Opinion: Mwenda’s fallacies in regard to the Besigye case

“I had restrained myself from speaking or writing about Dr. Kizza Besigye’s hunger strike and the campaign to present him as a victim of a mean and cruel dictator. I am compelled to break my silence in large part because I think Besigye’s sympathisers are hypocrites and delusional. I just saw them in court chanting that President Yoweri Museveni will die and his son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, will cry. Clearly, they know what Besigye was/is plotting. Yet they are cowards not willing to stand for their beliefs even if it means going to jail or being killed for them” (Andrew Mwenda – ‘The Last Word: On Besigye’s hunger strike’, 21.02.2025).

Akon back in the day sang a song “Sorry, Put the Blame on Me” and it’s time that this sort of statement comes from Andrew Mwenda. We know what Mwenda is in 2025. His a government hack and a propagandist.

Well, we know Mwenda hates Besigye and everything he stands for. The principled man as Besigye is in stark contrast to himself who can be bought and used by the regime. We have seen how his mind has changed and what Mwenda has become. Now we are just seeing what Mwenda is spewing of rhetoric and ideals. Therefore, Andrew is a lost cause and been so for years.

Andrew Mwenda is saying the allegations and criminal conspiracy is true. Meanwhile, the courts and the state prosecution have come with no proof, evidence or witnesses proving it. That’s why Mwenda’s implications are flawed. Because he is criminalizing Besigye before anything is proven in the courts. That’s just shows what sort of journalism his committed too. As if, the state haven’t charged Besigye with treason before and nothing come out of it. Not like the state haven’t arrested and detained him with no case ending in sentencing or possible permissible incarceration. Therefore, someone of Mwenda’s stature should know this, but instead sprints to the narrative of the state.

Just read this nonsense…

“Now that is political courage – the ability to stand for one’s beliefs no matter the consequences. But Besigye is a coward who is not willing to stick his neck out for his beliefs. Instead, he wants to hide behind legal procedures to obscure his conspiracy. If Museveni was the devil Besigye sympathisers claim he is, he would not have abducted Besigye from Kenya and brought him before the courts. Instead, he would have done to Besigye what Besigye was plotting to do to him: kill him in Kenya. Besigye supporters know, intuitively, that Museveni is humane, respects peoples’ rights and follows due process. That is why they have been using courts to shield their man from the political consequences of his decisions” (Mwenda, 21.02.2025).

He has already called fans or supporters of Besigye “die-hards” or “hoodlums”, even “radical extremists” so he has vilified the opposition supporters in general. Now he says there is lack of political courage from the ones he has said is totally wrong for years. If he wasn’t worried about these people or the ones associated with Besigye he wouldn’t have called them these names.

Secondly, has Mwenda seen how the government and authorities have acted lately? Has Mwenda seen how the state is acting towards the government through the years? I believe that Mwenda is self-medicated or become blind. His mind has become numb, and he looks away from the actions of the state. Just to be able to defend the injustice, impunity and misuse of force against civilians. Therefore, Mwenda should re-assess himself, but we know that’s too much to ask.

We know he has inner hatred of Besigye and Bobi Wine. He is just proving it here, as his on the slippery slope of accepting the devious parts of government. Mwenda rather wants to be on the side of the butchers, then on the activists and the civilians fighting for a justice and true liberation. Alas, that is too much to ask… Andrew won’t need that, as his paid in full and doesn’t need listen to the pleas of the nation. Peace.

Opinion: Soon treason charges will be pinned on Bobi Wine

If today is telling…

If today is showing us something.

Is that under these circumstances and these troubling times. Things are only getting more worse before they get any better.

The National Unity Platform (NUP) cannot run into the 2026 Elections thinking the authorities, state security agencies and whoever else that is connected to the government will act in good fate. That ship has sailed a long time ago.

The leader of the party, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has to know that the state are aligning itself and creating the pre-text for his arrest. They are creating enough noise and exhaustion of the case to make up evidence, conspiracy and finally charge him with treason. That’s what is up!

Expect that to happen long before the 2026 polls. This is gearing up right now. That’s why the NUP Headquarters was brutally vandalized and confiscated gears today. The same with the NUP Leadership School in Kamwokya. That’s all a deliberate ploy and done so in fashion to “collect evidence” and destroy the abilities of the party to organize. This is why the authorities does this and cause fear. It is to intimidate and to tarnish the reputation of the party.

