Opinion: Bobi Wine will get no favours…

It is now evident that the National Unity Platform (NUP) and the leader of it, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine will face more trouble ahead of the 2026 General Elections. The 2021 General Elections is long gone and the trying times are upon it.

The kidnappings and abductions aren’t ceasing. The NUP is facing trouble from within and usage of political leverage to appease the ones who can be bought. The journey men and the ones fleeing other parties are now seeking a new safety net ahead of the next polls.

There is no denying that the “Red Wave” and the People Power Movement was the strongest ahead of the 2021 election. Now it has stalled and the institutionalization of the NUP has stifled it’s tracks. As well as it has suffered the lack of resolve and measures from within. The leadership in Parliament and beyond are questioned. Not that the NUP has power, but it has little to show for it. That’s the problem it has as an opposition and lacking any majority to seal any sort of political victory. Neither has it been effective in stopping or demonstrating against the regime.

This week the old petition against the state in the Uganda Human Rights Commission for blocking him from performing as an artist and holding concerts. It has been withdrawn and the petitioner has stopped it, before the UHRC has worked upon it or even made it a significant case. We have seen this with the stalling tactics of the state in regard to Dr. Kizza Besigye. Therefore, Bobi Wine is just getting similar treatment to him…

There will be no safeguards or help from the authorities. The authorities and the state has him as a target, a threat and they fear his rise to popularity. That’s why the government friendly media targets him and his associates. The ones who are aligned or dares to challenge the status quo. They are the ones who are possible victims and not the ones who can be shielded from trouble.

The Bad Man from Kamwokya will not be met with law enforcement to seek a better tomorrow. No, they will find something on and pin him on the cross. They are there to ensure his demise and end. That’s what’s the goal is and that’s his been able to run away for so long. Is triggering the ones in authority, as his supposed to lose steam and not be able to promote his vision.

Bobi Wine is supposed to fail and make a briefcase party. The NUP was supposed to crash and burn. There was supposed cases against the constitution and how it was organized ahead of the 2021 elections, and some is trying to forge the same narrative ahead of the 2026 polls. They want to hurt and take away the party that is ushering in a new future for the Republic.

That’s why Bobi Wine can never sleep or rest. He has to be awake and ensure the ones around him is people he trusts. Because people will use him and possibly weaken his cause. They will target him and try to play mind games with him. That’s why he must be careful. Nothing is given to him and neither to the NUP party. It is by default and by codes of the state.

The regime has already targeted the red beret, activists, leaders and planned mobilization of the party. There is nothing given to Bobi Wine and his likes. That’s why allies are Court Martialled or possibly taken by drones. There is nothing the state aren’t willing to do to incite fear. That’s why the NUP will continue to fight with their hands tied. While the state and authorities will belittle every move, because that’s what they do. Peace.

National Unity Platform (NUP): Statement to the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) – (20.05.2024)

Opinion: Nyeko MP is now a political target…

The police are holding Makindye East MP Derrick Nyeko and four other suspects for possession of attire similar to that used by the military. According to Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, this followed a daylong siege at several homesteads in Kamwokya, including an office used by the National Unity Platform. He says the suspects are being processed for court and that this operation will extend to other parts of the country” (NTV Uganda, 14.05.2024).

This story has been told before and will be repeated itself in Kampala. The authorities of the state are like this and will create a crime out of thin air to take away the privileges and livelihood from an opposition leader, in this regard the Derrick Nyeko MP is the target and the one who is the suspect.

This is creating allegations and criminal intent without proof, evidence or anything of such sorts. That’s why they are making a pending case and using the opposition MP as a criminal. Even when his only crime is to stand by the Opposition and being part of the National Unity Platform (NUP).

Nyeko MP as a vocal voice within the opposition is certainly a sore thumb for the National Resistance Movement (NRM). They are now using the UPDF Act against him, but not doing the same towards their own. We have seen several of MPs and High Ranking Officials within the regime wearing attire of the UPDF. However, when an opposition leader has or possess something similar he gets in legal jeopardy.

The state comes with a raid and a house-arrest. They tries to intimidate and show their force towards Nyeko MP. We have seen the authorities keeping opposition activists and leaders captive over the red beret. If not they have said so over other attires too, but allows the allies, associates and regime’s own lackeys can wear uniform or whatnot from the same UPDF. Therefore, this law is only applied for the ones who are defiant of the state.

Nyeko MP is just an example… the man is target and they have shown their cards already. Yet another NUP MP is under fire and we all know the drill. Peace.

Opinion: Mwijukye MP stoned over a church land dispute in Buhweju district…

Christians from Rwanyamabare Catholic Church in Buhweju District were shocked after a group of goons attacked them after prayers and injured a number of individuals including the area MP Mwijukye Francis. It is said that the land where the church is located is being contested for by a lawyer called Edwin Burimbare and it is alleged that the suspected attackers were hired by him to attack the Christians. The LCV Chairman for Buhweju District Deo Atuhaire has condemned the incident” (Capital FM Uganda, 13.05.2024).

