance. That is all connected to the false liberation and the bush-war era, which is only allowing “one vision” and following the NRA Way. The ones who falls astray and goes elsewhere has to be crashed, destroyed or silenced. That’s what is the matter here…

The NUP dared to ask and hope to hold a celebration at the Kololo. The Kololo that is used for government events, the Presidential Affairs and whatever the National Resistance Movement (NRM) deems fit. That’s a place for the government, His Excellency and whoever are in association with him. Others aren’t deemed fit or only if they entertain, bring the bread and circus and goes home. That’s whose allowed there and the NUP would never bring that to the table.

The Parliament on the other hand is just totally mute. That the civilians and the citizens dared to ask this question. They are by law and by the constitution allowed to gather or even assemble in demonstrations. However, we know by the Public Order Management Act (POMA) that this has been restricted and stopped plenty of times. The state will attack it viciously and without any hesitation to answer with lethal means. That has been shown before and would happen again if the public would dare to go against the will of the authorities.

The NRM and Museveni have no interests for the NUP or the demonstrations outside the Parliament. The public are supposed to be subdued and not care. They are supposed to be happy with cents on the dollar. They are supposed to be silent and await the next dance. Not supposed to question the authorities or even speak out against that.

The President cannot have that. The state cannot accept that sort of behaviour. The citizens are just supposed to relieve themselves and be silent. Not act upon their best interests or speak. That’s who they are supposed to be. Therefore, the President and the Authorities aren’t interested in hearing their grievances. They are supposed to be beggars and be lucky for mere shillings randomly.

The lesson here is that state is a closed of scene. The ones who fights or speaks out against it will be met with force. Citizens should be allowed to carry out their duties, but we know the gist of the NRM. We know the parties are blocked and not allowed entry at certain stages. That is what is happening everywhere and it’s been going on for years.

Museveni and NRM can lie to the world, but we all know their game. They are giving no way and telling people they got the answers. There will be no celebration and the march will be shut down. The one who dares to challenge the state will suffer. The state has no issues to abduct, torture or even kill. That’s what it does…

The crickets are maybe silent, but sooner or later the truth will come out. The skeletons will be revealed. The authorities and the state cannot hide the reality forever. That’s who it is and how it operates. Peace.

Opinion: Besigye won’t be on the 2026 ticket

The Katonga fraction of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) are now mobilizing members and trying to figure out the future of the group. That’s for anyone who follows and is inspired by the leadership of Dr. Kizza Besigye. The resilient and hardworking politician, which has been in legal jeopardy through out his political career. No one has more charges and cases against him, but no sentencing or such. Therefore, his a force to be reckon with and be inspired by.

Besigye in 2024 isn’t as big as he was in the past. Neither is he irrelevant or a relic of the past. No, his still resounding his words and getting headlines. As he battles old pending “criminal” cases and being on the road as a political figure. His working tirelessly for the cause and for the peaceful liberation of the nation. Regardless, that if he will see it himself or it will be for the next generation.

We saw that he didn’t stand for Presidency or be the Flag-bearer of the FDC Party in 2021. The last time he was a Presidential Candidate was in 2016 and after that he made the proxy government, the People’s Government for the 2016-2021 term. As a way of showing defiance and working outside the mechanisms of the state. Since he saw the election as illegitimate and knew the results was in his favour.

Alas, for a man that has run as Presidential Candidate for term after term. A man who stood tall after coming back from exile. While being taken into custody, charged with treason and other penal codes to stifle his movement. The usage of Public Order Management Act to stop his gatherings and mobilization. In such a manner, that he couldn’t public will or be able to spread the message fast enough. As the blockade of radio shows and others didn’t make it possible for everyone to hear what he had to say.

A man who has been house-arrested for days upon days, months upon months and pre-emptively arrested before leaving his home or even trying to convene his political party. They even stopped him from attending national prayers and bringing the faith together after the elections. That’s what has happened to Besigye.

This is why Besigye matters still… not because his willing to stand as Flag-Bearer or being the man on the ticket. No, he won’t be on the ballot in 2026. Deep inside he knows its futile and won’t serve him any good. Neither will it serve his cause or what he works for. It is only spending time within the framework and the system that the overlords has created. He will play onto the instruments of the state and give them legitimacy. That’s why it has no value to be part of the next general election.

