Kawempe North By-Election: A short memo on the upcoming polls

This is early… a bit to early, but it has to be addressed. As the ones remaining alive and the ones who are eager will fight for the open seat in Kawempe North. The late Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya will be exchanged for someone else. That is the nature of things. We just have to reconcile with that.

Alas, as this is given. The General Election of 2026 is scheduled for the 12th January 2026. So, whenever the Electoral Commission schedules the By-Election it will be mere months before the General Election. Meaning this By-Election is close to pointless and insignificant at best. As the 12th Parliament seat would be more valuable and have a full term.

Mr. Update should have a proper successor and have someone who honours his legacy. Someone who is bound by ideals and a will to serve his community. That would be the dream. Have someone who would ensure the hospital and all the other service delivery. Which the MP fought for and showed compassion for the constituency. That is rare and unique of the character that was Ssegirinya MP. We shall never forget that and his name will be remembered.

Nevertheless, the seat is up for grabs. People will take their stake in it and try to forge their way into Parliament. There will be a competition of both activists and stalwarts who wants to get ahead.

If the National Unity Platform (NUP) was wise here. They would actually not field anyone at this current stage. Just boycott it and act like Mr. Update is the MP for the remaining time. Then later hold Party Primaries and ensure someone is ready, popular and has the message the Kawempe North deserves.

We know the National Resistance Movement (NRM) wants to signal their return and they cannot help to make by-elections look like war-zones. The NRM needs to make it seems like it has momentum and massive electorate on its side ahead of the General Elections. That’s why they will use this and try to humiliate the opposition. Even ensure a few NRM leaning Independents with a little heart and finesse participate too. Just to dilute the chance of an opposition candidate to win.

This here is unfortunate. The people of Kawempe North had a winner and a man of steel. The Kawempe North had a hero and a man of the people. That’s who they had and he shouldn’t be gone this early. Mr. Update should have lingered on and become a man of the hour. He should have had time to build and create. However, that wasn’t the wishes of the state and they destroyed him completely. Therefore, he was pronounced dead today….

I don’t want to see a Kawempe North By-Election. Parts of me wants to boycott it completely and not even write this. Nevertheless, the ice-cold facts are here. This should be a year of reflection and the NUP should revise a proper strategy ahead of the 2026. Not run on vibes in the quickest race before the General Election. They shouldn’t take the risk of heredity politics either. No, they should just wait for the current and try to make a solid foundation for 2026. That’s if they want someone proper and with heart to takeover. Not just some run-of-the-mill character that wears the red-beret and sings the psalms of the day.

Kawempe North deserves better. They lost their hero and it’s just a massive tragedy. He was special, unique and was who people wants to see as their leader. He had morals, social compass and an ability to engage that others wants to emulate, but you cannot just copy that. That is something he was born with and that’s why he was beloved.

This By-Election is sort of pointless. It won’t bring a change or be pivotal. For others than headlines that the government will use against the opposition. That’s why the opposition and the NUP especially should be wiser. Not fall into the traps and get dirty. It should be better. Especially, if they want to be beholden to the legacy of the late MP. Peace.

The tragic demise of Muhammed Ssegirinya MP

“I have never found inner peace ever since I was elected MP and sometimes I regret and say I wish I had remained in the position of councillor” – Muhammed Ssegirinya, Kawempe North MP (September 2023).

Today, the announced reports that Muhammed Ssegirinya MP died at Lubaga Hospital. A man who fought and was targeted by the state. He was charged with Masaka murders, which he was not involved in. They kept in prison for 17 months, tortured him and blocked him from getting proper medical treatment. This is the price of rebellion and being a dissident in a dictatorship.

Mr. Update has been a voice of the wretched and the poor for years. He worked and with heart since before he was elected as a Councillor. Ssegirinya became an MP after one term as a councillor. As a councillor he fought and was even taken away from Mulago hospital. That just showed his character and how he was willing to fight the people.

