Opinion: More people to assist in the districts…

 

Districts map from 2016

The Republic is dived into 146 districts, 322 counties and 10 cities. These are all administrative units which has appointed leadership and elected leaders. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has ballooned this over the years. Just like they have gerrymandering the districts and counties since they took power.

The rise of districts is also straining the economy, as each district needs set of standards and possible government service, which are expensive to uphold. That in regard to the need of administrative personnel and people who can accommodate just that. However, it seems more like a game for the “boys” than to give the people anything significant service delivery.

The districts has a Chief Administrative Officer (COA) and often a Deputy and Assistant COA too. They have already a Residential District Commissioner (RDC)/ Residential City Commissioner (RCC) and Deputy RDC. Now the newest creation is an addition Assistant RDC, which means the district can have 6 people in office for the delegation and to work on supposed government pledges for the district. They can have three people who are directly COA (COA, Deputy and Assistant) and now get three RDCs (RDC, Deputy and Assistant).

So, the local government have all these people surrounding them, as well as the other chiefs and elected representatives. This is the duplications of offices, which isn’t serving the citizens. Instead its a way of hiring stalwarts and loyal cadres of the NRM/PLU at the moment. Just so they can be “idle” and “get busy” until the 2026 elections.

It is really telling that the NRM issues this out, as the state cannot afford to honestly keep the upkeep of schools, hospitals or roads. Nevertheless, manpower for the RDCs and COAs is fine and dandy. There is no report that these are doing anything useful or even contributing to any sort of positive development. They are just filling up positions and ensuring loyalty to the state. That’s all we can see…

The billions spent on the Assistant RDCs will not amount to anything, but loyalty to the President. They are indebted to the NRM and the President, but they will not make a difference. That’s we have already seen with the CAOs/RDCs/RCCs, which already had deputies. Now they have a secondary deputy in the assistant. It is really infuriating to see the wastage of public funds on this. When you know how dire the state of affairs is…

This is what the NRM prioritize and uses funds on. Work and titles for fellow cadres instead of service delivery. This is what 38 years in power does to you…. Misuse of Power and Misuse of Funds. That’s what the NRM and the President does…

Nothing honest about this and only ballooning the state even further. While ensuring the public coffers get depleted quick. Peace.

Opinion: Hon. Okot… the DP isn’t an Opposition Party!

Democratic Party Chief Whip in Parliament Peter Okot has brought to light the simmering tensions within the opposition in parliament. Okot claims that the Democratic Party is being excluded from key decisions within the opposition bloc” (NBS Television, 21.04.2024)

Remember the Democratic Party – National Resistance Movement Agreement of “No Surprises”? That’s the reason why the DP Party of 2024 isn’t part of the Opposition Block. The DP is part of the Cabinet and part of the government. The DP Chairman or Party President Norbert Mao is a Minister. So, in all practicality… the DP is part of government and by default of the agreement made between Mao and Museveni.

DP Chief Whip Okot can cry out loud, but he needs to understand basic civics here. You cannot be a fish out of water. You cannot eat your cake and eat it too. It is just a way of life. Mao decided on behalf of the party to become part of the government. When Mao and his associates signed the agreement…. The DP Party forfeited its place within the Opposition. The DP Party has nothing to do there now and it has to adhere to the agreement made with the NRM. That’s it…

So, this discussion should be dead. The DP Party is in government and part of government. They have nothing to do in Opposition in 2024. The DP Chief Whip needs to call and talk to the leader of the Party. So, he can get guidance and wisdom, because right here… his lacking and needs some enlightenment.

It is really stupid and crazy to assume the DP should be an opposition party. Especially, when the leader is in Cabinet and the Party has signed the “No Surprises” Agreement. That’s all settle the score and the party has signed its fate just right there. It is just rubbish and needs to be brushed off. Peace.

Opinion: Never annoy Museveni…

At least eight artists belonging to Ugandan group Crane Performers were on Saturday arrested for allegedly insulting President Yoweri Museveni while he was delivering a speech at a hotel in Kampala, where celebrations of Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi’s wedding anniversary were taking place. The eight performers who were attending the same event with Museveni are said to have been heard saying the Ugandan president was speaking too much and that he should end his speech. According to the Monitor, the eight had their microphones on when they made the utterances that were picked in the hotel’s sound system and heard by majority of those attending the event. The artists will be charged with insulting the person of the president“(Edward Chweya – ‘Eight Artists Arrested For Insulting Museveni At A Wedding Anniversary’ 08.04.2024, Citizen Digital).

