Kisoro By-Election: Doing the same thing and learning nothing…

The recent Kisoro By-Election have gone down without much fanfare or excitement. Shockingly, there haven’t been a sort of move or tension, which made the regime or the National Resistance Movement (NRM) to act all out.

The ordinary acts of pre-ticked ballots, added security forces and policing in the District was as a customary act. The NRM used their teams and worked hard for their candidate. Meanwhile the opposition fielded several candidates to no avail.

That the PPP, FDC, UPC and NUP all had a candidate, but the battle was a NRM Leaning Independent versus the NRM candidate. The others was just publicity and party building exercises. The ones thinking otherwise was naive.

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) have yet again not listed to the local sentiments or who that is rightfully to elect. That’s why Rose Kabagyeni didn’t win and wasn’t favoured enough as Grace Ngabirano Akifeza. The NRM Electoral Commission didn’t take into consideration the will of the region or the district and just pushed through their person. This is why Akifeza went independent and proved them all wrong.

Plenty are mocking the NUP here, rightfully so… but in justification the NUP had no stakes in it and would only be a miracle if it was getting a win. The machinery is on the side of the NRM. The state apparatus in high gear and this is why they sort it out this way. They can rig to a certain extent, but they cannot force it totally. That’s why the likes of Akifeza gets through.

She would have harder trouble being elected or being part of it. If she wasn’t friendly to the NRM and wanted to be their flag-bearer to begin with. The President and the NRM EC needs to reevaluate. The other parties just had fools hope and it went nowhere.

It didn’t help that Bobi Wine or James Akena was part of the campaigns ahead of the polls. It didn’t matter that the NUP was there for two days. However, they didn’t guard the votes and continued their country tour. That’s why some people aren’t taking them seriously. As they weren’t trying to forge or even fortify the district. Instead they had hope and thought Tana aka Beyoncé would carry it for them. Alas, that is clearly not the case.

The Opposition Parties needs to assess the By-Election and if it is worth it. They need to consider to field joint candidates and make alliance across the political spectrum. As the NRM won’t relent and they are only allowing NRM leaning Independents as the second best. This is why they accept the loss, but wouldn’t be okay with a true opposition. Therefore, they knew this and saw the footprints in the sand.

You need an earthquake and a miracle for opposition MPs to win in these By-Elections. There is little wiggle-room or if any. Except for when a person has such popularity that is out of bound or out of the ordinary. They are unique and has the messages that the locals or voters are concerned about. They have the sincere heart and nobility that makes them feasible. That’s the times the opposition has won these in the recent years.

This time around… there was a run-of-the-mill election. Nothing was significant and no message was said. There was no story or tale to be told. Only that the NRM lost to one of their own. They lost to someone who wanted to be theirs, but they rejected her. That’s why the locals said “no” and we want her. This is why we are here today. Peace.

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Opinion: Amin’s ghost haunts Museveni

In around 1971, Amin had even destroyed the little gains Uganda had obtained from 1962. When we came in power, we really had a problem to first fix what Amin had destroyed and then also try to do what we wanted in our agenda of socioeconomic transformation. That’s how we created the NRM 10-point program” – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (07.11.2024).

A man who has ruled supreme since January 1986. That man should be able to live on his own achievements and create his own legacy. Alas, that is clearly not the case. As this man has to continue to rewrite history and distort the legacy of the fallen ones before him.

Yes, Idi Amin and his government was terrible. The records of the Amin era was bad. That is on record and the historical documents proves that. So, there is no need to defend Amin or his ways. He was a dangerous man and would use force to get his way. That’s why his enemies was in trouble and his erratic decisions could hurt the stability of the Republic. Meanwhile that doesn’t stop his patriotic acts or trying to make a change too. Therefore, there is still proof of what Amin tried to build and what he wanted to see as a future in the Republic. That’s something the current leadership wants gone and forgotten, which is ironic.