Today we are seeing the price of fighting for a just cause. Ssegirinya MP have been a person of interest. That’s why they pinned him with terrorism and kept him behind bars. They wanted to signal to the public and the people that their leaders could be captured. The state could have acted differently, but they desired to arrest, detain and torture him. To such an extent that he wasn’t allowed to be released on bail for medical treatment or such. Therefore, we can see what has happened ever since.

Ever since his release from the forged-up charges and trial against him. He has been sick and never been able to get back. The stint and months behind bars broke his body. The state took his health, and he died as a result. His an official victim of the state and their punishment of their dissidents.

Mr. Update had heart, soul and character. He could crack you up, but he was also interested in delivering for his community. As a leader and a politician, he was on the frontline and fought. He used his time and tried to make a difference. That’s more than others who are there just to eat and find ways of getting envelopes. This wasn’t the way of Ssegirinya MP.

A man who has been detained, blocked and stopped in his tracks. A man who did what he saw as righteous. He never got to see the promised land or the values he fought for. Ssegirinya MP deserved so much more. The MP and the man himself should have seen some results of his labour. However, he instead died in a hospital for being an opposition leader. A leader who was revered and respected. That’s why the state targeted him and tried to silence him.

They have taken his last breath. They destroyed his body, but his cause and his battles aren’t over yet. No, others should continue and persist with the fight. It is far from over, but there is a need for men like Ssegirinya MP. They are the ones who are heroes and the ones who dares to challenge the Gods. He did so and people entrusted this man. However, the authorities didn’t accept that, and they killed him. Peace.

Opinion: The 2 minutes that made Brig. Gen. Robert Freeman Mugabe famous

Brigadier General Robert Freeman Mugabe yesterday decided to publicly arrest in the middle of the General Court Martial in Makindye, the attorney and advocate Eron Kiiza to 9 months detention in Kitalya Prison. That was done within two minutes, there was no test or any challenge to it. Only a direct Court Order and the legal professional was behind bars after a violent manhandling within the chamber. Therefore, the Brigadier General will be historical for this action alone.

The General Court Martial (GCM) of Makindye will linger on forever now. It has a stained history already before the Brigadier General was in-charge. Not like his the first one to deliver judgement of impunity and ill-advised sentences on civilians. Because that has been a staple in the reign of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. That’s why the President supports this sort of Military Tribunal to punish his opponents. Therefore, he will be happy with what happened yesterday.

It is just ironic that a man named “Freeman” is doing this to fellow citizens. His a serving member of the state and a custodian of law. Alas, he doesn’t value the law or cares about the rule of law. No, his only there to serve the interests of the President and those who has power. Now the Brigadier General will be named and shamed for his recent decision.

It is hard to imagine how 2 minutes of your life can be so significant. However, in the life of the Brigadier General it will be detrimental. This is his legacy and how he will be remembered. The army commander will remembered as the henchman of the tyrant. That he issued the orders of the tyranny and was diligently a servant of the tyrant himself. This is who Brig. Gen. Freeman Mugabe is now.

Within two minutes time his whole name, reputation and what his known for is sealed for life. It doesn’t matter what choices he makes or what sort of things he does next. This is who he is and what has become of him. That is the person and the reflection of his character to the whole Republic.

Robert Freeman Mugabe has made his decision and this is what we will remember him for. It is really astonishing that people are willing and abiding by this sort of leadership. That someone wants to use their lives and be a component in the stead of the dictator. This is who this man is and what has become of him. A man of such stature and title should be more reflective, but that was too much to ask. Peace.

Uganda: Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force in the General Court Martial Holden at Makindye – Ruling of the Court (07.01.2025)

Uganda Law Society (ULS): Statement on Court Martial Detention of Advocate Eron Kiiza (08.01.2025)

Opinion: Eron Kiiza’s arrest must have been predetermined…

Eron Kiiza, Kiiza Besigye’s lawyer has been sentenced to 9 months in prison by the General Court Martial for contempt of court. Kiiza was earlier arrested at the General Court Martial in Makindye where he had gone to represent Besigye” (97.8 Kazo FM Omushomesa, 07.01.2025).

