
Gen. Mugisha Muntu: Statement on Police Brutality, Arrests and Siege on Parliament (21.09.2017)



Clearly, the crisis meeting earlier today between Parliamentary Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has resulted that even as the nation in the grips of the army and the police. They are still postponing the outcome of the discussion of the motion to lift article 102(b) of the Constitution, the Age Limit bill inside the State legislation.
Just as the Police Officers are rounding up fellow Makerere Students, anti-Constitutional Amendments Supports and other random civilians who have been showing their dissatisfaction with the whole idea.
The Police has busy stopping peaceful demonstrations in Lira, Arua, Bushenyi and all over the place. They have silenced the critiques with house arrests, detained at random and even tear-gassed. Clearly, the state knows better than their citizens do. There are now reports that Patrick Amuriat as he delivered a petition to the Parliament; he was also arrested for his acts against the state. Therefore, no one is whom stand up against the will of the state get free from the oppression today!
Today, I don’t care what the European Union or United States of America has condemn the activity of the army or the police in Uganda, since they are paying to keep the government afloat and support their activity years upon end, and even surprisingly not trying support regime change. Therefore, their concern is not believable at this point of history. Just like in the end of 1980s, no one would believe the concern of Americans who had Mobutu as their puppet in Democratic Republic of Congo. The same can now be said of Museveni in Uganda.
There are even reports that UMEME has trouble with their power-lines as many places been in the black. Some not verified reports that NTV and NBS has been stopped or has no signal.
As the hours has gone and the plenary sitting started, with all the ambushes and silence of demonstrations. The streets of Kampala is silent. Just like the President wants it. He want utter indifference to his continued rule. Not that is continued rule of law, since he is the law. Apparently so, since he has to besiege many vital parts of city and houses of opposition voices. Since he is afraid of their voice as dissidents to his pro-longed rule.
This combined with demonstrations in and about, this with the tear-gas and the detaining of youth at Makerere and soldiers. Clearly, the President is afraid of Coup d’état. If not, why do the man need the army on the steps of the August House? Is he afraid of bogeymen appearing from the deep forest of Mabira to eat his soul?
Also because of the chaos in Parliament, with Opposition singing the National Anthem, the NRM MPs wanting Evelyn Anite possibly disciplined for her comments during the week and all the other mess. Deputy Speaker Oulanyah adjourned the sitting to next week. This being proof of the whole embargoed and botched day. That has not delivered what the NRM Caucus wanted to give their master. Neither what the Opposition wanted with a debate, that proving the vital points of the amendments and the reality that is all to extent and give the President the opportunity to rule for life.
This whole day has proven the ill will of the regime and government, that they have intent, but has to silence anyone into submission. There are no-way back, since the President needs it. His own existence hangs on it weak thread. The demonstrations and clear evidence of the fear of the opposition voices. Since they have been detained and arrested. That shows the fear the state has for these individuals and their power within the communities.
This saga is not over. However, the toils, the tears, the wounds and corrupt police only working directly for the President is even more evident, than ever. It was like this during campaigns and during elections, but now, they are back to same old game. We can just wonder how far they will take it and what sort charges they will put on the people. Peace.

“Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.” – Kwame Nkrumah
Today is a repeat, as yesterday was the obvious elevation of mockery of justice and freedom. Today, is yet another of this in the streets of Kampala and in Uganda. As Members of Parliament, who dissent from the Age-Limit lifting paradigm are behind house arrest. The honorable Francis Mwijukye has his home besieged by the Police. Hon. Mubarak Munywagwa has also been put under house-arrest. As Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago we’re taken from home, latest report on him: “Kampala Lord Mayor Lukwago’s car spotted parked outside Naggalama Police Station where he is currently being detained” (NBS Televison, 21.09.2017).
There been plans of demonstrations going from Makerere to the Parliament. The Military Police has come to guard the area. Certainly it will be students and activist detained, as well as tear-gas. The prospect of peace and free-wild is only in the imagination. KCCA Councilor Doreen Nyanjura has been arrested from Makerere. There been bursting canisters of tear-gas in the halls of Lumumba and Mary Stuart, as the Military Police is besieging the premises. Ingrid Turinawe are also arrested by the Police after demonstrating in the streets.
