Opinion: The bitter coffee of Musevenism…

The recent drama surrounding Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is telling, as the status of the organization and the legality of it is in question. Just like the trouble of leaving the International Coffee Agreement (ICA) in 2022. This is a continuation of that, just like the monopoly plans of Pinetti to have a Coffee Processing Plant. It is just another in the matter.

The cash crop that was introduced and has held certain chokehold in the Republic. As it has given the Republic foreign exchange and also a surplus for its production. The coffee crop has been beneficial and been an asset. That’s why the Coffee Marketing Board (CMB) was involved and ensured a large part of the export in the past. The UCDA was supposed to takeover and centralize it even further. This happened after the liberalization and the new policy reforms of early 1990s.

That’s why it is interesting in 2024 that this is such a hot commodity. That the need for restructure and changes are that eminent. As if there is no other way around it. It is just a hurry to fix the cup and ensure the sale of coffee is over. That’s the gist here. The black gold has to be traded and done in a haste.

The NRM that dissolved the CMB and created the UCDA. Now it is planning to end the UCDA and it’s by all means painful. The Ministry of Agriculture won’t be ready or have an idea of how this is run. That will be another priority in a string of things, which will be hectic, useless and a bureaucratic mess… that’s ironic as this is done to steamroll and ensure better results. At least that is the excuse and that UCDA isn’t up to scratch as it is.

None of this is shocking, as the beast is roaring against itself. This is the bureaucracy that the NRM has created and thrived on. Now it is trying to reform itself and without any sort of certainty. Only big questions remains and a lack of oversight. Just a hurry to end paper tigers and not explain why your doing it. Meanwhile the duplicities of the state and the lack of proper planning is why we are here.

The own creation and makings is why the NRM are here in 2024. The lack of showing a clear pattern or an idea of the future. That’s why the whole UCDA saga seems like a heist and a planned effort to enrich a few chosen few. Instead of being a solid government policy or even well meaning change of an government entity. It is instead looked as a cash-grab and enrichment project of the upper-echelon of the food chain. That’s why people are crying out loud and rightfully so.

The UCDA is just showing the mistrust and lack of good governance. That’s why we are here and seemingly by default into more trouble. There is a need for proper procedure and a way of using cash-crops, by giving fair prices to farmers and ensure their longevity of their works. However, this seems more like a devious scheme to dissolve and give a mandate to a Ministry that isn’t ready to run it. Not like the CMB became UCDA and now they are getting another one to run in its stead. No, it seems like a final goodbye.

A goodbye and an end that someone will profit on and use the power to control the exports of it. That’s why people are horrified, and they know how the State House and others entangle themselves into these things. They dwell into the material and find ways to eat.

This robusta is far from over. The reality here is that the crux of the matter is who earns what and where. That’s the gist here. The beans will be spilled, and the truth will come to light. The NRM wouldn’t reform or act in this manner. If there wasn’t some sort of financial benefit for someone in association with the State House or the inner circle of power. That’s the motivation of this. It isn’t for the betterment of the farmers or the ones producing the coffee. No, they are blindsided regardless and only a pawn for the master’s on top. Therefore, time will tell… time will tell. Peace.

Opinion: Among better answer for her tribalism…

Then better make sure that those baganda don’t get numbers!” – Speaker Anita Among (24.10.2024).

Yesterday’s Plenary Session has exposed how the Speaker of the 11th Parliament, Anita Among operates. It was a moment that was supposed to be held in silence and her microphone was meant to be muted. Regardless, we are seeing how she targets and are going after certain groups of Members of Parliament.

The honourable speaker is showing her tribalism. Where she has picked up one group of MPs and where they are from. This is going to far. It wouldn’t be right if she did this against the Acholi, Langi or whoever else either. Right now we are just discussing this because it is targeted against the Baganda MPs.

The ones that are from the Central Region or the Baganda Kingdom. The ones that are elected from a variety of districts surrounding the capital. That’s who the Speaker spoke ill about and wanted them to not know about the situation.

The Speaker isn’t impartial in the affairs either, but the ones directing and taking the shots. She is pushing the legislation and isn’t the one overseeing it. No, she is taking her hands into the cookie-jar to ensure the legislation is pushed through the house. The Speaker don’t care how and what it takes, as long as she serves the interests of the State House. This is why she goes to this length and is willing to take shots at others.

The bill itself isn’t important in this regard, because she is just doing the bidding of the Head of State. She is a marionette in this game and it’s telling. That’s why she’s kept there and is allowed to be despicable at it.

It is just really telling that someone is speaking like this and at her office. In other places she would have to resign and been replaced. However, we know that won’t happen here. She is serving a purpose and that’s why she’s allowed to do whatever.