Bobi Wine has to acknowledge this. He should know they are gathering all “intel” and all excuses to pin him to the cross. The leader has to know it is done to damage him and the party he has created. That’s the game here and they want to harm him so badly. They just need the excuse, the charges and the alleged conspiracy to take him down. Just like the sudden “army bullets” in his hotel-room in Arua. That’s what they do and what they want to create the assumption of now.

The NUP party is feeling the pinch. They are targeted and heavily too. The state is in high alert and on guard. They are taking in anyone and surely doing so weaken the party. The authorities are going after the ones they can and also just random people who happens to gather at the premises. That’s why the NUP is now getting people taken into custody by the guilt of association. This is really it.

The Uganda Police Force and other agencies can create reasons and try to forge a narrative. Nevertheless, we all know why they did it and it is a ploy to damage the party. That’s what the state does and nothing else.

Now we just have to await and see what sort of charges or criminal conspiracy they will put on Bobi Wine. Him and his closest associates should expect to be taken into custody. Possibly be flown to Moroto or something, far away from Buganda or Central Region. Just to ensure no riots or possible headaches. That’s what we should entertain in the near future.

Bobi Wine is up for a treason charge. That’s the gist of things. They don’t assault, destroy and deplete buildings like this just for fun. No, it is done with a scheme further down the line. That will justify the confiscated goods and whatnot they took. Not be surprised or shocked.

This is who the NRM and Museveni is. That’s what they do in the name of liberation and freedom fighting. They fought, so the next generation has to suffer. Peace.

The NRM will legalize the usage of GCM for civilians

Why would anybody say to be tried in a military court is wrong? So that why Supreme Court said “no”. It can happen. Can be done. But the court itself, the military court should have one, two, three, four, five. To, to have fair constitution. We are very happy with that. This was correct. We didn’t know those gaps. Me I didn’t know. I thought there was no gap. I didn’t even know that somebody had removed the people, had changed the military court from subordinate court to be a parallel court. Apparently, somebody had made amendments saying that they are fine, the decision was not appealable. That’s not correct. Let it be initial centre of handling the matter, of course efficiency and focus, they are focusing on the discipline of the army, but also on the misuse of guns and weapons normally belonging to the army. So they are a bit focused. Why don’t you allow them to focus? Then you can, if somebody not satisfied, they can appeal to the superior courts. For us we don’t see anything” – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (19.01.2025).

The ones that thinks the National Resistance Movement (NRM) are working in their kindness in their hearts or for the betterment of the Republic. Then you are currently very wrong, as the oppression and the needs for controlled instruments of power is astute. The state needs certain types of Courts and Tribunals, which they control to keep people behind bars and on remand without any Constitutional oversight or accountability.

That¨s why the President is so mad at the Supreme Court. As it had clipped the wings of the oppression and the methods of keeping civilians behind bars. The prolonged detentions without any sort of fair trial or proceedings. That’s what His Excellency begs for and gotten his party to move.

The NRM Caucus today has made it possible and most likely will amend the UPDF Act in such a manner that allows civilians to be tried first in the General Court Martial. They are saying that is in only in cases concerning “the civilians who acquire specified firearms illegally, be tried by the Military Court Martial, in first instance, with the rights to appeal through the civilian courts”. That’s the language used and look closely.

The first instance meaning the first court is the GCM. The first one for illegally acquire firearms are the GCM. So, if the authorities are pinning illegal firearms on someone. They can take that person and charge that person at the GCM. That’s what they want to do. This is giving the authorities the excuse and the reason to use the GCM.

The ones wondering where the NRM Caucus got this idea from… that was from the Fountain of Honour and they are just honouring his whims. They are just doing his bidding and serving his wishes. The President wanted this and now they are committing to enacting it.

This is all President Museveni and how he wants the Republic to be run. He needs the General Court Martial and appointed stooges to continue the tyranny. That’s all he wants and needs. He doesn’t care about rule of law or justice for civilians. No, the President needs the GCM to serve his interests and his purpose of spreading fear or intimidation to the masses. They should fear and hope they never get apprehended to a GCM. That is the reality here and that’s what the President wants.

So his Law Enforcement and Security Organizations can detain and keep dissidents at bay. That without interference or legal mechanisms to stop them in their tracks. They need this sort of apparatus to ensure just that.