In other parts of Kampala, the Democratic Party Offices has been sealed off by the Police, therefore, the workers and members of the party is not allowed to leave.
UPDF soldiers has been patrolling Lira town today, by military trucks and pick-ups to gear up the fear the in the town. To settle protest against the age-limit there. There are also demonstrations in Arua. But little knowledge of the outcome
As expected the Police has besieged and blocked the home in Kasangati, Wakiso of Dr. Kizza Besigye, as he is barred from leaving his home. The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Offices has also been sealed off and become besieged by the Police.
Therefore, if you wonder, the political police is all in and about, they are holding the Parliament sealed off to secure the location of the debate. The same police force has put in all people into the Constitutional Square as well. To make sure people cannot walk from there to the Parliament. They are clearly, making all provisions to silence the people and their will to stand up to the Presidency and the NRM.
At City Hall of Kampala, the Police even confiscated 9 T-Shirts that could incite violence. Who knows at this point, it is all political mind-games from the regime. Anything hostile to the lifting is dangerous.
This is just beginning of the day, the Plenary of Parliament hasn’t even started yet. The Oppression and the insane heinous acts of the state is just starting! Peace.

The Uganda Police Force is acting insane as the plan to lift the Age Limit in the Constitution and the Parliament debate on it. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has gone into high-gear. They have sent their Police Force against Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) who has been voices against the lifting of this article 102(b) and give longer rule of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
President Museveni and his loyal subject Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura has shown his loyalty today, with not only banning all demonstrations against it tomorrow. It continues his trivial pursuit of petty crime, as he has before giving the public provisions, that they have not been allowed to discuss or having debates, except for Members of Parliament. Now, he has taken it further.
The Police has raided the offices today at GLISS (Great Lakes Institute For Strategic Studies), they have taken hostage by the Police for their campaign of “National Dialogue” as Godber Tumushabe, trying to build foundation for a positive engagement from the CSO in media and together with other stakeholders. Clearly, this is a violation of the how the Ugandan Democracy works and how people are supposed to discuss the future of the mastermind and head honcho Museveni.
The Police also besieged Action Aid Offices in Kampala. Where the Police Force came with a Search Warrant in the name of Henry Peter Walya, as the Police claimed that Action Aid International we’re doing “Unlawful Activity” and the offices had “evidence”. The alleged crime is “purpose is to obtain the evidence relating to elicit transfer funds for funding unlawful activities”. Because of this the Police could search the premises and the offices of them. The Staff was interrogated one by one by the Police. The Police also shut down their internet at the Offices. The Police had a total of 60 Police Officers as they besieged the offices.
So again the Police are better to be involved in Political mind-games, than actually solving ordinary crimes. Like they cannot stop the murders of innocent civilians in Entebbe and the area around there. But they have the man-power to besiege CSO’s who question the validity and the reasoning of lifting the age-limit. Really, Museveni’s life is more valued than anything else in Uganda. Since everyone else has just to accept his royal highness, as he was spotted with President Donald Trump today at the United Nations General Assembly. Clearly, the Human Rights and respect of people’s will. Doesn’t matter! Therefore, these two CSO’s could be assaulted by the Police. Instead of them trying to catch real criminals. Peace.



“287 of 296 NRM MPs have voted to support a motion by Raphael Magyezi seeking leave to present a private members bill to lift Age Limit” (The Observer, 20.09.2017).
That National Resistance Movement (NRM), the Movement if you will, have decided to lift the Presidential Age-Limit, because they can and they will. It is as if they are all the servants of the President. They are not there representing their constituents, they are there representing the President. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni now owns them and if he did not know, he knows now. Their blind loyalty to his will and his concern is amazing and sad. That they are trading basic understanding to change laws that benefits him. Soon, they should take away the need of being born in Uganda, so that the law is 100 % correct to the master.
This proves what their value is and what you can expect of them. As the military and army roamed the streets of Kampala, while more innocent lives are taken around Entebbe. Not that anyone are solving these heinous crimes, these mass slaughter of civilians. It is more important while the President is speaking to nearly empty United Nations General Assembly, which the Parliament is securing off- Nile Avenue down to Constitution Square. Clearly, the problems and fatigue of the puppets in the National Assembly is more important than the security of mere civilians.