The Freedom Fighter and liberator of the 1980s are known for using the Penal Code Act of 1950 in his favour. The colonial law which has several of articles, that has been substantial in his iron grip of the state.

People are laughing at the arrest of 8 musicians today and it shows how foolish his government is, but we have seen this before. Artists, activists and politicians have tasted the bitter fruits of the Penal Code Act. The Crane Performs follows several others who has been here.

You should never offend the “don” or the Leopards Anus. He is Untouchable, the Fountain of Honour and His Excellency can ensure the demise of others, if he feels annoyed or ridiculed. That what happened at the Wedding Anniversary this month.

Here is the Penal Code that matters…

24. Penalty for acts intended to alarm, annoy or ridicule the President

Any person who, with intent to alarm or annoy or ridicule the President—

(a)

wilfully throws any matter or substance at or upon the person of the President;

(b)

wilfully strikes the person of the President; or

(c)

assaults or wrongfully restrains the person of the President,

commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for life” (Penal Code Act, 1950).

If the President and his party believed in the utterance of the public. He could have amended this part of the Penal Code. The Penal Code has been amended several of times and this article could have been taken of the earth. It could have become a relic of history. However, it is still active in the year of 2024 and people will be charged because of it.

It takes nothing to offend the President. President Museveni is easily annoyed and offended, which is a reason for several of people detained, charged and taken into custody over their utterances in public. The musicians now are the latest ones… and there will be more than these. As this law is active and will be used whenever the President deem fit. He will order it and ensure the demise of others. They will learn a lesson and that the President is the “high above”. Peace.

Opinion: Lavish Prayers for Peaceful Elections…

MPs on the Legal & Parliamentary Affairs Committee queried the Shs1.119Tn Electoral Commission is seeking to start activities for the 2026 general elections, with some Lawmakers describing the Shs18Bn to be spent on legal fees for private lawyers & about Shs500M to hold national prayers for peaceful elections, as wasteful & exorbitant” (Parliament Watch, 02.04.2024).

The Government of Uganda (GoU) aren’t poor when a government entity or institution can plan a National Prayer costing 500 million shillings. They want to spend a “service award” on a prayer session. That is all for publicity and make belief. It is a way of being in the public and showing good faith.

The Electoral Commission (EC) which is gearing up for the General Elections in 2026. The EC has plenty of things prepare and set-up ahead of the polls. The Commissioners knows what is at stake and their mandate too.

Not that we can believe… or have proper faith in the polls in general. That’s because we know the “winner” years ahead and we know that the NRM will have the majority. This is regardless of the will of the people or who they align too. The Opposition can have whoever on the ballot and that person will never succeed. Therefore, the EC is just another tool used by the President to legitimize himself and his reign.

We can wonder why they want to spend millions on a National Prayer for Peaceful Elections. That in an environment, which has been filled with intimidation and authorities cracking down on dissent. It is like the EC doesn’t see what the law enforcement is up too and acts during the electoral road map. We have seen how the authorities are kidnapping, arresting and detaining opposition leaders, activists and associates during and after elections. Therefore, the prayers for peace are futile, when the system is rigged against just that.

The Electoral Commission won’t change the practices of the security agencies. We know they will crackdown and keep people incommunicado. That’s what they do… the drones will show up and people will go missing. Just because of their activism and their fight for their candidate or party. That is just the way things are going in the Republic…

The whole state apparatus will be used during the elections. There will tension and fear in the air. As the awaiting cooking of results are awaiting. The soldiers in the streets and the LDUs will be surrounding vital areas. They will be all around and we know the social media will be a key thing too. That’s how the state operates and this is the “fake peace” the state offers the public.

This here is wastage of public expenditure. Misuse of office and misuse of resources. The EC shouldn’t use these funds on a prayer. They should use on it something useful, which would build confidence or civic education about the electoral system. However, they rather hire a pastor, church and hold a ceremony to bash in glory in front of God. That’s who they are and its disrespectful and dishonest. Which is a bad start for a prayer.

Living on a prayer in dishonesty and being disingenuous is just a poor taste. While your spending money which isn’t yours doing it. That is just a sight and Lord Almighty, the ones in Power has failed us all. Peace.

Opinion: Naye Mzee…. You have worked with them throughout your whole career…

People like [Speaker] Anita Among are not the problem. The real problem we have is the traitors working for foreigners. They are not mistake makers but outright traitors working for wrong foreigners like homosexuals and imperialists. How can you talk so much on social media about Anita Among instead of those traitors? I’m getting intelligence and we’re going to expose those traitors” – President Yoweri Tibuhurwa Kaguta Museveni (23.03.2024).