This is why the NRM works on overtime to make it happen. Not for the betterment or justified to the people. No, they do it to please their master and ensure his subjects can get taken to court. Peace.

The NUP is directly targeted by the regime

“In the wake of the recent alleged abduction of Fred Nyanzi Ssentamu, the head of mobilisation for the Opposition National Unity Platform as well as the reported kidnapping of seven party members, Joel Ssenyonyi, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament has demanded an explanation from the government on the people who are behind the troubling activities. During today’s Parliament sitting, government promised to launch an investigation and provide answers by Tuesday” (NTV Uganda, 20.02.2025).

“Whatever happens to me, Museveni and his son are responsible. From yesterday, our home is being patrolled by strange men in civilian clothes who appear to be armed. We have information that they’re after my life – as threatened by Museveni’s son a few days ago. They have gone ahead to trail and abduct many of our comrades, including part of my security team. Right now, they’re raiding our Party headquarters. We expect anything from the cowardly regime – BUT WE ARE NOT INTIMIDATED!” (Bobi Wine, 21.02.2025).

The National Unity Platform (NUP) is now directly attacked and is the centre of the oppression of the regime. As they are using DIS (former CMI) and other agencies to oversee and abduct leaders or activists from the opposition party. That’s what the regime is doing. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) is directly going after the NUP and its obvious.

The drones or Panda Gari’s is used now against the NUP. The leaders and the activists are taken in and kept incommunicado. They are keeping them in safe-houses and such, which is withholding them from the courts or even a proper trial. Therefore, the system is rigged against them for their association with the NUP.

The authorities have abducted four of the members of the Election Management Committee of the NUP. It has abducted the Chairman Nyanzi. Now there are reports that the authorities are trailing Eddie Mutwe and they have already captured Achileo Kivumbi and Gaddafi Mugumya too. Therefore, the state is going after anyone and anybody from the NUP recently.

The state authorities and their security agencies are clearly targeting the NUP. They are using fear and intimidation. The usage of torture and suffering to silence the ones who dares to be a part of NUP and be visible leaders of it. That’s why the DIS and other security agencies are going after them. It is to show them who is in power and telling them to stop.

This isn’t new but has amped up over the recent days. They are showing more fierce force, as they want to prove their power and prestige by taking people in. That’s why the NUP is in the aim of the authorities.

It is just tragic that the state does this… the NUP activists and leaders are targeted for a reason. This because the state fears them and are afraid of their popularity. This is why they are targeted and they need to silence them completely. The authorities are doing this ahead of the 2026 polls and it’s so clear why.

The state is using their force and possible monopoly of violence to destroy the biggest opposition party. The NUP is so big and that’s why it has to be crushed. That’s what the President and his son wants… they been able to corrupt other opposition parties, but not been able to undermine or stop the NUP. That’s why they are using these methods to block, silence and ensure the NUP is weakened. Therefore, we should expect more of this in the up-coming months. As the state gears up for 2026 elections.

The NUP shouldn’t be here and feel this pendulum, but we know why it is happening. This is who the state is and what it has become. Peace.

Justice Forum (JEEMA) – Besigye: JEEMA urges NRM supporters to restrain their party leadership’s extreme approaches (21.02.2025)

Opinion: Mwenda wants to go down as a government hack

“For those Besigye sympathizers calling me a “regime apologist”, a title I accept with pride, they are “murder apologists”. Why don’t they discuss the elephant in the room- a plot by Besigye to violently overthrow the government and to murder Museveni in cold blood. Why hide behind legal gymnastics?” (Andrew Mwenda, 21.02.2025)

“Besigye was plotting to murder Museveni. Museveni is a human being. If I were in Museveni’s shoes, I would not even have that man (Besigye) alive because he doesn’t believe in a process. There’s a process of removing government. He doesn’t believe in that process. So he’s subject to the law which he has violated” (Andrew Mwenda, 20.02.2025).

The Independent Editor and spokesperson for Gen. Muhoozi Kainerubaga, the man of words and pseudo-intellectual Andrew Mwenda. The man of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU). That man is now defending the indefensible. This is who he is and wants to be associated with.

We are just seeing how a sell-out and a dishonest hack Mwenda has become. He rather live life on easy mode and be a voice of the National Resistance Movement / Patriotic League of Uganda. That’s what he has decided to do, and this is why he speaks so softly about Muhoozi. This is why he speaks of the General like its closer than kin. Therefore, he hates Besigye because that is endangering his gravy-train.