It is insane, but not shocking. The little value of others than Museveni. No one has the value on his head as Museveni. No one has the bounty of fortune and entourage as him, the levels of advisors, the level of loyal stooges within his party and the MP’s who all nods their heads and agrees with the old-man.
Now we know their values and believes, they are servants and stooges of the puppet-master. They are mere shells of people with independent minds and spirits. They all are there to deliver the service he needs. Now, they we are needed pawns to settle the score. To make sure the Parliament can succeed in giving the almighty, yet another term(s), if needed be. It is not as if that is new. They did it when they changed from two limit for all President before the 2005 Election.
The NRM are as if it was not compromised by them already and a façade of a party, it is now. The evidence is in their actions and in the will. They are not concerning the rule of law or justice for all. However, they are only concerned with their master and their benefactor. They are caring about his rule and his time in the limelight. They are not caring about the effects and the belittlement of the legislation.
We now know that they trade reasonable thinking and justice over a few extra pennies. They are cheap members of parliament, with little or no care for ordinary Ugandans. As they could make way for another decade and even more for Museveni. They want to make sure he can be their president until his last breath. That is not Noble or Just. It is more pathetic and discouraging, that they have so weak spines and will power to muster-up.
The NRM MPs has traded their future, the Republic’s future on the plate and in honor of Museveni. Peace.

“Dwight Schrute: Voodoo Mama Juju, explain your dalliance with the dark arts.
Angela Martin: It’s not my fault. I was exposed to “Harry Potter.”
Dwight Schrute: I know you did it!
Dwight Schrute: [to the camera crew] I know she didn’t do it. It’s never the person you most suspect. It’s also never the person you least suspect, since anyone with half a brain would suspect them the most. Therefore, I know the killer to be Phyllis, a.k.a. Beatrix Bourbon, the person I most medium suspect” (The Office U.S. Version – ‘Murder’ 2009).
Andrew Mwenda is using his pen again and need to be analyzed, since the arguments he gives has to be destroyed and not validated. Since the reasoning is only to benefit his new partner in crime and his Modus Operandi, is to be National Resistance Movement friendly. Mwenda isn’t that independent or free spirited, therefore, he has to attack the opposition. That is why he now uses his political voodoo, to overcome the ones who goes against the abolishing or revoking the Article 102(b) of the 1995 Constitution. Which, shouldn’t be strange is all within reason. Just take a look!
“I want to ask all these bellicose MPs and opposition activists opposing the amendment of the constitution to remove age limits: what is wrong with a person of 75 years and above running for president? Do you really believe Amama Mbabazi or Ruhakana Rugunda should be blocked from running for president in 2025, or Kizza Besigye in 2031? It seems to me that your argument is the amendment is being pushed to help President Yoweri Museveni run again. I agree. So your opposition is not to the principle (allowing citizens aged 75 years and above to run for president) but to the individual (Museveni) who is going to be the first beneficiary of it. If this is the case, why expend your energies in a constitutional fight over an individual if you don’t disagree with the principle?” (Andrew M. Mwenda, 19.09.2017).
It is something rare and wonderful by this statement. That he talks about using energies to fight over a constitutional amendment for one person, but ironically does it for his master. He spends time to make sure people agrees with his reasoning, because it fits Museveni. Not because it makes it more righteous. Than he has to mention Mbabazi and Besigye, just to twist the needle, but not because he cares. Like running in Uganda matters at this point. When the Electoral Commission will let Museveni win anyway. So he uses energies to express his concern for other people to mask that it all isn’t for anyone else than Museveni.
“The biggest loser in this misguided opposition to removing age limits is Besigye, but he cannot see it. Museveni will remove age limits. Therefore Besigye is undermining his credibility now when he seeks to run for president in 2031. He will face the fact that he has campaigned vigorously against lifting age limits. Then he will claim it was because he wanted to stop Museveni. Why place an individual above a principle in a major constitutional struggle? It is hard to educate people who are emotional about issues and never see beyond a few years ahead. This was the whole problem with the constitution making process in the 1990s. Museveni and his confederates did not put age limits in the constitution out of principle. Rather they did so to block Milton Obote from returning and running for president. They did not foresee that it would actually turn out to block Museveni” (Andrew M. Mwenda, 19.09.2017).
