Friday, 19 June 2015
Inside Major Rwabwoni Arrest At Entebbe Airport
Former opposition FDC Secretary for publicity, Anne Mugisha, has chronicled her experience during the dramatic 2011 presidential election campaigns.
The race was quite spectacular considering that this was the first time president Museveni’s presidency and democratic credentials were being openly challenged by a fellow NRA historical, insider and army officer.
Besigye quickly turned into a symbol of resistance and bravery as the state moved in to contain him.
The epic moments were recorded by Mugisha, a close ally of Besigye and his wife Winnie Byanyima.
Anne Mugisha, who is currently serving as Chief, Information Support Management the United Nations mission in Mogadishu, Somalia, has for the last few weeks been revealing eye-witness accounts of Besigye’s trials and triumphs during the election season.
Mugisha’s stories are relevant to today’s political climate as the country prepares for the 2016 presidential elections.
Anne Mugisha recounts the spectacular arrest of then military intelligence chief, Brig Noble Mayombo’s brother, Major Okwir Rabwoni at Entebbe International Airport:
On 20 February 2001, Major Okwir Rabwoni was abducted by the military at Entebbe Airport in full view of the media and members of the diplomatic corps.
His brutal capture and abduction was one of the lowest points of the 2001 presidential election campaign.
The conflicting stories which appeared in the two dailies, New Vision and Monitor about Major Rabwoni’s defection from the EKBTF (Elect Kizza Besigye Tasforce) infuriated the incumbent’s campaign team and government’s coercion machinery was unleashed to make an example of him.
Among those who led the efforts to punish Major Okwir was none other than his own brother, Major Noble Mayombo who at the time was Chief of Military Intelligence.
The night before, it had been decided that Okwir remain with Besigye on the campaign trail because it was inconceivable that anyone would try to arrest or molest him publicly, right? Wrong!
The next morning the candidate and his entourage headed to Entebbe International Airport to catch a flight to north-western Uganda where rallies had been scheduled. I was working at my desk when I received a call from Kizza Besigye.
He sounded out of breath and he asked me to call the press and tell them to hurry up to the V.I.P Lounge at Entebbe Airport where a small battle was underway. I immediately called Andrew Mwenda who managed to get to the lounge in Entebbe and capture part of the ugly scene before it ended.
Soldiers under the command of an army officer, Moses Rwakitarate, had appeared at the lounge and asked Okwir to follow them out of the lounge.
He refused and they decided to physically manhandle him but the EKBTF members who were at the airport including the candidate were not about to let their campaigner go without a fight.
When he called me, Kizza Besigye (KB) was physically battling soldiers. He had a couple of men and three tough women on his side and they were grabbing at any item and throwing it at the soldiers. Phones became flying projectiles as did some high heels and purses.
The soldiers retreated possibly in shock at the determination of this small group which had surrounded Okwir to stop his arbitrary arrest.
I heard the fracas over the phone and begged KB not to participate in the fight as my mind played out the publicity angle and how it would damage him as a candidate.
He said “If I was not participating they would have taken him already.” The call ended mid sentence and I wondered if that phone too had become a flying missile.
At some point during this drama the Norwegian Ambassador and the Secretary General of the East African Community Francis Muthaura, arrived at the V.I.P lounge on their way to catch a flight and they were shocked at what they encountered. Kizza Besigye spotted them and shouted, “Come and see how we are consolidating our democracy!”
After some aborted attempts to forcibly capture Okwir, the soldiers were reinforced with higher command when Col. Kasirye Ggwanga appeared on the scene asking, “Whodunnit?” They moved in for the final assault, Kizza Besigye was thrown on his back and a soldier held him down with his knee pressed in the candidate’s belly. Okwir was pulled away and taken forcibly from the team.
Human rights
The flight to Adjumani did not happen.
This is how the rights advocacy organization Human Rights Watch, reported the incident back then in their report; ‘UGANDA: Not a Level Playing Field:’
‘Maj. Rabwoni Okwir, the head of Dr. Besigye’s youth desk was violently detained without charge at Entebbe Airport on February 20. Military police and armed men made the arrest in civilian clothes after a four-and-a-half-hour stand-off between Okwir’s supporters and security agents in the VIP lounge.
Okwir was beaten and carried away by soldiers who threw him into the back of a pick-up truck, hit him with rifle butts, and sat on him as they drove away. He sustained injuries to his ribs.
The security personnel said they had strict orders to take Okwir to Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) headquarters.
Okwir was taken to CMI, where he was stripped to his trousers and then interrogated by seven military intelligence officers for six hours, among other things about the political opposition’s internal dynamics as well as its funding sources. They threatened him, but did not physically abuse him.