Speaker Among should consider herself and her role. This is disrespectful and beneath her station. She should know better, but we everyone is supposed to apologize to her and ask for forgiveness. Meanwhile she can act as a thief and disingenuous as she wants. Nevertheless, anyone else doing that in “her” house would get into trouble.

Speaker Among should retract and consider her office, but we know she won’t, because she is shielded by the State House. She will get off and live another day. Like yesterday never happened. Peace.

Amuru Land Grab: The Legacy of Atiak Sugar Factory – Part III [Spending 553 billion shillings on nothing]

“The factory is currently non-operational, not producing any sugar, and this raises concerns given government’s intervention over the years. Management intimated that the reason for non-production is because sugarcane is not readily available. All this despite the huge investment by Government” (…) “Despite the factory being non-operational for couple of years, it spends 200 liters of Diesel on a daily basis, running turbines, apparently to prevent the machines from rusting and malfunctioning. This regular expenditure is disturbing given that there is no production going on” (…) “Management told us that the factory’s sugarcane plantation totaling 7,900 acres had been burnt down in December 2020, and this also affected the operations. However, the cause of the fire was unclear” (…) “Despite the heavy financial investment of 553.71 billion by Government in the joint venture, what is on ground is not commensurate with this investment. This raises questions about whether this not another white elephant” (Office of the Leader of Opposition – REPORT OF THE OVERSIGHT VISIT BY THE LEADER OF OPPOSITION AND OPPOSITION MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO ATIAK SUGAR FACTORY ON 7 TH OCTOBER,2024).

The saga continues, the Amuru Land Grab and the whole Atiak Sugar Factory, which has no results and nothing to show for it. After all of these years. All the budget posts and whatever the state promised the Great North. The Sugar Factor of Atiak is a failure. It is the worst sort of development project and a added value sort of enterprise in the region.

This whole ordeal just shows how the National Resistance Movement and the Governmneto of Uganda operates. They are showing their inept and inaction, their lack of good governance and even ability to make things work.

The ones running the Uganda Development Corporation should answer for their failure. This is in disregard to their mandate, which is: “To promote and facilitate industrial and economic development of Uganda”. These words are hallow and meaningless, when you see how the UDC has worked and operated in regard to Atiak.

Atiak is a proof that the UDC isn’t fit to run these sorts of businesses. They aren’t able to get it up and running. This is neither a profitable business or even a company worth investing in. There is nothing here and only been a bottomless pit. That’s what Atiak has become and everyone involved should be ashamed of the wastage of public expenditure on this.

The people of Amuru District deserves better and so does anyone else. The ones who can loose their livelihood and the plots they resides on. Just so the state can take their land and they are not even producing anything substantial. That’s what is horrific here and the owners of the Atiak aren’t doing anything either. Horyal Investments Holding Company Limited needs to answer for this too. As well, as the UDC for their lack of proper action in regards to Atiak.

Atiak is a white-elephant and one of plenty that has been made during the years of Museveni. Peace.

Achileo Kivumbi: Summarized Tall Tale of My Brutal Arrest and Detention (23.10.2024)

Opinion: Balaam has become a mercenary for the junta…

“I believe in clean politics. It’s crucial for Uganda’s progress. We must reject deceptive tactics; the tactics that make young people misguided. We must embrace transparency and accountability” (..) “The president has no power to pardon unless someone has been sentenced. So the option available is to cooperate and put in their submissions very fast so that we can have a speedy and fair trial” –  Balaam Barugahara (16.10.2024)

The Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs, Hon. Balaam Barugahara is reported to have visited prisoners of conscience at Kitalya and Luzira Prisons to coerce the prisoners of their guilt. In such a fashion that they will plead guilty to the charges pinned on them. Which he promises their only way to freedom.

It just shows the sinister part here. Several of political prisoners who has fraudulent charges on them. They have been in jail for years upon years now. Where the system has deferred and taken them to Court. Meanwhile, the state is supposed to build a case and prove with evidence of their criminal intent. Alas, the state has nothing and cannot come with anything. That’s why it’s sending Balaam after years of carnage behind bars. To promise them “freedom” and “liberty”, if they accept to become felons and get a pardon from the President.

That’s what we are seeing here. The activists and political affiliated to the opposition who are behind bars. People who have been there since late 2020. These people have gotten changing charges over the years. These civilians has been going to trial in Court Martial and tested through the military courts. These are possibly moved to a favourable court and possibly released after accepting guilt. This isn’t justice, but further injustice, as they are now felons and convicts, which they never did. However, they are out of prison but won’t be totally free. As the state can used the charges and the cases against them at a later date.