Mwenda has now ensured his future and meal-ticket. He can be a voice of the Government and the political entity of the Son of the President. Mwenda don’t care about the monarchy or the brutalization of the state. As long as he gets his dues paid and get his profits. That’s what matters to Andrew.

The ones who ever thinks Mwenda is an honest actor or someone who is caring about reporting. That ship has sailed a long time ago. He is willing to sell the next generation for his own pockets. This is who Mwenda has become. There are no moral codes or even a clean conscience. That’s why his throwing Besigye on the fire and pours gasoline on it too.

We know that Mwenda has been scorned by Besigye in the past. He and his kind has been touched by the defiance and the walk to work demonstration. The activists for change and the whole way of protesting the state is harming the calm of Mwenda. He wants to defend the state and be their spokesperson.

Andrew Mwenda will now defend murder. Mwenda will now defend extra judicial killings and torment of civilians, as long as his in the close association of the state. He don’t care about injustice or impunity. Mwenda doesn’t care or is concerned about the liberty, freedom or justice for the citizens in the Republic. No, Mwenda only cares about himself and who he aligned himself with. That’s it…

The ones knowing how Mwenda himself was detained and stood tall as a journalist at KFM radio. The fall off has been over the years and now he has seen how his pockets can be filled. That’s why he has decided this fate.

Andrew Mwenda cannot be seen as an honest reporter or commentator. No, he is one of them and wants to defend the indefensible. He is a hack and a man who is a spokesperson for the tyranny. Mwenda wants to be a beloved character in the surroundings of the tyrant. That’s what he wants, and he shows it on the regular now. Peace.

Opinion: The state has thrown everything at Besigye

The ones believing that Dr. Kizza Besigye did conspire and alleged overthrow of the government. They haven’t seen how the state has done this all before. Over the last two decades and back into the early 2000s. The state has used this and ensured a criminal prosecution of Dr. Kizza Besigye.

No one has been arrested, detained and been in the Courts as much as Dr. Kizza Besigye. He has gotten any sort of charge, usage of the penal codes and been charged with treason already a few times before.

Today isn’t a new day, but a resurrection of old. They are now using the seriousness of the charges to ensure the longevity of incarceration. Besigye is just charged with treachery and treason to take him down. Not because the state has evidence or proof of the criminal conspiracy. No, this is just games to keep Besigye detained and that’s it.

They are now keeping him as state property and that’s their goal. The state just wants the citizen and civilian behind bars. Besigye has gotten the law book thrown at him. They have just handpicked the charges and pinned it on him.

He has incited violence, public nuisance and whatnot. The Public Order Management Act was created as the Anti-Besigye Act. This is why we know the drill and seen the game played before. Besigye is a victim of his popularity and his voice of reason. That’s why the authorities and the state is attacking him. They are now trying to silence him and making a statement keeping him behind bars.

The one’s thinking Besigye has done it. The state still must prove it and show any sort of intelligence. They are just taking Besigye in and keeping him as state property. This is getting old, and the story is already told.

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) is just proving its sinister acts and what it is willing to do. This is what it is does to Besigye and they can do similar to others. That’s all just to silence him and stop him in his tracks. Therefore, they would easily charge him again and take him down. The state doesn’t care, and they will make Besigye a criminal by just living. This because of who he is and what he has done in the past. Peace.

Dr. Kizza Besigye is in critical condition and charged with treason [on his 93rd day behind bars as his ordered back to prison by the Chiefs Magistrates Court in Nakawa]

“Veteran Opposition Leader Dr. Kizza Besigye, his aide Hajj Obeid Lutale, and UPDF officer Capt. Denis Oola have been charged with treason for allegedly plotting to overthrow the Ugandan government by force. According to a charge sheet dated February 20, 2025, the trio is accused of organizing military training in Kenya, soliciting financial and logistical support, and expressing intent to oust the government between 2023 and November 2024. The charges span multiple locations, including Switzerland, Greece, Kenya, and Uganda. In addition, the prosecution has included a charge of Misprision of Treason for failing to report the plot. Their legal team argues the charges are politically motivated and plan to seek bail” (91.2 Crooze FM, 21.02.2025).