There is no joke here. It isn’t satire or a mockery of a trial. No, this is a real thing that happened and a lawyer representing Dr. Kizza Besigye, the civilian and opposition leader who was abducted and kidnapped in Kenya last year. His representation was arrested and sentenced to 9 months in Prison. He will serve 9 months behind bars for the simple act of representing Besigye.

The Military Tribunal or Court Martial that is part of it partaking in civilian matters. Now it is also deciding the fate of the legal profession too. It is now taking powers away from the attorneys or lawyers who happens to be representing Besigye. That’s very telling after blocking other lawyers from taking part it in already. This is why Marta Karua haven’t been allowed to, because of jurisdiction and her bar is in Kenya. Alas, it is just showing how badly this is done.

The ones believing that this shindig is fair or sincere. Well, they are wrong. Dr. Kizza Besigye have now been behind bars for 52 days and they adjurned it today without any movements. There is no evidence or any sincere evidence shown in the court. Neither is there any honest operation or handling of the matter. Only pushing the date forward and keeping the arrested behind bars. That’s what they intend to do and does.

We have seen this play before and now we got additional trouble with the lawyer being detained. That is just showing how insincere and how injustice is served. As the ones who are there to advice and help Besigye. They are arrested and blocked from doing so. There is no justice here and only impunity.

This is the junta, this is their courts and this is how they want to be remembered. It is the pax Musevenica and all of his Pan-African glory. This is his story and what his liberation delivered. Peace.

National Resistance Movement (NRM): Office of the National Chairman – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni – Updated Communication (07.01.2025)

A look into Bobi Wine’s New Year’s Message

Throughout the history of our nation, we have been presented with different opportunities at different times and turns. We have been presented with opportunities to build a fair, just and prosperous nation. Unfortunately, we have missed most of those opportunities, which have put us in this vicious cycle of oppression” – Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine (06.01.2025).

There are plenty of New Year’s Messages being spread these days. Several of politicians world-wide is a part of it and they does it either on New Years Evening or days after. Today the Opposition Leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine released his speech, which he held at the National Unity Platform (NUP) headquarters today.

I will just take small fragments of it, as it is such a vast speech. I would recommend anyone to read it through and check Bobi Wine’s social media’s for it. As it is a powerful speech. Whereas, I can only look into a little of it and discuss it.

In the four decades of the Museveni rule, there have been several other opportunities presented to we, the people of Uganda – just like the case was with the regimes before him. Every election, every protest, every contestation under Museveni has presented us an opportunity for redemption, and yet we continue to live under the heavy load of oppression. Every election cycle has presented an opportunity to put an end to oppression and start afresh- right from 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 and indeed 2021. Different times, different candidates, different actors – and yet, the dream of a new Uganda remains the same while simultaneously continuing to elude us” (Bobi Wine, 06.01.2025).

Here Bobi Wine is speaking facts. We have seen it and you can read several of my blogs, which has the same reflection. This is something we have all seen and it is part of the fabric of the society. That’s what Museveni has created and how he has operated over all these years. It is what he does and we can the see the results of it.

Bobi Wine continues…

Power is a double edged sword. Give it to evil people, and they will use it to steal, kill and plunder. Give it to good people, and they will use it to build and empower. That is why we must take back that power from a group that has caused so much suffering and humiliation to our people and use it, as the people of Uganda, to build a better nation. We must fight to take power from a man who is not ashamed to say that he is only workout for himself, his children and grand children and use it to build a country based on freedom, fairness and social justice” (Bobi Wine, 06.01.2025).

The sentiment here is powerful, as he has told about the wasted years of Museveni. Where he has misused power and used force to stay in office. Now he speaks of the other option and the opportunities to build a greater society. Where the public trusts its leadership and also serves the public. Which is far from what that is shown today in the Republic. They rather buy weapons, than buy needed materials or goods for the ones in need. If people are in need… the high ranking officials could find ways to loot it and only given token parts of stockpile to the ones in need. That’s how things are these days.

Bobi Wine further states…

To you comrade foot soldiers, this year is going to be a tough one. Museveni’s son has already promised to cause mayhem and inflict harm upon us. He even promised to cut off my nose. But God is with us. Whatever he desires for us will come upon him and his family unless they repent and change course. Let us remain united and focused” (Bobi Wine, 06.01.2025).

