
National Unity Platform (NUP): NUP Institutions – Press Release (26.10.2023)



“If I were the parents of these missing people, I would take them(opposition) to court. They are the ones who mobilized these people to go where they claim they were arrested. I know when one is missing, you report the case to the police. The government is committed to finding these people wherever they are” – Lillian Aber MP (24.10.2023).
The Woman Representative for Kitgum District and the National Vice Chairperson of the MK Movement for Northern Uganda spoke earlier today on NBS Television, Honourable Lillian Aber to be exact.
Just reading the wording from the NBS was infuriating and insulting to say the least. The woman has some nerves and her entitlement is outrageous. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) MP should show some grace and humility, but that’s too much to ask. They are living like there is no tomorrow and no one is inheriting the earth after it.
She has enrolled and is part of the NRM Way. That is obvious and she speaks like one of them. Not like she has a legislative record to speak of or any sort of proof of value in the 11th Parliament. However, she’s a useful pawn for the First Son and his plans to become the successor. Just like he picks and appoint someone from within on the regular. Aber MP is just one of them and within the future of Gen. Muhoozi. That’s it and that’s why she can act like this…
Because, she better pray and hope the next victor will be kind, soft and be cordial. Not be a person of vengeance or retribution. Neither be a leader who wants to make examples of and use the same means to stifle the predecessor. Because, if that happens and if they want to do scorched earth. Than the NRM and the ones high ranking officials will be burned. They will be touched and feel the suffering that the opposition and dissidents are feeling now. These people will be torn apart and left astray, be incommunicado and kept in secret by the authorities. People of the NRM taken in drones and even Court Martial as civilians. Having pending cases for years on end and never see the courts. Just being state property and nothing ever happens. Except more injustice and more people scorn by the ruling elite.
The ruling elite Aber MP is a part of. She is one of the anointed ones and kept in high regard. That’s why Gen. Muhoozi has chosen her too. He wouldn’t have… if he didn’t see her value and that she could bring something to the table. Be of use and be a part of his journey. That’s why she’s there and her arrogance is staggering.
Aber MP better hope and pray that Muhoozi is her saviour and that’s his able to keep the nation under an iron fist. She better hope that Muhoozi has the capacity and the ability to forge himself into the State House and rule as vicious tyrant. Because, he cannot run on love or true admiration. Why would people admire him and his terror? Except if you want to terrorize civilians and take away their freedom. Then I understand why you celebrate and thinks highly of the man. However, that isn’t how you will a popularity contest or the polls by honest means.
No, the MP knows all of this, but still spends time speaking recklessly and without a heart. Not thinking about the people suffering, the ones who is missing their loved ones and some who might never see them again. People who are political prisoners and prisoners of consciences. These are the ones who are hurt and who has lost their rights. The state don’t mind their pain or suffering. The plights of them and the ones surrounding them. It is how the system and the authorities are treating them.
Certainly, Aber MP better hope the next victor is grand and have a huge heart. Has compassion and deep understanding of the despair and need for honest rule of law. Because, at this time and with these rulers, there are little to none for plenty. A law that is misused and held often in contempt too. Therefore, she should be careful…
None of us know tomorrow and we don’t know who will be next King. Peace.

“The Departments of State, Labor, Health and Human Services, Commerce, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, today issued a Business Advisory on Uganda. The Advisory informs U.S. businesses, individuals, and other U.S. persons, including health services providers, members of academic institutions, and investors, of potential risks they may face if they are conducting, or contemplating to conduct, business in Uganda. Businesses, organizations, and individuals should be aware of potential financial and reputational risks resulting from endemic corruption, described in more detail in the 2023 Investment Climate Statement, as well as violence against human rights activists, media members, health workers, members of minority groups, LGBTQI+ persons, and political opponents described in the 2022 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Uganda. Uganda’s enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) on May 29, 2023, further increases restrictions on human rights, to include restrictions on freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly, and exacerbates issues regarding the respect for leases and employment contracts” (U.S. Department of State – ‘U.S. Government Issues a Business Advisory for Uganda’ 23.10.2023).