The ills, the destructive and misuse of power during Amin has become main-stay and part of the ordinary usage of both lethal, human rights violations and stopping of assembling of opposition. During Museveni he has made security outfits, organizations and law enforcement that acts within the realm of what Amin did. He just had more years to perfect it and made it part of the status-quo. Therefore, his able to get away with it and it doesn’t cost him anything.

It is just striking that the Museveni government is now going after the cash-crop of Coffee. The Coffee that was vital and the biggest export of the Amin era. That who was giving the government of Amin the ability to run. It gave it forex and foreign funding for selling coffee. This was sold in bulk to America and even done with embargoes towards the Amin government. Which just shows how things was in the 1970s.

Now in 2024, the coffee exports are rising and profitable. That’s why Museveni wants more control over it by dissolving his own 1990s creation of UCDA. The predecessor of the CMB. That’s how Museveni operates and he has to pin blame on others. As his government had previously failed the same industry and agricultural output after taking power. It took them nearly a decade and foreign entities pressuring for liberalization and new methods to ensure a more profitable way of getting the cash-crop to the foreign market. That’s when things started to surge. Now that it’s in a rising market and one of the key crops of the Republic. This is when he plans to take it and get a piece of the pie. That’s what the President does…

The ones believing his mess. They are naive and deluded. Amin’s ghost is haunting President Museveni. The dead are now surrounding him. He see them and is worried about meeting them in the afterlife. His worried that people will deem him as bad as them and will write his legacy. A legacy he has self inflicted and created. The skeletons, the pain and the suffering committed to stay in office. Will forever be imprinted with his name. The golden letters and fanfare of opening institutions will not linger on. When the bodies, the stories and the pain is released. When the full extent of the massacres, the amount of political prisoners and the usage of systematic torture is released. That’s when the truth will come out and it will be a reckoning for anyone who stood by his side.

They knew that he fought dictators and he became a more vicious one. He thought he was clever, but the truth is more sinister. That’s the reality here and he cannot hide from it. This is why the ghost of Amin re-appears and comes to scare him. He don’t want to be an Amin, but deep inside he knows there is no difference between him and himself. Peace.

Opinion: Museveni should check himself…

“I’m really not happy with the people who divert our people’s attention. I’m tired of the misleaders of our people and they should check themselves or I will check them” – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (02.11.2024).

Mr. 1986, the only man with a vision, the truly visionary and revolutionary leader should start to reflect on his own actions and words. These sorts of statements are getting old. Just like his campaigns, slogans and whatnot against corruption. It is a recycling of messaging and it’s meaningless in 2024.

This man can’t be serious. He cannot expect us to take him seriously either. The old man with the hat is a lost case. The words and retorts are pointless. As he himself doesn’t practice what he preaches. Just like he tells people to live within their means, but he lives on the public coffers and spends like there is no tomorrow on himself. Therefore, he isn’t a believable character anymore.

He is a man that has created scandals and allowed them to appear. Just to divert attention from the real reasons or problematic efforts of the state. That’s what his regime has done and he has done this deliberately too. People are preoccupied with one minor thing, instead of the bigger picture. They are more into the celebrities and nudity, than the actual government or policies, which will affect the citizens for decades to come.

That is who Museveni is and how he has operated. He has been happy to mislead and miseducate generations. Where he has used his bravado and charisma to sell stories. Tales of old and tales of now. Just so he can blame others or say others was in-charge. Even when its all built by him or been incorporated in a manner, which he is responsible for. His the guy that has appointed and made sure the legislation is put forward in the first place. Alas, when the reality of the gambit and the hustle comes to show. He will blame the forefathers and whoever else for the misgivings of his own creation. Therefore, he isn’t a jolly statesman, but a liar himself.

A man that lies about the past, present and about what he will do in the future. That’s who Museveni is and we can see it. That’s why he shouldn’t call someone misleaders. When he is the Pope of Misleading and the Archbishop of lying. It is so easy to assess and address. This isn’t even funny, but it’s tragic.

The response should have been swift, but people are tired. They are just so numb to it. The people have heard it all before and his excuses are getting old. The excuses are sooner older than the President himself. It is getting stale, old and we cannot digest it anymore. Peace.