Here Bobi Wine is to kind. Museveni’s son has said to chop his head off and capture him. That’s what he has said recently or tweeted for that matter. It’s true into any election cycle things will only get rough. That is the proof of any by-election and how the opposition are treated. It will only get worse from here and the previous one proves just that. The year 2020 was hard ahead of the 2021. Nothing will be different now and the NUP will be tested yet again. This time not as a newcomer, but as an overachiever in the previous election.

Bobi Wine’s words are reflective of a thinking man and a man who knows how to deliberately tell a message. He wants to solidify the hope of a better future, but at the same time tell the tragic stories of the current predicament. That is the reality here and the Republic suffers because of it.

This shows what sort of character Bobi Wine is and why his a needed voice in the nation. However, they will haunt him, attack and try to destroy him. Expect no mercy against him and his kind ahead of the 2026 election. Yet again, the blood will be on the streets, people abducted and merciless actions in the name of God as the punisher on the Throne is haunting his prey. That what is coming and the ones in power ravishes in the devious methods used to linger indefinitely. Peace.

Opinion: Where is the NRM “truths”?

We are now in 2025 and the National Resistance Movement (NRM) is still in power. There is “no change” and that’s what President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni promised years ago. He came in and offered his own style of stability. As he decrees every nit-picking policy and uses the army in all sorts of civilian affairs. The army and the security organizations are there to serve the President and his inner-circle. Therefore, we are here and we can wonder why things aren’t getting better.

The ones getting tired of the tweets of General Muhoozi Kainerubaga. I get you and I apologize, but its easy listening or writing for that matter. That is so easy to discuss, as he screams into the void about KaBobi. That’s what he does and we know he gives him sleepless nights.

With this in mind, there is discussions of what Muhoozi is alleging in regards to KaBobi. We know that this is a given, as the son of the President sways power and is the Commander of the Army. He is an insider, but at the same time. His an inept and lacks tact of a man of his stature. Just a pure brute who will frivolously be proud of his entitlement and arrogance. Which is why I take his words with a grain of salt. Not that his threats are taken lightly, but his allegations against others. As it is used as a tool to trick the masses.

Just like the continued path of Paid Opposition. That there are parties and political leaders that are funded and operated directly by the state. They are pawns and useful tools for the “multi-party” universe, but only there to sow discontent among the opposition itself. The leaders are there to sow disunity and be voices of firebrand people who isn’t worried about getting elected, but are there to attack other opposition leaders. Therefore, Muhoozi using KaBobi is to weaken him and saying he was put there to weaken Besigye.

That is an old tale, but we have heard it before. The tales of moles and tricks of this trade. There is questionable characters and mavericks within the opposition. Opposition leaders who can easily trade their principles over a few silver coins. That is a given and the hunger is real. We cannot blame that or think people wouldn’t be bought. Especially if the trade-off was easy and the cash felt like abundance. That’s why several of people who was affiliated and allies of KaBobi has already jumped ship and become stooges of the set-government. Therefore, the belief that KaBobi would be a pawn is laughable at best.

Neither is there a cause of Bobi Wine being used to weaken Besigye. Especially when Besigye has fought a battle within the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). The dirty money wounded the FDC and how it operated. Which is why Besigye didn’t accept another time to run as Presidential Candidate and neither be an activist for Patrick Oboi Amuriat in 2021. He was angry and infuriated at what the party did. That’s why his busy building another party on the wounds and on the fabric of allies who behold to his principles. Therefore, Muhoozi needs a better story and we cannot believe it now.

Especially, when we know what KaBobi and the National Unity Platform (NUP) has gone through. The President and the NRM wouldn’t go “ghetto” if it wasn’t for Bobi Wine. That is the reality. Neither would they try to dissolve it or use every avenue to destroy it. That’s why the story of Muhoozi doesn’t add up. He needs a better lecturer and a story teller. This is just hogwash and needs to be called out.