Hon. Francis Mwijukye, MP Buhweju County, has been attacked by a group of suspected land grabbers, and injured by stones pelted at him in Rwanyamabare Nyakishana subcounty, Buhweju County West. Police evacuated him. He is admitted and receiving treatment” (98.7 Kazo FM Omushomesa, 12.05.2024).

It is really shocking that a group of goons or land grabbers could attack a person inside the Rwanyamabare Catholic Church in Buhweju District. That person happens to be a Member of Parliament and being Francis Mwijukye who represents the area in Parliament.

That Mwijukye MP are now a victim of a horrific attack as there are a case of ownership of the land and a dispute over the location of the Catholic Church. That should be dealt by the Courts and by Petition the Authorities to ensure the righteous owner. Not attack the High Ranking Official and the Representative of the district.

If the ones who used goons or a group of people to stone the MP within the realm of the Church had a case. They wouldn’t need to go to this step. They uses violence to gain territory and take land. Instead of getting the documents and the titles through proper procedure, which questions the legitimacy of the dispute in this regard.

If the Lawyer who is alleged behind the attack of the MP. He should know how these things plays out in the Courts and how land is changing hands. Not just order a hit and use violence to gain it. That’s a barbaric means and direct injustice served on people who isn’t part of dispute.

We can just hope the wounds and the incident doesn’t stop Mwijukye MP from doing good work in Parliament and as a part of the FDC Katonga Fraction. As he is aligned with Besigye and is a known opposition leader for years now. Therefore, it is a worry how easily they could attack him and how he had no security to defend him there. Peace.

The Uganda Citizens Forum for Justice and Equity letter to U.S. Ambassador to Uganda – Petition calling for the sanctioning by the United States of America, United Kingdom, European Union and Republic of South Africa of Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bob Wine – President of National Unity Platform in Uganda under the Global Magistsky act, 2016 (09.05.2024)

Uganda: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeje Odongo – Re: UK Sanctions on Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament and Two Former Minister (02.05.2024)

Opinion: My rebuttal to Magogo’s Third Force and Charter…

“Why we need the third force for the new Uganda

Coercion, propaganda, preaching hate of one against the other and sowing anger among the citizens will only make people more desperate and ungovernable. The new ensuing disorder will indiscriminately torment the actual and presumed aggressors and the aggressed. Instead, as a nation we should take the opportunity of the current calm and order to reflect on the new Uganda and the generations to come by creating a Post President Museveni Charter. This opportunity may never be available when disorder descends. If indeed we love our Motherland and we all want to live in a better Uganda now and for generations to come, then let us make this country peaceful, listen to each other, respect divergence in opinion and accept co-existence and this can only be achieved by honest dialogue” – Moses Hassim Magogo MP and FUFA President (08.05.2024).

The ideas of the FUFA President and Member of Parliament Moses Hassim Magogo isn’t new. Also remember that’s his in the National Resistance Movement (NRM). He is an asset of the government and serves it as an MP and a leader in Football. That’s why I take this with a grain of salt and wonders if these words are to inaugurate the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU). Because that could be the “Third Force” because, he never mentions who they are and consist of.

Magogo MP is careful with his words here. Only speaking about a sincere problem. A bottleneck that the President and his inner circle has created. The prolonged agony of the tyrant and self-styled President for Life.

The “Post President Museveni Charter” is a way of saying there is a need for new laws and changes of the Constitution after Museveni leaves. That means every time there is a transition and a leadership change. There is a need for restructuring. That’s when you know the state and the lack of institutional procedures aren’t in affect. This is a signal that is sending alarm bells.

Museveni came with a Commission and created the 1995 Constitution, which he has amended in every hour of need. Now a MP from his own party says there is a need for a new Charter and change post-Museveni. That shows that the legislation and the laws currently aren’t made for the Republic, but to honour Museveni. This is really a statement of failure from the ones in office. They must clear up the mess and the dirt of the processor. That they have to re-institute and re-organize the government, as is…

Magogo MP might mean well by all of this… the Third Force, but for me its talk to safeguard and ensure longevity of the NRM. It is to have dialogue and give way to Gen. Muhoozi. That’s what this is… because this is calculated and planned efforts. They are speaking of propaganda and hating one and other. When the state is targeting dissidents, arbitrary arresting, court martialing civilians and using drones. That’s when the state is up too and will be remembered to do. Therefore, the talk of negotiations and dialogue needs to start with the end of impunity and injustice, which is rampant for the ones who really dares to challenge status quo.

“Honest dialogue” with the current regime is pointless. They are only there to find people eligible for a title and office. They are there to compromise and ensure their loyalty to the President. In the end… they are selling their integrity and future for a few silver coins. Therefore, that has to happen Post-Museveni. Museveni aren’t interested in a real dialogue or talks that undermine his power. He only wants to destroy and malign the ones who are in his way. This is why Magogo’s ideas aren’t for the time being worthy of discussion. Because we are talking about a timeline without Yoweri Tibuhurwa Kaguta Museveni. We don’t know when that will happen… eventually as a mere mortal, but we cannot know the day or the hour.

Alas, the troubles remain, and Charter will not be written. It’s a fools hope and that’s all we have. Peace.