Besigye knows all of it and saw how it ended in 2016. As an outsider looking in 2021. He surely knows things won’t be better in 2021. He has seen it all since 2001. Been part of 2006, 2011 and 2016. Besigye has tried and failed, but he was the victor in many people’s eyes. People had faith in him and his cause years ago. The streets was buzzing and was ready for him…

While the system was rigged against him and the guns saluted only Museveni. That’s why he never got a chance and was blocked from entering the high offices. This is why he had to go back to the drawing board and return to the streets. There was nothing else for Besigye. Neither would anyone else offer him a hand or give him the power to overcome this obstacle.

No, he had no support or outreach to get there. Neither was the population or citizens tired enough of the regime. They are still silently adapting and allowing it to interfere in their lives. The citizens are allowing the laws to be taken for granted and used against their leaders. That’s what the state does… and they still remain silent.

That silence is the reason why Besigye never received the crown. That’s why he wasn’t sworn-in and became the Head of State. It was all… because of the reluctant people who wouldn’t challenge the High Above head-on and not give way, which it did.

This is why Besigye won’t be on the ticket or be the flag-bearer…. And why should he? There is nothing to gain or collect. He won’t get what he deserves and now there is a new leader in town that’s taking up the mantle. Therefore, he can take the blunt force and get the humiliating treatment, which Besigye got in the past. That’s what Bobi Wine has to go through. He has to fight and continue to be a burden for the state. As long as he campaigns and works for the People Power Movement and the NUP.

Besigye isn’t sidelined, but decided to be an inspiration. Be a one of honour and a man of wisdom. That’s who he is right now. He is a man people should listen to and try to understand. As he has fought and stood on the barricades. Getting violently treated and been in the trenches. No one should insult his career or what he stood for.

Besigye did fight. It isn’t important for him to become the President. It is more important to ensure proper liberty and freedom. Something the regime isn’t serving the population. It is only giving partial of everything and taking everything else for themselves. Peace.

Opinion: Besigye, you cannot revive the dead…

We are not starting a new party. We have a party and it’s FDC where I am a member and no one can take that away from me. We the members of FDC have a problem and the problem is that our leadership has been bought. We are moving around the country to tell people about what’s happening at the party and remind them to align with the cause” – Dr. Kizza Besigye (13.05.2024).

The dirty money and the fall-out has created two deep fractions within the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). The FDC Najjanankumbi and FDC Katonga Fractions, which Besigye is well aware off. As the FDC HQ has disassociated itself with Katonga and everything it does. Therefore, his answers to the NBS Television is disappointing.

Dr. Kizza Besigye is a maverick, a seasoned politician and a renegade. His a fighter and a resound leader. His not a random bloke or someone you should disregard. He is smart and has wits. A man who is capable of building structures, even in the midst of turmoil and trouble.

Now he says his not building a new party or new structures. When we know the FDC HQ is smearing his name and his work. The leaders of FDC HQ like Amuriat and Nandala-Mafabi won’t recognize or accept this stake. To disconnect itself from Besigye is weakening the party and taking away huge load of support. That’s something Besigye knows, but formally the FDC HQ are now not in the same organization.

Besigye can mobilize and speak in gatherings, but he cannot do that under the banner of the FDC. He isn’t one of them, as the leaders there have sold their souls and traded the party away. That’s something he knows… and we all know it too.

The good doctor cannot save the dying party. It is on its deathbed and his remedies are not welcomed. Besigye will not win this fight over the soul of the FDC. That is already taken from him and his associates. Therefore, Besigye should focus away from the FDC and fight the cause under another banner. He should do so with a new entity and with his fellow cadres…

No one is as powerful and been a voice of reason as Besigye. Nevertheless, at this very time and knowledge of how things transpire. The FDC is a lost cause. It is outsold and lost its purpose. Besigye can fight the same battle for liberation elsewhere. Just like he could incorporate Reform Agenda in the FDC. Therefore, Besigye should move on.

There is no way of saving Besigye… he can speak of wisdom and be sincere in his wishes to save it. However, it is pointless and a lost cause. Especially, when the likes of Amuriat and Nandala-Mafabi are in-charge of the FDC HQ. Peace.