Muhoozi won’t tell the truth. Neither will the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) or the NRM. Their truths are hidden in plain sight. Museveni don’t want the truth and neither anyone associated around him. They fear the truth, because that light would expose their darkness. That sort of story they don’t want published. They rather want us to discuss bening tweets of the General, instead of seeing the sinister sides of their reign. That’s an easy trade and they are cracking jokes at this at the State House. Peace.

Opinion: “Kabobi” lives rent free in Muhoozi’s mind… Part II

Kabobi knows that THE ONLY person protecting him from me is my father. If Mzee was not there, I would cut off his head today!” (…) “You’re shocked by that? I haven’t even started on that Kabobi fool…let him run to Mzee for refuge as usual” (…) “It was actually our idea (me and other Generals). We convinced Mzee that we can use Kabobi to remove Besigye from being kingpin of the opposition. After we supported him with alot of money (and he succeeded) he started abusing us” (…) “The pass we gave Kabobi in 2020-2021 NO LONGER EXISTS!! Even if he runs under which Mzungu’s underpants” (…) “I have warned everybody. The days of playing with my country are over!” – Gen. Muhoozi Kainerubaga (05.01.2025).

Someone needs to read and enact the Uganda People’s Defence Force Act or the UPDF Act, because there are stipulations there that is forgotten about or not inactive as we speak. The Commander of Defence Forces (CDF) is blabbering to much. Speaking utter nonsense and being ignorant. Maybe, we should have been happy with the sports activities, the birthday parties and other public stunts.

At this point, the self-proclaimed next-in-line and the son of God. The one and only, the one who has ties to Jesus and has his wisdom. That man, Mr. Muhoozi Kainerubaga is currently on a rampage against Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. His just attacking him on the regular. The man is constantly going after him. If it is the looks of Bobi Wine or his intelligence. There is nothing new under the sun. Except for more drunken folly and trying to rewrite history.

We are supposed to forget the massacre made during the election period? The masses of supporters of the People Power Movement abducted, tortured and who lost their lives. We are supposed to forget the oppression and lack of tolerance in regards to the National Unity Platform (NUP). In which everything about it was contested and even parts of it was outlawed like the red berets. We are supposed to forget that General? Aye, you must take people for fools.

General Muhoozi Kainerubaga better get a Publicity Team and get his social media bootlickers on his side, asap. He needs them to reveal on the latest plot and praise him to the high heavens. This is their beacon of hope and their holy scriptures. Certainly, the General is there to save their souls and give them manna from the high above. However, that is another story.

Alas, here is the case. The General and CDF continues to strike and assault verbally an opposition leader. His continuing to rampage and go after one man. He is now making up stories and narratives, which the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has done since day one. They have always claimed about moles and “paid” opposition. This isn’t a new trick, but an ancient one and Muhoozi is supposed to be the “young one” but using old tricks. It is just like father like son, I suppose.

Here we are in 2025 and things aren’t changing. The Muhoozi Project is alive. Muhoozi wants to be the glorified kingpin, the next pope and high priest almighty. The next warlord and continue the loot. That’s what he wants and he wants everyone to sing his psalms doing so. He needs the pleasure and the praise. The General needs the validation and the love. Just like he needs attention of beautiful ladies, which isn’t his wife. That’s why he needs foreign prices to suck on his cock. That’s at least the memo he sends on social media. This is when he isn’t making stories of old or going after KaBobi.

Bobi Wine is lucky to have such a man attacking him. A brute and an entitled brat. A man who haven’t fought or needed to taste the hardships in life. A man who has lived in enriched communities and within space of power. Muhoozi never needed to stay in the struggle or get rough to eat. There was always safety and shelter for him. Bobi Wine came from the ghetto and made a living. That is something no one can take away from him. Neither can anyone make stories that they made him happening.

Heck, they didn’t even want to become an MP and win the By-Election in Kyadondo East. The system worked against him there and only after protests the Electoral Commission changed the planned rigging. Therefore, Muhoozi can lie and try to deceive but we know better. The Arua Stone and everything else says another story. A story that doesn’t comply with the lies the General is telling. Peace.