Balaam knows all of this… but he wants to be a stooge of the government. His now using his title and office to be a beneficiary. The Minister is now doing the bidding of the state and making the victims further punished for doing nothing. Just imagine people who has lingered behind bars and now have to accept their plights. They are told all of this and released, because they said “okay” to become felons. That’s the injustice here. There is no fair trial or justice here. Only pleaded guilty to “hot air” and then released. Meanwhile, that will be on record and haunt these political prisoners.

Yes, they should be released and freed, but not an a technicality like this. They should be exonerated and acquitted from the cases itself. Now, they are validating the charges and eating the criminal intent of doing so. They are admitting to acting in malice, when they never did. That’s what is disgusting about it and Balaam is giddy about it.

Innocent people are becoming criminals here. Just because of their political affiliation. It isn’t humorous, but tragic. Peace.

Opinion: Muhoozi is being prepared as the Supreme Leader…

“Muhoozi is one of the most intellectually gifted Ugandans I have held discussions with and debated. I have found him to possess all-round intelligence – combining excellent cognitive/analytical ability with exceptional social and emotional intelligence” (…) “He has an incredible ability to compress a powerful argument or insight into very few sentences –  so every word he speaks is pregnant with meaning. That is the true definition of an intellectually gifted person” (Andrew Mwenda – ‘Nicolas Opiyo’s attack on Muhoozi’ 13.10.2024).

They aren’t acting anymore. No, they are saying it directly and not even avoiding the talk. The people surrounding General Muhoozi Kainerubaga is now ass-kissing and kissing the ring to be in the limelight surrounding him. They are all praising the man and making him look like a Demi-God.

They want everyone to have a favourable vision of Muhoozi. Making him seem above and beyond everyone else. Nevertheless, the impression his made on plenty isn’t that. His only there because of his father and the Office he resides at. If it wasn’t for the Presidency for Life, the son wouldn’t be a General or a Senior Presidential Advisor. Neither would he be eligible to be the Commander of Land Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF).

That’s why Andrew Mwenda, which happens to be in the inner circle, a man of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) and a spokesperson for Muhoozi. Is now praising the man and making him seem like a visionary and an Einstein like character. Well, we know that can’t be true.

The quotes from his speeches and his tweets shows otherwise. The ones that has seen clips and watched some of his speeches. His nothing special or unique for that matter. Muhoozi is only there by blood relations and not by merits. That’s why his voice and reasoning matters. It is because of how his father has elevated him and giving him a powerful office. That’s it and the ones thinking otherwise is naïve.

Mwenda is just trying to forge a story and make Muhoozi immortal. However, his just flesh and blood like the rest of us. They want him to sound supreme and all powerful. That he has cognitive superiority and has vast insights. Nevertheless, that is far from proven… and the way he moves isn’t making it viable either.

Sooner or later, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) and the PLU should just appoint him to the Supreme Leader on Patriotism. They should just announce that Muhoozi is the eternal leader to follow President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. We know the deal here and CNDD-FDD could be a pattern to follow here.

We can just anticipate his rise to power. Muhoozi is the coming Supreme Leader. He won’t be a massive move of progress or development. It is the continuation of the status quo and the power-balance of the current elites. That’s who wants this and they are profiting of basing the future on this. This is why Mwenda is behind Muhoozi, because he wants to be relevant and be a man of the hour.

Right now… the eloquent man of Mwenda is making government friendly propaganda. His making pieces to defend and be vocal supporter of Muhoozi. He has become a platform to make love-stories and bless the soil Muhoozi is walking on. Mwenda is now a token soldier for the cause. That’s why Muhoozi needs to be special, unique and a Demigod. Muhoozi got to be a one-of-a-kind leader. If he isn’t … Mwenda couldn’t support or be behind him.

No, we know all of this and it’s a mockery of our intelligence to give him the glory in this way. When we have seen how Muhoozi navigates, talks and even are in public. His not acting as an intelligent or a special maverick of a person. No, we know who he is and what he is. You cannot rewrite this and make him into a genius. There is nothing insightful or invented, even acted which are out of the realm of a ordinary civilian. The only other thing is his bloodline and who his father is. The rest is more of the same.

A brute general who wants power. We have seen that before and we will see it again. Peace.

I don’t care to look at Museveni’s 62nd Independence Day Speech

Yesterday, the Republic of Uganda celebrated its independence from the United Kingdom. The President, the Head of State held his speech. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni spoke and said his “words”. Word Salads that we have heard several of times before…

This year… I won’t even analyse it. That’s because no one cares or are concerned by it. The numbers, the debunking or discussing the material is pointless. It just another speech and another year.

He speaks of parasites, colonizers, the historical lecture and the ideology of the National Resistance Movement. How things have moved forward and is ready for prosperity. That’s what he does… and try to make it feasible. Mocking the dead and the living at the same time.