Opinion: Amuriat is a lost cause…

I can not impose myself to be the leader of Dr. Kizza Besigye but I can speak with authority that, whoever does not believe that I am the leader of the FDC indirectly says they are not members of the FDC. Dr Kizza Besigye can have his own choice of leader but I dare to say he cannot and will never be allowed to impose any leader on the FDC. The leaders of the FDC will also be elected and recognized in the manner as it is stated within the constitution of the FDC” – Patrick Oboi Amuriat (15.04.2024)

We can say that the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) is a lost entity. The likes of Patrick Oboi Amuriat and Nathan Nandala-Mafabi have destroyed the legacy and the relief of an opposition party. That’s why Amuriat still targets Besigye and whatever he does…

POA cannot distance himself or even gather enough guts to work in silence. Now that Besigye is relevant and gaining traction again. He see how that affects the FDC and the party that his running. Because, POA and Mafabi has nothing like this within their organization. Besigye is another breed and character, which POA never posses.

The Katonga fraction is now showing its progress and the consultation meetings are gathering people. It is causing a stir and the authorities are even trying to stress it. That shows how it is working and why it matters.

Besigye is a difference of a man and leader. POA is maybe the official Party President of the FDC… but he doesn’t have the heart of the people or the integrity needed as an opposition leader. The manner of which was addressed with the “dirty money” last year. Also the way the he has denounced and distanced the party from Katonga road office. Which means that they shouldn’t be associated anyway.

Amuriat has made his bed and now he has to sleep in it. The FDC is dying and on its death-bed. That’s because Amuriat and his ilk has taken the poison pill. They have to accept the fate… that they have made. This is their own making and now it comes back to bite them in their ass.

Besigye is a force to reckon with… and Amuriat underestimated that. He thought he could just takeover the party and make it his own. That’s what he has done, but he haven’t built anything and not been honest about his craft. Therefore, Besigye legacy is destroyed by the likes of Amuriat.

Besigye deserves better and whatever his Katonga road choses to do. It will be more impactful and powerful than the FDC today. This isn’t the FDC of 2011 or 2016. No, this is a weaker and softer version. This is a cast of people who can be handled and act like the NRM Light. Which is why the NRM isn’t afraid of this FDC.

Besigye’s FDC would have been more frightening… and dangerous… Besigye proves that and we will see more of that in the future. He is a vibrant leader and an honest one at that. Amuriat cannot compete with him and we can all see that. This is why Amuriat still have to reference Besigye and his associates. That’s because… the FDC now is just a lost cause.

Amuriat and his people killed the FDC and now they want to pin it on someone else, they want to be victims and say Besigye did it. When in reality, Amuriat did it all together Mafabi and they will be remembered for what they did. So many risked their lives, died and was arrested for the cause of the FDC. While these two betrayed their sacrifices and Besigye have to continue that fight on the outside of the FDC now.

That’s telling and this is why Amuriat is a lost cause too. Peace.

Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) – Najanankumbi: Deputy President Moses Byamugisha – Press Statement (11.04.2024)

Opinion: Amuriat will never be as relevant as Besigye

We are going to take legal actions against this group not because they are running around the country, that’s the right but because they are misusing or abusing the instruments that portray the FDC, they are misusing our flag, our colour, they are abusing our motto, our slogans and going around the country masquerading as the FDC! They are not FDC, in fact, in doing what they are doing they are also violating the FDC’s constitution” – Patrick Oboi Amuriat (08.04.2024).

Just as the Katonga Fraction is mobilizing and holding consultation meetings across the nation. The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) – Najjanakumbi fraction is feeling the pinch. As Dr. Kizza Besigye and his allies are showing their popularity. After years of traversing the nation and campaigning. Besigye have a heart and supporters, which will not blindly follow the FDC Headquarters.

This is hurting the pride of Patrick Oboi Amuriat who has already dismissed and disassociated the Katonga fraction from the party. The FDC as we knew it has already settled the score and burned the bridges with Besigye. That’s been done out of petty grievances and lack of accountability on the behalf of the current leadership at Najjanakumbi. This is why Katonga – the Liberation Fraction is hurting and causing envy towards Amuriat or Mafabi for that matter.

Yes, the party colour has been flagged and the logos at time, but the reality is that Besigye is one of the founders of the party. Other leaders beside him is so too. They are people who built the party and was a vital part of it. Therefore, Amuriat is thinking they will leave it behind so suddenly. That’s why Moses Byamugisha even defends the nationwide mobilization and the works of Besigye over the weekend. Because he is smart enough to acknowledge the importance of Besigye. Something Amuriat and his pride never are able too.

Besigye is either on the way of making a pressure group or a new party. He is on the way of Muntu now. Building his own entity and organization. That will be another sibling to the FDC. That will be like the ones who left FDC when Muntu announced the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT). The Third Force and the new beginning for Muntu.