We are just supposed to be forgetful. We are just supposed to look away from the obvious and act indifferent. That’s what the President wants and he plays a blame game. It isn’t foreigners fault that the Parliament is corrupted, the foreigners aren’t partaking in the illicit funds and misuse of office in Parliament. That’s on the merit on the ones holding office in the Parliament right now.

Yes, the President uses sloganeering and familiar tropes. He uses vilification and creating invisible enemies that works with an invisible hand to influence everyone. President Museveni thinks we have forgotten and that we are all delusional.

We all know that Museveni was a donor darling and a beloved character in the West. We know that the state, his government and all institution got a giant boost by foreign direct government aid. We have seen how the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank has directly changed output and guided the state after the bush-war. It is not like the government haven’t had a large part of the funding from outside sources, which means foreign influence directly in the pockets of the President. So, he should speak less of foreign traitors and look into his own actions first.

President Museveni has fought the “war on terror” on behalf of the West. Museveni have accepted using his armies in the “dirty” wars that the Western armies doesn’t want to touch. His armies have been deployed, trained and gotten ammunition as a pay for doing these services. We are supposed to forget that part too. That’s how has been beloved by Clinton and W. Bush. That’s just something we are supposed to forget aren’t we.

That’s why homosexuals and foreign interference is bad in 2024. When the old man has spent fortunes of donations and aide over the years. The President has wasted foreign funds over decades. While the funds from outside has been diminishing of late, that’s because his not following the interests of the donors. He is going in his own tune and that’s why he has to take out loans to cover the deficit in his budgets. Therefore, his mad at the donors who doesn’t follow his every whim. That’s what his “yes-men” does and Presidential Advisors does.

So to defend the Speaker by speaking ill like this… it isn’t working. Especially when you have knowledge of how someone has operated over the years. The Bretton Woods and the UN Organizations has come in with massive relief. They have shielded and taken a load of the President head. He has gotten it easier because they captured the shortfall when he needed it. They delivered where his state couldn’t and that’s why its rich calling them traitors now. When he traded shots, bulletins and speeches with them in the past. He would have enjoyed the glory in 2024 if he could. The President would have danced in Washington D.C. if someone allowed him. However, that’s not the case…. And we know it.

Shiish. Sigh. This is tiring and repetitive. Peace.

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Opinion: The medicine haven’t worked since 1986…

I hear in Dokolo there are people who are UPC and don’t want to work with NRM or join NRM, why don’t you join the medicine that seems to have worked? There was a patient called Uganda, the other medicines applied on him did not work, this one for NRM, seems to have worked” – President Yoweri Tibuhurwa Kaguta Museveni (19.03.2024)

Yesterday in Dokolo, the President took part of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) campaign in the By-Election there. Just like he normally does and shows his arrogance towards the public. This isn’t shocking, but his negating everything when speaking now.

Mzee is forgetting that he has been in office since 26th January 1986 and had several of decades to make a difference. He is the one that was solving all “problems” and had a “vision”. However, it is really something that he says this in 2024.

Museveni cannot say his party is the medicine and the treatment people needs. When it has been tested, used and tried since 1986 with no proper results. There been some windows of hope and some time there was signs of betterment. However, in 2024 that ship has sailed…

The sickness and the treatment with the NRM isn’t working. The Republic needs another remedy, because there is no progress or even response to the usage of NRM. Only a minor elite is gaining treatment and proper medicine by flying overseas for treatment. However, the rest will never has this chance for a better life. No that is only for a selected few and the ones in the inner-circles.

President Museveni wants to still be the answer. He wants to be the man and the one who has the answer. Nevertheless, he has had his shot and misused it. Museveni with time has become the problem and created the system that is defaulting. The cronyism and the nepotism, the corruption and the misuse of office is all embedded in the government his running. That’s because of him and how his cronies or lackeys are operating day-to-day.

That’s why the medicine that NRM is prescribe to the patients aren’t healing them. Neither is it helping with the sickness or the keeping the body in shape. No, the NRM have neglected and given fake medicine. They have either kept the medicine away from the patient or given them wrong treatment, endangering the patient and the ones who needed help. That they can do because the ones in-charge are paid, but the citizens have no where else to go. This is why the NRM hasn’t done what it needed to do.

President Museveni should know this by now, unless his lackeys are telling him porkies or his looking the other way. As President he should see how the public is living and how things are not changing. The people aren’t getting a better life or seeing a better future. No, the NRM is delivering more of the same.