A man that is steadily promoting value addition and financial integration. The President of Uganda is failing the nation. It is going backwards and not forwards. Not in any sense and now with the latest news. The investors and other on the financial markets will shun the nation even further. This will hurt the economy and make it even less viable.
The Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) can dry up from certain parts of the world. Just like the lack of foreign donors and donor funds to cover the shortfall in the national budgets. The domestic revenue and lack of investors might some come too. As other nations will follow the United States of America (USA) and these are the ones that comes with funds. Meaning this can be a big blow to the President and his National Resistance Movement (NRM).
The U.S. authorities are late on this one, but better late than never. This is going after the pockets and advice people to spend their monies elsewhere. That’s a blow for someone who has been working on reviving an economy since 1986. The President who speaks of exports and getting products to market. Now the market won’t come to him and the ones who has the ability to purchase are asked to shun it. Meaning there will be less tangible investments and others will follow.
The NRM and the Government of Uganda should see the writing on the wall. This is continuing to damage the economy. It is continuing where the World Bank suspended funding and this will also take away the food from the plate. There will be less funds and less people will have a chance to eat.
We could see this one coming when the state and the legislators decided to target one minority on the behalf of everyone. That’s one of the main reasons, but there are certainly other aspects which is also mentioned in the text. Showing that the human rights violations and impunity has a price.
This here will hurt the pride and prestige of the President. He knows this will spark a wildfire and he cannot contain it. The World Bank didn’t seem to significant and he hoped someone else would cover the shortfall of funds. However, now… there is becoming less viable and sooner or later other reactions will come too. By that time… it’s to late and the crippling economy is upon the nation. A nation that has been run on deficit financing and now the options for fiscal stimulus or outside revenue is dwindling. People will follow this advisory and other nations will follow the U.S. line of action.
This here is tragic for the shilling and the ones who depend on FDI. Because, the message is spread and this will haunt the 11th Parliament, State House and everyone else involved. They could see this one coming, but I am sure they just looked the other way. Peace.

“The Deputy Speaker of parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has given a one month timeline to the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen David Muhoozi, to respond to the demands by the Leader of the Opposition Mathias Mpuuga, over the alleged unabated human rights abuses and the shrinking civic space. The directive follows a statement by Mpuuga, who demanded accountability of the alleged murder of 22 supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) during the campaign trail of the party president in 2021and justice for 18 persons who have been missing for close to four years now” (Capital FM Uganda, 20.10.2023)
The Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga came in the Plenary Session with a plan and 7 demands to the Government. It wasn’t an ordinary quest or even ask. No this was directly challenging the government heads on about their “drones”, police brutality, arbitrary arrests, arrests without charges or trials, court martial of civilians and keeping people incommunicado. While also addressing the murders and extra judicial killings done by security officers on orders of the state. That was all done yesterday by the LoP.
Some are saying his too late and should have done this earlier. Yes, the LoP could have pushed for several of these things earlier. There is no doubt that he could, but a seasoned politician like him knows there is a time and purpose. Now it is the middle of a term and not in the beginning. Secondly, the 11th Parliament haven’t been friendly or been a place safe-haven for anyone. Therefore, it was wise of him to wait. We are already seeing how easily the Deputy Speaker can suspend people without giving reasons or why he could revoke a rule doing so.
We know that Gen. David Muhoozi and the rest of the authorities doesn’t want to shed lights on their operations. That is well known and isn’t a well kept secret. The state has blocked, arrested and stopped any lawmaker trying to find a “safe-house” or alleged “safe-houses” in the past. While Nalufenya and other entities are known for their brutalization of “inmates” or “detainees”.