The following day he was released on condition that he wrote a statement disavowing the opposition. He read a statement to the press at parliament that night saying that he had withdrawn from Dr. Besigye’s task force.
He said he had not been tortured or in any way intimidated. No questions were allowed at the press conference which only plain-clothed security personnel and a few MPs attended.
As he left Mr. Okwir told a journalist from the Monitor newspaper that he was feeling ill and was going home to rest. “I am going home; I have pain all over my body.”
Okwir was never charged, although the army subsequently claimed that he was detained in his own interest to protect him from a plot by Dr. Besigye to kill him and blame it on the government. He has since left Uganda for medical treatment.”
I sat in James Musinguzi’s living room in Mbuya, with a few members of the Task Force. There was anger, rage and disbelief in the air but no one seemed to be able to find the words to express it so we sat quietly and fumed inside as we waited for a much publicized television statement that was to be made by the Head of State on the arrest of Okwir Rabwoni.
By and by the President appeared on the screen and James Musinguzi got out of his chair and moved to sit behind the television. We looked at him curiously and he said, “I will listen to him but I do not have to look at him.”
I kind of understood how he felt. The President made a statement in which he basically said Okwir Rabwoni had been arrested to save him from the opposition which was planning to abduct him and harm him. I did not need to hear or remember any more than that so I grabbed my car keys and returned to my apartment.
Okwir was never charged with any offence in any court of law. He was sent off to exile in the United Kingdom where he remained for many years.
He returned quietly to the country and is still an activist but he keeps a low profile away from the glare of unwarranted publicity.
Sunday, 7 June 2015
Ssematimba's Rigged Elections
Radio Katwe has received reports that former prime minister Amama Mbabazi was involved in ballot stuffing
and other electoral malpractices to facilitate the victory of Peter
Ssematimba in the hotly-contested 2011 Mayoral elections.
Ssematimba was floored by opposition strongman, Erias Lukwago despite widespread violence and street battles between the former’s supporters with security forces. Bullets and teargas rocked Kampala suburbs as Lukwago’s supporters foiled attempts to rig the polls.
Ssematimba was floored by opposition strongman, Erias Lukwago despite widespread violence and street battles between the former’s supporters with security forces. Bullets and teargas rocked Kampala suburbs as Lukwago’s supporters foiled attempts to rig the polls.
Retired Maj Gen Benon Biraaro said he was among the first people to
witness attempts by government officials to rig the elections in favour
of Ssematimba. “At around 6:00am, I drove to Kisugu polling
station along Entebbe Road where I found ballot boxes full of pre-ticked
votes,” recounted Gen Biraaro. “Then I picked my mobile phone
and called then army commander, Gen Aronda Nyakairima. I asked him:
‘What is this? I am seeing ballot boxes full of ticked votes. What’s
going on?” revealed Biraaro who has since declared plans to contest for
president in the 2016 elections. “I told Gen Aronda that it is now 6:00am. People haven’t started voting. Where did these votes come from?” In his response, Gen Aronda seems to have been aware of the rigging plot.
Gen Biraaro said he was shocked by the response from the Chief of Defence Forces: “Gen Aronda told me that the rigging was being spearheaded and supervised by Mbabazi.” Biraaro quoted Aronda as speaking: “It’s Amama and team who slept at Conference Centre (Kampala Serena Hotel) doing that. Ooh, that’s good news if they have delivered already.” A baffled Biraaro hit back: “But that’s not what we promised people; we promised free and fair elections. I called you to complain that this is very wrong and unacceptable. This is not right at all.”
Biraaro said he realised that the Mayoral elections would not be free and fair thus mobilising his colleagues to bust the rigging racket. “We managed to help Lukwago to nip this plan in the bud. So opposition should know that some of us played some roles to ensure free and fair elections,”
The revelations come at a time when Mbabazi is expected to announce his 2016 presidential bid. He has since called for the implementation of the proposed electoral reforms to deliver free and fair elections. Mbabazi has previously denied rigging elections. He served as NRM’s Secretary General before being removed from office by his party in December 2014.
With such damning revelations, Radio Katwe calls on Ugandans not to trust Amama Mbabazi who was involved in evil deeds of Museveni's NRM government and rigging election on a wider scale.
RADIO KATWE SALUTES AFANDE BIRAARO FOR EXPOSING THIS ROTTEN REGIME.