The reasons why Museveni didn’t for-see this was that he was about to step-down from running several times. He has promised that on many different occasions and even said he wouldn’t run for the next term. Or giving himself a deadline to step-down as the President. The same President that didn’t plan to have more than two terms, also abolished that part of the Constitution. Therefore, it is not the first time the rewriting of laws fitting Museveni. It has happen over time and when in need. Maybe it was for Obote, maybe it was for looking to foreign donors. Who knows at this point?
The reason why an individual are over a Constitutional Question in this matter, is because they are trying to make the Constitutional Amendment fit one single individual. This is not for the future of Besigye. That is something the NRM and the Presidency couldn’t care less about, unless they are planning more House-Arrest and Phony-Charges on his head. That is more believable at this point. This isn’t about emotions, it is about the mere fact, that there was a Uganda before Museveni and will be one after him. So why makes rule that fit his life and breathing-space? Why not make laws that are making sense, Mr. Mwenda? You are using Besigye as a Pawn, as long as the King, stays the King!
“Besigye’s supporters may not realize that they are making a similar mistake. I actually think this amendment is very good for Besigye because he can wait Museveni out until he dies. Then he can make his grab at power as well. Did Besigye in 2000 imagine that he would still be running for president in 2016? Well, think again: 2031 or even 2035 is not very far” (Andrew M. Mwenda, 19.09.2017).
You just celebrated ten-years of Independent Magazine, was that a big-deal right? That is two terms of the President. Which is a long time in charge and gives massive amount of powers. The decisions and the Executive role, guiding a nation for a decade is very long time. Just like have to remember your starting ground for your magazine, until today how you are needing funding from Kagame and other well-wishers. Clearly, you think Besigye who hasn’t gotten the Presidency will run forever and be like opposition figure to the end. That is only the FDC delegates and the FDC organizations let him. Not like he is the sole-candidate like in the NRM, where there no other men or woman with a vision.
Mwenda, did you envision that you would be so different from your views in 2005? Did your intellect evolve from a free-spirit and critic of the state, to be the one praising and defending them? I am just wondering, if you ever saw yourself as a NRM, when you we’re detained for your talk-show on KFM Radio? The same can be said about Besigye, it is about opportunity and putting down the work. Just like you built a name, the same has Besigye done. Besigye has campaigned and continued to campaign. Just like you have continued with your “Last Words”, but not that they sound the same. You changed and other changed as well.
Mwenda, if you think it is nice argument “he can wait Museveni out until he dies”, that is insulting to the citizens of Uganda and to your brain. Would you have waited for anyone else to start your shop and organization? Are you saying as long as Museveni lives, he owns the Constitution and the Law? Do you think when you write this? That is why I call your writing political voodoo. It is amazing and insane. That someone can wait for Museveni, but Museveni cannot step-down, that because it is Museveni. The Sole Candidate, the one man with the vision. That has eaten your mind, Mr. Mwenda.
I think Museveni now resides inside your brain and that you are interconnected to him. Your vision is actually his vision. If not, could you have waited for someone to stop as editor of New Vision before working there? Since, you are writing like them and has the same reasoning now. Therefore, it is like it is a token to let Museveni die and than be kind to give Besigye power. Like Janet Museveni and that the son Maj. Gen. David Muhoozi Kaneirugaba, who is educated in politics planning to step aside and let FDC/Besigye get power. That most likely not. They will keep it, because they know when they loose it, there wealth, farms and business might be taken by the state. Their records and their fortunes might be frozen in the banks. Not like Museveni is not afraid of this and wants to stay in power long enough, that his family is safe and his legacy can be left for his son to rule.
If you have already stayed in power for 31 years, there are no other reason for anyone else to wait. There is no reason to let the ruler get more power for longer time, unless your a king and the kingship goes through the veins. But a Presidency isn’t a kingdom, it is a republic and supposed to be able to change leadership. That has been impossible and people like Mwenda thinks it is fine now. Since it’s been like that since 1986. Like that is normal and good. Well, it’s not and the opposition knows this. This isn’t about Besigye, this is about the Republic. Respecting the republic and building laws for all citizens. Not just fitting the President when it’s needed. Like the revoking or abolishing the Article 102(b).
It is the same thing, but Mwenda cannot not see. I am sorry to say so, but the political voodoo is playing tricks on him. Peace.