Mpuuga can pressure the General and the Minister, but he won’t get far. The Deputy Speaker has given the man a month to present his “findings”… well… I don’t expect much and neither should the LoP. That isn’t in the interests of the state or the high above. This is how he operates and how he contains dissidents. That’s why he cannot stop the pain, plights and the suffering of the ones defying him. They have to pay a price, because if they can collectively put pressure on the state. It might lose control and lose power. The President and his inner circle could never ever risk that. This is why they continue with it and never ceases their injustice towards a certain part of society.
The LoP knows this too. Everyone does and no one is shocked in 2023. The system is created like this and the authorities can on one order take a person in without any investigation. Just because of who they align with or if they have even infuriated a high ranking official. That is all it takes… and it just tiring.
It is endless agony and hard to believe they can get away with it. Neither is it sophisticated or wise. They are just continuing the path of self-destruct and endless betrayal of the ideals of the bush-war. That’s what they are up too and they have become as vicious or more than the ones the NRA overthrow. They have even had a few decades to perfect the impunity and knows how to do it in the dark. This is the NRM way and they are proud of it too. It is an achievement and they can statistically show how much work they have done.
Mpuuga is at the end of the road. There is no more road for him. No matter what happen. He has no leverage or no cause of action within the chambers of the August House. The demands if they are not met. He is losing. The LoP is lost… and will most likely loose big. There is nothing to gain here. He gets a headline and some few signs of goodwill. However, the endgame is as brutal as the authorities themselves. There is nothing for them to earn to be transparent or accountable. That would show their crimes and illicit activities, which are done for a purpose. The LoP and others are not supposed to speak of these matters. That is just a chosen few and these are connected to the high above.
Let us not kid ourselves. We know the gist… and the ones suffering will either never return or come back as damaged goods. There is nothing hopeful and nothing sustainable about this. Only more pain and suffering, while the ones actually doing the bid or doing the time will never be heard. Peace.



“You will realize that the political tempers are becoming high in our political divide. And so, people like to be seen doing something, so however much you tolerate them, they have a mission, their mission is to collapse Government and we shall not allow” – Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja (19.10.2023).
It’s hard to imagine that the Prime Minister already has had a term as Member of Parliament between 2016 to 2021. She was re-elected as MP in 2021. Meaning she has been in office and a Parliamentarian for about 7 years now. While being Minister from 2019 to 2021, when she was promoted from a Ministerial Position onto the Office of the Prime Minister. Therefore, a person like that should be well versed in politicking, but clearly I am wrong.
Robinah Nabbanja just shows her ignorance and blatant misunderstanding in the roles of political parties. The Opposition should sought for her role and the Presidency. If they don’t… then they are not actively wanting change. They should believe they are more fit and has the capacity to run the nation better than the current one. That’s what an honest opposition should do.
What she is implying is that the Opposition is planning a coup d’etat or violently wants to overthrow the National Resistance Movement (NRM). The party that pays her and keeps her in office. She wouldn’t have a chance elsewhere and she just shows it.
The PM should learn more and even study some books. It would be helpful, because it is impossible to write anything sincere to her. As her stances are so obnoxious and naive. The opposition aren’t supposed to be in favour of government and is there to hold it in check. Because people like the PM will blindly praise anything and defend crimes if she has too. That’s why the opposition has to question and keep the government accountable. Everyone knows that will not come from within, but from the outside. This is what an honest opposition does… and it’s not about overthrowing, but about governance.
The Opposition are there not only to question, but to keep the government accountable. That’s a fact and by doing so… they are boycotting, walking-out and stopping government business if they have too. We know there will be ramifications from this, but that’s the only way a minority can cause some stir. That cannot be done from the stands, pulpit or anywhere else. The NRM won’t listen or budge, the votes will be in their favour and they will follow the command of the “high above”.