It is just telling for someone who has for years looking into his speeches and what he says. Now I am reluctant and restless just thinking about it. To do it… is just a waste of time. No one really cares. On the radio and on the TV its just static. It is same-old, same-old and the stories we have heard before.

The old man doesn’t have anything new. Empty promises. Making history in favour of his administration and his reign. That’s what he does, and we have heard it, again and again.

President Museveni isn’t inspiring anyone. His not being the man of the world or an older stateman. No, his the ruling tyrant and dictator who never gives way. That’s who he is and people are detained right now for demonstrating against the corrupt practices of his government. People are behind bars for assembling or being part of a new opposition party. That’s what is going on and they are tried in Military Courts even. They are detained, charged and kept behind bars without proper investigation or even proper trials. No, there is no evidence or witnesses to seal the criminal intent of the individual. Therefore, this is the sort of fashion that the President rules over.

That’s why the independence is flawed. A man who rules by the gun and who will die by the gun. This is why his words doesn’t matter, as long as he has the guns and the ammunition. It is what keeps him in office, and he knows it.

President Museveni only holds elections to keep donors happy. The same with the Multi-Party Democracy elections too. Because we know Museveni would prefer everyone under his tent and dismiss anyone else. That’s what he would prefer, and he entertains the “movement system” whenever he can, and we shouldn’t be shocked by it. That gave him a lifeline after the bush-war, and he would easily assemble that again.

It just given… a long time coming. We are tired. We are bothered and rather drink a beer. Then listen to the number one thousand speech from Museveni. Where he speaks of his glory and how he re-invented the wheel. That’s what is the thing and he should be worried. There is no energy or ability to bring any sort of enthusiasm around it.

No, we don’t care, and he should be worried. He has overstayed and we don’t even look into things he says. Because it is just more of the same and we got better things to do. Peace.

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Opinion: Muhoozi’s braggadocio goes nowhere…

“If this current US Ambassador does not apologize to Mzee personally by Monday morning (9.00am) for his undiplomatic behaviour in our country we will demand he leaves Uganda. We have no problem with the USA, as I have said many times it is a country we love and admire. But lately we have a lot of evidence that they have been working against the NRM government” – Genal Muhoozi Kainerubaga (04.06.2024).

“Fellow Ugandans, it is my solemn duty to announce to you all that we as a nation are about to have a serious confrontation with the current US Ambassador to our country. For disrespecting our beloved and celebrated President and for undermining the constitution of Uganda” – Genal Muhoozi Kainerubaga (04.06.2024).

We are living in interesting times, as if the role, the high ranking official and first son is allowed to do whatever. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other entities are just silent. They are not reacting to the Commander of Defence Force (CDF) and his whims. No, they are allowing it and he can cause a stir across the borders.

This weekend it happened again. Now he went after the United States of America Ambassador William Popp. Certainly, the recent sanctions and such has hit the pride of the CDF. The manner of which certain Police Officers are now targeted by that. However, there is nothing stopping the co-operation, the bilateral aid or anything in this regard to the Republic. No, that continues like normal still.

It is just a spectacle and a loose mouth. A person that lacks decorum and the ability to read the room. If he has these grievances and such, he should speak to his father and the ask the system through the diplomatic channels to get to the U.S. Ambassador. Instead, he boosted his ego online and later deleted them. Like we couldn’t see it coming.

The CDF is forgetting his place. His arrogance and ignorance are so blatantly clear. He is jaded by ego and lack of proper protocol. Muhoozi needs lessons in civics and diplomacy, as he is just a brat and someone who have lived a shielded life in entitlement.

Others would have had to resign over this. Heck, the Nairobi tweets and invasion threats would have been the demise of others. His father said he should focus on sports, and he never did. That’s why it’s really special how he can get away from it. Only because of his bloodline and who his related too. If he was an ordinary joe… he would be a fallen soldier already. No, his defended and allowed to act this way.

He will only continue with these sorts of rants online. Because nothing is stopping him. Neither is there any punitive actions or downfall for him. His allowed to act like this and gets away with it.

Gen. Muhoozi Kainerubaga thinks he can inherit the throne and continue the legacy of his father. He finds himself youthful, but it couldn’t be further from the truth. He is ticking closer to retirement age than the youth. That’s where he is…

The General needs to find other places to vent and place his ideas. To do that in social media only erodes his office and his supposed image. Not that he can spoil the vision we all have of him, but everyone now see him for who he is.

He is lucky to get where his at and without much merits to do so. Allowed to joke around with his political gambits, meanwhile working within army. Others would have lost rank and been thrown out easily. Therefore, we know the difference between him and them. That is shown again, and again.

It isn’t even funny anymore, but just status quo. The father, the son and mama Janet. Those are the trinity of nepotism in the Republic. Peace.