Opinion: Among better answer for her tribalism…

Then better make sure that those baganda don’t get numbers!” – Speaker Anita Among (24.10.2024).

Yesterday’s Plenary Session has exposed how the Speaker of the 11th Parliament, Anita Among operates. It was a moment that was supposed to be held in silence and her microphone was meant to be muted. Regardless, we are seeing how she targets and are going after certain groups of Members of Parliament.

The honourable speaker is showing her tribalism. Where she has picked up one group of MPs and where they are from. This is going to far. It wouldn’t be right if she did this against the Acholi, Langi or whoever else either. Right now we are just discussing this because it is targeted against the Baganda MPs.

The ones that are from the Central Region or the Baganda Kingdom. The ones that are elected from a variety of districts surrounding the capital. That’s who the Speaker spoke ill about and wanted them to not know about the situation.

The Speaker isn’t impartial in the affairs either, but the ones directing and taking the shots. She is pushing the legislation and isn’t the one overseeing it. No, she is taking her hands into the cookie-jar to ensure the legislation is pushed through the house. The Speaker don’t care how and what it takes, as long as she serves the interests of the State House. This is why she goes to this length and is willing to take shots at others.

The bill itself isn’t important in this regard, because she is just doing the bidding of the Head of State. She is a marionette in this game and it’s telling. That’s why she’s kept there and is allowed to be despicable at it.

It is just really telling that someone is speaking like this and at her office. In other places she would have to resign and been replaced. However, we know that won’t happen here. She is serving a purpose and that’s why she’s allowed to do whatever.

Speaker Among should consider herself and her role. This is disrespectful and beneath her station. She should know better, but we everyone is supposed to apologize to her and ask for forgiveness. Meanwhile she can act as a thief and disingenuous as she wants. Nevertheless, anyone else doing that in “her” house would get into trouble.

Speaker Among should retract and consider her office, but we know she won’t, because she is shielded by the State House. She will get off and live another day. Like yesterday never happened. Peace.

Amuru Land Grab: The Legacy of Atiak Sugar Factory – Part III [Spending 553 billion shillings on nothing]

“The factory is currently non-operational, not producing any sugar, and this raises concerns given government’s intervention over the years. Management intimated that the reason for non-production is because sugarcane is not readily available. All this despite the huge investment by Government” (…) “Despite the factory being non-operational for couple of years, it spends 200 liters of Diesel on a daily basis, running turbines, apparently to prevent the machines from rusting and malfunctioning. This regular expenditure is disturbing given that there is no production going on” (…) “Management told us that the factory’s sugarcane plantation totaling 7,900 acres had been burnt down in December 2020, and this also affected the operations. However, the cause of the fire was unclear” (…) “Despite the heavy financial investment of 553.71 billion by Government in the joint venture, what is on ground is not commensurate with this investment. This raises questions about whether this not another white elephant” (Office of the Leader of Opposition – REPORT OF THE OVERSIGHT VISIT BY THE LEADER OF OPPOSITION AND OPPOSITION MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO ATIAK SUGAR FACTORY ON 7 TH OCTOBER,2024).

The saga continues, the Amuru Land Grab and the whole Atiak Sugar Factory, which has no results and nothing to show for it. After all of these years. All the budget posts and whatever the state promised the Great North. The Sugar Factor of Atiak is a failure. It is the worst sort of development project and a added value sort of enterprise in the region.

This whole ordeal just shows how the National Resistance Movement and the Governmneto of Uganda operates. They are showing their inept and inaction, their lack of good governance and even ability to make things work.

The ones running the Uganda Development Corporation should answer for their failure. This is in disregard to their mandate, which is: “To promote and facilitate industrial and economic development of Uganda”. These words are hallow and meaningless, when you see how the UDC has worked and operated in regard to Atiak.

Atiak is a proof that the UDC isn’t fit to run these sorts of businesses. They aren’t able to get it up and running. This is neither a profitable business or even a company worth investing in. There is nothing here and only been a bottomless pit. That’s what Atiak has become and everyone involved should be ashamed of the wastage of public expenditure on this.