Now the same is awaiting Besigye and it will be even bigger. As Besigye is a bigger character and larger than life. He is the living legend and the freedom fighter of old. A man who has fought for decades and wanted to end the reign of Museveni. A battle that continues to this day and never ceases to end. His mission and voice matters, which hurts Amuriat.

Amuriat never was able to overshadow or able to become as vital as Besigye. Amuriat and Mafabi doesn’t have the character or the spine to do what Besigye does. That’s why they rather sell the party and be a useful puppet. This is how things are looking and Amuriat isn’t amusing. The FDC as we know it is dead and took part of the fatal actions to end it. Therefore, Besigye have to re-start and re-launch his activism.

Besigye will be relevant and continue to be thorn in the eye of the regime. That’s because his relentless… and never gives way to his principles. However, Amuarit is easily swayed and lost his way. That’s why he has to revenge and avenge over the self created character assassination, which he has performed on himself over the last year. That’s why Amuriat should focus on regaining some sort of normalcy… but that seems like a fever dream.

Besigye shouldn’t fear the FDC. The FDC now is a shell of what it used to be. That is the nationwide tour proving and Besigye allies should prepare their own party. They should work on their own and leave the old behind, as the old is betraying what it stood for. Peace.

Opinion: Besigye never left…

Please stop looking at 2026 but rather ensure that this government is removed. Do you know people who die everyday because of the situation in the country and we wait for 2026?, I want us to look at tomorrow because it is possible” – Dr. Kizza Besigye (04.04.2024).

This isn’t a comeback, but a new wave…

Dr. Kizza Besigye has been underestimated, ridiculed and been said to be a relic of history. His Katonga Road branch has been dismissed by the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). This is why his on a nationwide consultation meeting drive. His passing by town after town and holding meetings to hear what they vision for him to do. The FDC Katonga Fraction is surely becoming its own identity and independent from FDC Najjanakumbi.

Now Besigye and his team has traversed to Jinja, Mbarara, Kabale and Rukungiri. He is going across the Republic to gain support and hear the views of leaders of the organization. This is also campaigning for a future entity, which will come sooner or later.

Dr. Kizza Besigye is asked to form a new party. That has been called for since the fallout with Najjanakumbi. That is needed and there are several of MPs who will follow him. The FDC Katonga fraction will be strong and be relevant.

That is proven by the attendance in the cities, the blockage of roads and frustration from the authorities. It is like they trying to prove a point and later allowing the meetings to be held. However, it is a sign that Besigye resurgence aren’t welcomed by the regime. This isn’t shocking, but we can see it coming.

Now one should doubt the heart or the drive of Besigye. In the 2021 General Elections he was in the shadow, but there was others within FDC who became the Presidential Candidate and Besigye was a part of the United Forces for Change (UFC) with the National Unity Platform (NUP). That he was participating in stark contrast to the leadership of Najjanakumbi. Therefore, it is only healthy to see the campaigning now.

Besigye is showing his popularity haven’t died down. Neither is his political capital is gone. That’s why people show up and celebrates his entry into any town. The Police Force is coming and being directly interfering in the public drive around him. The authorities are seeing that Besigye still matters and it is obvious.

The message of Besigye will continue to be important. As he continues to fight the struggle and for the liberation of the nation. He hasn’t let go of this and uses his platform to do just that. Again and again spreading the message. Travelling from town to town giving a word and guidance to do so. However, will it just linger and will people listen… that we can wonder about… because his mission isn’t a solo mission and something he can finish alone. Besigye needs people around him and the public needs to believe in the message his spreading.

This isn’t comeback. Besigye never left. That’s important to notice. His not a political figure or a candidate fighting for a position. His a voice of reason and of the struggle. A fight he has battled for decades and gotten little returns. Besigye have paid the price and we have seen how his been targeted by the authorities. No one has a criminal record like Besigye and spent time behind bars or house arrests for that matter. Therefore, he knows the cost and seen it with his own eyes.

That’s why Besigye is a vital figure and someone that we need to listen too. He will overshadow the FDC and whatever unit or entity that is created by this nationwide process will be significant. As he will be the figure and his message will be resounding within that. This is why he never left, because his not done with the mission.

Besigye won’t leave until he has finished what he started. That’s why you shouldn’t underestimate him or his associates. They will fight until they see proper freedom, liberty and the end of the junta. Peace.