Uganda: Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Statement on the Sanctioning of the Speaker of Parliament of Uganda by hte Government of the United Kingdom (02.05.2024)

Opinion: Resisting the resistance… [the NRM-IR]

The Former Deputy Resident City Commissioner for Rubaga Division Anderson Burora has formed the National Resistance Movement in Resistance ( NRM-IR) a break way group from NRM to fight corruption. Speaking to the press in Kampala the founder of this group Burora noted that NRM doesn’t tolerate corruption and this group will resist corrupt leaders, impunity, abuse of office. He says people can’t continue to die because of lack of service delivery while leaders are sharing what should be saving people” (Uganda Broadcasting Company (UBC) – ‘Former Deputy Resident City Commissioner for Rubaga Division Anderson Burora Forms NRM-IR to Combat Corruption’ 02.05.2024).

Resistance is said to be an act fight against something that is attacking you or something you are refusing to accept. Which means the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in itself are fighting against something or refusing to accept someone. We know that the NRA did rebuke and reject the leadership that was elected in 1980. However, we have gone a long time from there and we are now in 2024.

Burora’s group the NRM-IR is a group of people who are fighting something against fighting something. He is resisting the resistance. That is how redundant this is and how pointless the name of the group is. If he thinks his winning brownie points or being smart. Well, it isn’t a lot of wisdom in this.

NRM-IR is a word-salad and the founder should know this too. Burora is speaking like Museveni does and we know the drill. He promises to fight the impunity, the inaction and the grand corruption that is systemic in the NRM. While he associates with the NRM, as he is the NRM-IR. A group that is still associated with the regime. If it had been totally independent or in opposition. The founder wouldn’t have renamed it after the ruling party. That’s what he has done and it’s message is clear.

The NRM-IR will be an idle organization. It will be as powerful and meaningful as the NRM Poor Youth or any other sort of organization in association with the party, but not a direct part of the NRM Organization. The NRM-O or the NRM won’t sing this tune and this is only done to make Burora relevant.

Burora wants to be seen and get an office. He wants to be seen and be taken seriously. Nevertheless, his wits and wisdom isn’t that clever. It is just hot-air and a wast of time.

He is resisting the resistance. A man who works against the machine and doesn’t sow the mustard seed. No, he screams and shouts, but no one who matters will listen. He will be crying out loud, but not result in any favours given.

The NRM-IR will end up in the dustbin and forgotten. That’s the nature of things, unless the Kitchen Cabinet or any one of the inner circle gives its blessing. Sooner or later… it will be gone and no one will miss the man who resisted the resistance. Peace.

Opinion: Speaker Among is apparently over the rainbow…

I have always said that I have a permanent passport to Bukedea and Buyende district. I don’t need a visa. So, honorable members, you need to be very firm and fight for your position. Just imagine it is your kid who is being sodomized. I have interacted [with some officials] and we have gotten to know what the sanctions are about. At an appropriate time, the Head of State will also respond to it because it is an indictment on the Parliament of Uganda” (…) “These sanctions are politically-motivated. I am carrying a cross for the 48 million Ugandans because of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill we passed in this House. This may not be the only ban. Another one will come in the pretext of corruption and [many] others but we serve a living God. We will always not allow bum shafters in Uganda” – Speaker Anita Among (03.05.2024)

London is calling, London is calling and Kampala isn’t picking up. I don’t blame Kampala for not picking up the call. They are torn and getting a punitive actions against it. The Speaker and two former Ministers are sanctioned by the United Kingdom on the 30th April 2024. That’s a sign and a signal from the leaders in Westminster and Whitehall. However, that will not make anything change around Nile Avenue or such.

Just read the statement from the UK Sanctions list of 30th April 2024:

Anita Annet AMONG is an involved person under the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021. Specifically, AMONG, whilst Speaker of Parliament of Uganda and Member of Parliament for Bukedea District, is or has been responsible for or engaged in serious corruption” (The UK Sanctions List, latest Update 30 April 2024).

It states about the Parliamentary Exhibition and direct involvement in serious corruption. That’s not her effort to enact a law targeting a minority in the Republic. No, it is her shielding and partaking in the theft of state coffers. That’s the case and it isn’t a bargain.

She and her fellow cadres are doing this. They are blaming the enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act/Bill. That’s what she is saying and others, but the UK haven’t directed the pendulum there. Nevertheless, they are reading other scriptures than the rest of us.

It is just tiring to hear this hearsay and nonsense. She is misusing her office and never taking any accountability. That’s for a person living in a mansion and living large while the citizens are suffering. She’s part of an elite and getting wealth according to her station. Therefore, she is entitled and arrogant about her role.

Heavy is the head that wears the crown. She has power, prestige and a fancy title. Nevertheless, she isn’t respected or dignified for her role. No, she is brash, rash and acting in stark contrast to her predecessors. She is residing over a den of thieves and bashing in glory. That’s why she won’t have any say or speak of grand corruption. Because, that is what she is residing over and that’s what gives her power.

It is so sad… but that’s the grim reality. The 11th Parliament is a tragic site and it should be different… nevertheless, we will not see that in the near future. Speaker Among is thriving and eating. That’s all that matters… Peace.