So, the PM should be careful and possibly listen a bit too. It would be healthy for her to take some advice. However, we know she is arrogant and entitled. She feels she’s special and one of a kind. Though she can easily exchanged and get another one in her stead. Not like the PM needs a statesman or builder of confidence anymore. If the President needed that.. he wouldn’t have appointed her.
This PM needs lessons and she needs to get civic education. Someone in Makerere or Kyambogo should offer her a lecture or two. Even after all these years in Parliament. She still don’t get the vibe or the mandate of the opposition. That’s why someone has tell her and if a professor could enlighten her. It would be beneficial for the Republic. Peace.

“The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Thomas Tayebwa, has suspended 5 opposition MPs from attending plenary sittings for the next 3 days. The MPs are; Betty Nambooze (Mukono), Joyce Bagala (Mityana DWR), Derrick Nyeko (Makindye East), Frank Kabuye (Kassanda South), and Francis Zaake (Mityana)” (93.3 KFM Radio, 17.10.2023).
The Speaker Anita Among and Deputy Speaker Tayebwa is just proving the Republic one thing. That they are on a vengeance and wants to prove a point. Not that they want to govern, do government business or further legislation. No, they want to prove to their master that their was worthy of their appointed offices.
This they are doing by displaying ignorance, reflecting badly of the August House and making a mockery of proceedings. In such a fashion that defiance and resistance is the only way out. Not being humble and follow protocol, because that gets you nowhere…
The Speaker and Deputy Speaker don’t mind controversy. No that sells and gives them credit where it matters. These two are only playing for the gallery and hoping the State House listening in. As they are using force and sticking it to the opposition. Just playing around with them and keeping them preoccupied with nonsense.
That’s all they are doing and the 11th Parliament is shoddy for it. The 11th Parliament is practically a place for begging the President for help and getting his guidance. While they are awaiting his judgement and his verdict on any matter. They are awaiting a NRM Caucus at the State House to direct them and tell them what to do. The rest is just well prepared and acknowledge the will of the Master. That’s all there is too it… and it isn’t even funny.
The strangest thing is how the Deputy Speaker just invoked the suspension and with no protocol. No reasoning in Parliament and just all of a sudden. That is unprecedented and shows the way they want to intimidate and silence critics. There is no sublime messaging here. The ones picked is for a reason and they are vocal MPs. They didn’t pick some silent back-bencher that could be swayed in the way of the yellow. No, they picked the renegades and the ones daring to question the government. That’s who the Deputy did this too and it just shows…
It just shows what matters to this government and its high ranking officials. They just want to want in silence and not be addressed properly. Neither does it want any pushback or questioning. Because shredding real light on subjects can cause havoc. Showing a video of evidence of how the state brutally kidnaps citizens was blocked. That’s because the regime doesn’t want to get exposed or address the matter. No, it wants silence and doesn’t want hear any of it.
The Deputy is just serving his purpose and trying to show loyalty to the cause. Not the cause of respecting or using his office for good. No, his using the office for personal gains and wants to be in a favourable position next time it comes up. That’s why he acts like this and is so partisan in the way he uses his role.
If we ever thought the 10th Parliament was a quagmire, the 11th Parliament is even worse. It won’t be better ever either. That doesn’t serve the President and his will. He need people vouching for his bills, budgets and expenditure. The President doesn’t mind the Speakers getting dirty tricks to outsmart someone else. However, in the long term… the trust and lack thereof is only growing.
The Deputy Speaker is only showing us why we cannot trust him or his ways. Because, his just a pawn and it’s a big fall from grace. Peace.

““By holding parallel independence day celebrations in Kamwokya, NUP had sinister plans to sabotage the main event and ashame the president H.E Yoweri Museveni. As police, we couldn’t allow that,”~state Minister for Internal Affairs Gen. David Muhoozi” (Ekyooto, 17.10.2023).
We have been saying for years that there is limited freedom in the Republic. Now the General and State Minister for Internal Affairs is saying why. We know the President, His Excellency and the “high above” is a shallow man. A man who doesn’t like to share or have people questioning his moves. He prefers being in the right and let anyone else suffer if he must.