That is the tragedy… and the patients deserves better. They deserve proper treatment… and not false hope. Museveni is saying the NRM is the answer, but that is proven to be wrong. His Excellency and his convoy won’t find redemption or give healing to the ones in need. No, that isn’t in their interest. That is proven with time.

If you take NRM and believes their words in 2024. You are naive and forgotten all the years of mischief. Museveni cannot get away it… and we need to call him out on it. He could have made a difference, but that wasn’t his priority. Peace.

Opinion: Adeke Ebaju MP is apparently in the wrong party…

If entering into the yellow book (NRM Register) will help you escape poverty, please join” – Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Deputy President, Anna Adeke Ebaju (15.03.2024)

The FDC or Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) aren’t what it used to be. The one fraction run by Patrick Oboi Amuriat and Nathan Nandala Mafabi isn’t what we are accustomed to. The party of defiance and resilience against the regime. Those days are long gone and it’s evident by the day.

Anna Adeke Abaju, the Soroti Woman MP are now telling a story. A story of the fall of the FDC. The FDC Deputy President is singing the song of the regime. She is asking people in Teso sub-region to sign up to the National Resistance Movement (NRM) and become members of the NRM Party. While she is a Deputy President of another one. That is telling a story of how worthless and meaningless her own party is at this point.

When someone of her stature, with her educational background and office is saying it. Then you know the FDC of Najjankumbi is on its deathbed. When someone who has such a promising future in politics is telling her supporters this.

Hon. Adeke should do herself a favour and join the NRM herself. She should become Yellow and stop the facade of blue dresses. It would be better and more honest. When she is promoting the yellow book and the NRM. Because why bother to be a member of the FDC herself…?

It is just showing there is no permanent enemies in politics. Neither are the loyalty to a cause or mission, the FDC was supposed to be a stark contrast to the NRM. However, this is what has become of the FDC. This is why the FDC Katonga have to rebrand and refresh itself in its own party colours. Because the FDC is tainted now.

Adeke MP should just go to the State House and beg for mercy. Why not? She is asking the citizens of her area to sign up for the regime. Why shouldn’t she just become a lackey too?

It is just disappointing, but it shows what the FDC has become. A leader of this rank is promoting this idea. She should know better, but clearly her vision is jaded. This isn’t it and if she believes this. We are all better of seeing her in yellow colours and become one of them. Peace.

Opinion: The Convoy is the owner of the Republic

When the President thinks of leaving his home to Kampala, you mean you have no mechanism of knowing when to close the road? He doesn’t pay in the first place, now you inconvenience people who pay and that isn’t to say that the President is less important. I personally appreciate the value of the President’s security that is why I have no quarrel with lining up his soldiers along the entire route, but the President is using one lane, you close even the next one, does it make sense to you whether economic or social sense? Instead, it endangers his security because somehow, he is going to be entangled with people who have been locked up in a particular area and congested” – Medard Lubega (12.03.2024).

Someone didn’t get the memo. I cannot fault the Member of Parliament for not getting it. Nevertheless, His Excellency, the Fountain of Honour and the President is the “owner” of the Republic. It is all in his hands and his words are the law. That’s why he can write a letter and direct people where to go or do. Therefore, it makes sense that in his power to stop traffic and takeover roads.

The President is living the high life. The man, the myth and the legend of Museveni is allowed to whatever he feels like it. His the man who are a demigod and a unique person. The forever Very Important Person (VIP) and Commander-in-Chief. There is nothing that the General and Head of State cannot do.

That’s why roads have to be blocked and the routes his taken has to be sealed off. It don’t matter if citizens or people are getting issues because of it. They are there to serve him and be the servants he needs.

We can see it and we know the President has a massive convoy. That has been recorded and his minions has it too. Cabinet Ministers and other high ranking officials drives like they own the roads too. They have learned that from the head and its shown for everyone.

That the MP is questioning it now shows ignorance to the fact that his the almighty and the others are in his way. Everyone is supposed to know this and his an overlord. The man above society and the one who has all answers. That’s why he was the only man with a vision. Therefore, anyone shouldn’t challenge him and his rights.

When he needs a road. The other commuters and people needs to back-off. It becomes his and he can do whatever he feels like. They can use safety and whatever regulation as a reason for it. However, we know this is a power-move and the President bashes in the prestige.

The MP will never stop this from happening. Museveni will continue with his activity. The people around Museveni will direct and ensure his passage without concern of others. It is only one man that matters and that is the President.

That’s the memo that the MP never got. The State House should send it to him and get him to acknowledge that. Peace.