Today’s action in the Chiefs Magistrates Court in Nakawa is only created to continue the incarceration of Dr. Kizza Besigye and his associates. They are changing the venue now from the General Court Martial of Makindye. Just as they moved it to the High Court and has a pending case at the Buganda Road Court as well.

Dr. Kizza Besigye is just charged with treason. That is escalating the guns and weapons case, which was created in the GCM. They are just using a “treason charge” to keep him behind bars. They haven’t addressed the charges or the allegations. No, they are just pinning on new charges on Besigye. The guns have vanished into thin air and just exposes the state affairs in this matter.

The ones believing these charges are sincere. They are new to the rodeo. Since his now on remand until the 7th March 2025. At this moment we are on the 93 days and adding another 14 days. This means the state would have kept him behind bars for 107 days. Meanwhile, the state hasn’t produced any proof of the criminal conspiracy, witnesses or evidence for that matter. Therefore, you know things are just created to keep him incarcerated.

The state just shows what sort of injustice and impunity it does to Besigye. The veteran opposition leader deserves better than this. Any citizen shouldn’t face this and the whole ordeal is made to keep him in detention. Besigye have been charged with treason before in 2016 and in 2005 too. So, we have seen this happening before. The ones adding the treason charges on him. Is only doing it because they have the instruments of the state to do so. Not because they fear that Besigye would intend to do it or was conspiring to overthrow the government, as alleged now and before. That’s a movie we have seen before and time to end with the credits already. Peace.

Democracy Union of Africa (DUA): Democracy Union of Africa Condemns the Unlawful Continuation of Dr. Kizza Besigye’s Incarceration (19.02.2025)

Opinion: Museveni wants to try civilians in the GCM [and willing to amend laws to make it legal]

“Why would anybody say to be tried in a military court is wrong? So that why Supreme Court said “no”. It can happen. Can be done.  But the court itself, the military court should have one, two, three, four, five. To, to have fair constitution. We are very happy with that. This was correct. We didn’t know those gaps. Me I didn’t know. I thought there was no gap. I didn’t even know that somebody had removed the people, had changed the military court from subordinate court to be a parallel court. Apparently, somebody had made amendments saying that they are fine, the decision was not appealable. That’s not correct. Let it be initial centre of handling the matter, of course efficiency and focus, they are focusing on the discipline of the army, but also on the misuse of guns and weapons normally belonging to the army. So they are a bit focused. Why don’t you allow them to focus? Then you can, if somebody not satisfied, they can appeal to the superior courts. For us we don’t see anything” – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (19.01.2025).

Surprise. Surprise.

The General, the liberator and freedom fighter wants to try civilians in his military courts. His Excellency, the Fountain of Honour, the grandeur and the statesman himself wants civilians and citizens being tried in a General Court Martial. That’s the message his spreading.

President Museveni is now following the ideals of Idi Amin who made an decree about Military Tribunals in January 24th 1973 which empowered the tribunal to try any person, whether civilian or soldier, for a capital offense and provided that the Defence Council to prescribe the method by which the sentences should be carried out, and if stated the person might petition the President for mercy.

It is a friendly reminder of the liberator who has made Amin and Obote the villain. His using the same metrics and methods for his own reign. That’s who Museveni is and his using the Military Tribunals or General Court Martials (GCM) as a mean of controlling the proceedings and keeping dissidents behind bars. This is why Museveni wants this, as he can control and order the acts of the courts, and they won’t act in defiance of him.

We are hearing that the gun and weapons cases are now supposed to be only tried in the GCM. That is just like the Amin decree, which was made for capital offenses. This is to deliberately decide the fate and keep people under the wings of the army. Because the President only trusts the army and not the other institutions of the government. That’s why he aims for trying civilians in the GCM and not elsewhere.

This is why he will amend the UPDF Act and other legislation to ensure he has the rights to continue the practice of Amin. The man who fought for the liberation of the nation and supposed to liberate or give people freedom. Instead, his using the same means and instruments of the state to take away the liberty and freedom of the people. That’s just interesting. Whoever who fought with him in the 1980s should feel dismayed and feel betrayed by the President.

This isn’t what he promised, but it shows what he become because of the hubris of power. The President didn’t learn from history but instead repeats the past. Just like Amin had illiterate or people not well versed in law in-charge of the Tribunals. The ones Museveni has there is to convene and adhere to his orders. Therefore, the civilians tried in the GCM are under mercy of the President and his will. So, that’s why the President wants to use the GCM…. Peace.