Today the Minister and General revealed what we already knew. That the National Resistance Movement and the President cannot handle a parallel celebration. This is why there is only one “official” one where the President and dignitaries presides over. They can bash in glory and others will be blocked to oblivion.
“As a result of their proclaimed aims and likely consequences, security intervened and disrupted their intended illegal activities. consequently, 14 of the leaders were arrested, detained at Kira Road Police station and charged and later in the day released on Police bond the same day” (David Muhoozi, 17.10.2023).
If you ever wondered why there is no UHURU in the Republic. It is because of this. The National Unity Platform had planned a prayer. A prayer for the families and for the loved ones who detained or kidnapped by the authorities on their bounds of their political conscience. That’s what the NUP was planning and that was the “disruptive” means of the opposition. To pray in their headquarters and call for the liberty of the political prisoners in the Republic. That was the deemed “illegal activities” of the OPPOSITION.
It just shows how concerned the authorities are about the opposition. They fear their prayers and their gatherings. In such a manner, that they are not only blocked but pre-emptively arrested too. That’s what they are doing and they are proud of it too. They know they feel no consequences and the President will be proud of their achievements. Because they ensured there was only one place in the nation where there was a celebration for the liberation of the Republic.
Only where the President serves and tells tales of glory is where the Republic can celebrate. The rest is in invisible shackles and cannot free themselves of it. If they try or do… the drones, the police officers and the law enforcement will come knocking. That’s what we see and this is what they do.
This is the freedom that Museveni and the NRM has to offer. It isn’t much and nothing to be proud of. They are afraid to make the President ashamed and by doing so. They are shamefully aware of their brutal dishonesty and lack of tolerance of others. This are the credentials of the state and how it operates.
This is the NRM Way. Peace.

“The Supreme Court has kicked Uganda People’s Congress president, Jimmy Akena out of office. In its ruling, the highest court in the land said there existed no exceptional circumstances that warranted it to hear an application without first obtaining the leave of the Court of Appeal as had been requested by UPC and its electoral commission. “From the foregoing discussion, we find that the application no longer bears exceptional circumstances as a basis for it to be filed in this court.” The Supreme Court’s ruling followed a 2015 ruling by the High Court that Akena is not the legitimate UPC president and consequently, threw him out office” (95.7 Radio Rupiny, 16.10.2023).
With passing time things can become fickle. The times of hardships, lockouts and even embarrassing means to undress an public figure. One that went through it all and didn’t catch much luck in office was Olara Otunnu. Since he took Office as the Party President of the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC). Even the party called him out as far back as 2011 for his decisions. It even did so publicly after decisions made to reform the party.
That’s why you know things get reckless and the wheels falls off when it storms. The UPC has gone through a prolonged court battle. It has been going on for years. Akena himself is on his second term as the Party President and the incumbent one at that. While Otunnu was forced into retirement and fellow peers left the party or has fought for it over the years.
The UPC of Otunnu is history. There is to much water under the bridge. The ones who stood by or believed in Otunnu won’t be there tomorrow. The UPC that they knew is gone. It is all Jimmy Akena. Akena has run the show and it’s in his image it portrays itself.
Not that its clever or wise, but it is telling. The Supreme Court will in all practicality have no consequences for Akena or the ones his associated with. Because, that term is already over and he will not budge. There is no reason for him to retreat and give way. Akena is the Party President and was re-elected one more time in 2020. So, even if he did cheat or rig the system in 2015. It doesn’t matter now. His not living on that term or needs to forfeit anything. Akena is charge and Otunnu got no say.
Otunnu can just stay silent. His winning without even saying a word. He can be in the shadows and lurk as much as he wants. There is no reason for him to be public either. It is the ones that was hostile and brutal towards him years ago who has to answer. They got to defend their actions and their methods of eviction. That’s what is happening now. It is to be blunt… bloody and dirty laundry for the general public to see.