The people of Amuru District deserves better and so does anyone else. The ones who can loose their livelihood and the plots they resides on. Just so the state can take their land and they are not even producing anything substantial. That’s what is horrific here and the owners of the Atiak aren’t doing anything either. Horyal Investments Holding Company Limited needs to answer for this too. As well, as the UDC for their lack of proper action in regards to Atiak.

Atiak is a white-elephant and one of plenty that has been made during the years of Museveni. Peace.

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Opinion: The MPs hyper-focus on SEX…

“41. Voidable marriage (1) A marriage is voidable where one of the parties to the marriage(a) is unable to consummate the marriage within six months of celebration of marriage; (b) willfully refuses to consummate the marriage within a period of three months from the time of celebration of the marriage; or (c) conceals a material fact which would otherwise vitiate the other party’s consent to the marriage; (2) The aggrieved party may, at his or her option, apply to a competent court on any of the grounds in subsection (l), to nullify the marriage” (Marriage Bill, 2024).

The recent laws that have been read and been tabled at the Parliament is main focused on the sex-life of the citizens. The Members of Parliament are willing to Police the fornication and the bed-rotation of citizens of the Republic. This is a continuation of the Anti-Homosexuality Act. Therefore, this is the main perspective of the MPs and what they deem fit or most important use of their time.

We have the bill tabled Sara Achieng Opendi, which is the Marriage Bill of 2024. Which I have shown one really bad article of, and I cannot understand the need of this being in law. Unless the state needs to know that the married couples are doing it. That’s how you can interpret it.

In coordination with this… at the same time, Anna Andeke Ebaju MP has tabled the Sexual Offences Bill of 2024. That is furthering the cause too and wants to make the oldest profession illegal. Which is stopping one part of society and will make it more underground. This sort of thing will always exist, and people will seek it out. So, this won’t stop the practice, but make it even more dangerous for the people who are working as prostitutes and the ones whose sheltering them at their “workplace”.

Just read this:

“12. Brothels A person who knowingly keeps a house, room or place of any kind for purposes of facilitating the commission of an offence under this Act commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for seven years. 13. Prohibition of prostitution A person who practices or engages in prostitution commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for two years. 14. Prohibition of sexual act with a prostitute A person who engages in a sexual act with a prostitute commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for two years” (The Sexual Offences Bill, 2024).

Yes, prostitution is immoral from some sense of the imagination. At the same time, everything that is immoral shouldn’t necessarily become illegal. Then you’re going down a slippery slope of things that can become prohibited. That’s something that is in need to be discussed and needs further reflection on.

I’m just here to address the matter that sex and sexual acts are regulated like this. Yes, the laws in themselves aren’t all bad. There is just a need to look into it and speak out about it. We know “sex” sells and this shows it. It is populist moves of the MPs and how they show their acts in the 11th Parliament.

One MP is worried that the couples are consummate their relationship after the celebration of marriage. While another MP is worried about people actually paying for the same sort of service. Meanwhile, the same Parliament has made it illegal to have one sort of sexual behaviour. Therefore, this is just continuing the path and policing bed-side behaviour from all aspects of life. That should be discussed before all dirty laundry have to be publicized and follow the articles of law.

We can wonder why they are doing this and creates legislation like this. When there is so many things that needs a fix. There is so many issues within the Republic, which isn’t part of the activities between the sheets. No, there are more troubling issues, but they are not as politicized or as populist as finding punitive measures for what the MPs deems as immoral within the bedframes of the citizens home. Therefore, the MPs wants a say in how you act and with who you act it with. That’s the reality here and how they are becoming the ones that legalize your rights and what you can do in bed.

This is what is happening here… the MPs should ask themselves if they want the state to control and navigate other parts of their lives. As their private parts aren’t that private, when the state must allow them to use them or not. This is the backside to the laws. All sorts of sexual activity are now becoming law. Yes, these laws have reasonable aspects which makes sense, but I am just pointing out the ones that are questionable.

They need to be blasted. Because… the citizens should know what the MPs are doing and where they are willing to go. Peace.