Akena doesn’t want this out and neither his allies. No, they rather want to live in harmony and forget the whole thing. It is the past and no one should question the past. The past is the past and you can’t rectify the past. That is true, but the past is important in the present. It shows what intent and what you are willing to do for your own personal gains. That’s why Akena cannot morally or ethically be Party President. However, we know he don’t mind… he clearly lived on a lie and it wasn’t even an technicality. If it had been.. the Supreme Court wouldn’t have sided and ordered it this way.
Otunnu won’t return. If he speaks… it would be a surprise. He won’t get the title or the respect he deserves either. No, that’s not in the cards. The times of humbly taking over or doing things with caution is over. That is proven and it even got addressed in the courts.
The UPC had deserved better, it really did and the wounds are still fresh. As a man who looked up to and admired Otunnu. It was just tragic to see what went down in 2015 and he deserved so much better… but here we are and no need to moment of nostalgia. There is nothing to gain.
Just like the Supreme Court Order won’t change the dynamics or the formation of the UPC. It will cause a stir and question Akena. However, he will just swing through the storm and call it a night. He got it all and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Peace.

“Vurra County MP, Adriko Yovan, has been arrested and imprisoned at Arua Government Prison due to his failure to settle a debt of over UGX 55m, which he borrowed from Jubilee Finance Limited in 2021. His arrest was carried out in compliance with a court order, and he is now facing a 6-month prison term” (NTV Uganda, 14.10.2023).
Yovan MP isn’t new to the game of politics. No, his been in it long. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) MP for Vurra County who served as LCIII Chairman for 15 years and retired already in 2011. He won the NRM Primaries in 2020 ahead of incumbent and State Minister Gabriel Ajedra Aridru. Who had been MP for Arua County between 2011 – 2016 and would be re-elected in Vurra County 2016 – 2021. While he lost the NRM Primary, which meant his second term was the final one for now.
That just means that Yovan as a candidate had to spurge funds to beat and compete with Aridu and the other candidates in the Primaries. He also had to use funds to ensure victory in the General Elections in 2021. Which he won and then got the perks of office. The MP is vastly paid and has plenty of stipulated revenue sources, because of him being Parliament. That’s why it’s weird his defaulting on the loan he made.
A basic MP in the 11th Parliament without extra allowances or mileage allowances gets around 11 million shillings every month. That’s without additional funds or payments, which happens on a semi-regular basis. That is known and is expected in the role of MPs, as the state pays them off to vote in favour of legislation or other government business. Therefore, the MP should have had capacity do pay down on the loans and the interests too. Without defaulting or failing to honour his debt.
We know that the campaigning can be expensive and some MPs are spending like drunk sailors before the polls. There been records of MPs spending over 500 million shillings in only 51 days. Others being up to 850 million shillings on one campaign alone before the General Elections in 2021. Therefore, the wildcard bet of campaigning and trying to be (re)-Elected can be vicious beast.
We don’t know how much Yovan MP spent to become one. Because, you pay fees to enter in the Primaries and in the General. Plus you pay for staff, merchandize and electioneering in general. That comes with a cost and voter tourism/briberies aren’t cheap either. This is why the idea of running and such has to be able to either loan or get funds organically. To think that is for everyone, your thinking wrong. Everyone cannot get credit this high or have the promise of returns on investment. There are many who falls short and becomes prey to the cycle of elections.
The MP in question surely borrowed more than he could handle. This cannot be his only creditor, because he has funds to pay with and could have paid instalments at least. However, that seemingly haven’t happen and now the bills comes to haunt him. Well, we shouldn’t feel sorry for him. He decided to do this and run.
The MP has to answer for this one himself… and it’s his burden to carry. No one else is responsible for it. That’s the gist of it and he chose this way. Peace.