Gen Biraaro said he was shocked by the response from the Chief of Defence Forces: “Gen Aronda told me that the rigging was being spearheaded and supervised by Mbabazi.” Biraaro quoted Aronda as speaking: “It’s Amama and team who slept at Conference Centre (Kampala Serena Hotel) doing that. Ooh, that’s good news if they have delivered already.” A baffled Biraaro hit back: “But that’s not what we promised people; we promised free and fair elections. I called you to complain that this is very wrong and unacceptable. This is not right at all.”
Biraaro said he realised that the Mayoral elections would not be free and fair thus mobilising his colleagues to bust the rigging racket. “We managed to help Lukwago to nip this plan in the bud. So opposition should know that some of us played some roles to ensure free and fair elections,”
The revelations come at a time when Mbabazi is expected to announce his 2016 presidential bid. He has since called for the implementation of the proposed electoral reforms to deliver free and fair elections. Mbabazi has previously denied rigging elections. He served as NRM’s Secretary General before being removed from office by his party in December 2014.
With such damning revelations, Radio Katwe calls on Ugandans not to trust Amama Mbabazi who was involved in evil deeds of Museveni's NRM government and rigging election on a wider scale.
RADIO KATWE SALUTES AFANDE BIRAARO FOR EXPOSING THIS ROTTEN REGIME.
Thursday, 4 June 2015
General Sejjusa's Assignment
Sejjusa's
current assignment is to cripple and destroy opposition but first he
must win their trust. And it seems the gymic is working. However, This is the man who was in Museveni's brutal government for 27 years. He was Involved in running Museveni's Torture machinery and responsible for brutal deaths in Northern Uganda. What has changed or new for General Sejjusa to come out calling for new Leadership in Uganda yet he would have resigned or jumped ship at his spell in the early years of 1990's. What goes around comes around.
Radio Katwe brings you General Sejjusa's full statement.
The current struggle for political change in Uganda has arrived at a pivotal stage. The warning lights for Mr Museveni to leave power, in order that Ugandans can begin to construct a new society that is politically stable, socially cohesive and economically fair and progressive, are no longer mere warning lights, but flood lights, foretelling the coming victory of the People in the decisive final battles for change. The dismantling of Mr Museveni’s corrupt and repressive regime has entered a new critical phase where all the patriotic freedom forces, be they political opposition groupings, youth movements, religious organisations, civil society activists or even progressive Ugandan citizens within the NRM ruling party, are converging into a formidable anti-regime frontline determined to deny any political oxygen to Mr Museveni and the few remaining supporters of the embattled regime.
And for those who may not know, there is now clear evidence that even Mr Museveni himself is aware of the disastrously fragile state of his government and the unstoppable and incredibly formidable forces that are now assembled against the regime. Unfortunately for Mr Museveni, the goings-on in Uganda’s current political space are rapidly becoming an inextinguishable political dynamite, and his usual ‘bully-boy’ tactics and violence- parked survival antics are edging to near- obsolete. The fear-factor and scaremongering techniques which he has habitually applied to tame and silence anti-regime activists is no longer applicable, as the people have lost their fear and their determination to stand up and be counted is at its highest since Museveni came to power.
Within the ruling echelons, not only have the topmost government leaders and party functionaries abandoned Mr Museveni, but, even the NRM youths and grassroots activists, who have always been the mainstay of the ruling establishment, are now actively involved in the struggle to take Uganda to the next juncture beyond Museveni.
In the next few months this precarious situation for the president will unravel into an unstoppable dynamic of revolutionary activism for change even within his own NRM party.In the meantime, the traditional opposition political parties and formations which have, hitherto, been divided and fragmented in their approaches to the regime, and also indecisive as to which path to take in regard to the way forward, are now beginning to unanimously echo one serious message between them – they are all starting to call upon the masses to prepare to confront and disable Mr Museveni’s final tramp card in his floundering survival game-play – i.e., the 2016 election. The resounding message, that is shaping up by the day, right across the nation is that the masses will not allow Mr Museveni to ever again organise and make happen the type of sham and fraudulent elections that have been the norm throughout the nearly three decades of his rule. The people of all political persuasions are preparing to prevent Mr Museveni to operationalise the nakedly fraudulent processes and illegalities which have qualified the 2016 elections, even before they can happen, as being “already rigged” and incapable of being free or fair.
The 2016 elections are “already rigged” because of the fraudulent processes of ID provision, which are involving the giving of Ugandan IDs to foreigners, while denying them to many Ugandan citizens without any reason, unacceptable practices of bribing some sections of the electorate, and the wanton misuse and abuse of state resources and institutions to ensure a Museveni victory, not to mention the absolute determination by Mr Museveni to maintain the current biased and zealously pro-regime electoral commission structures and processes unreformed. Truth be told – the Mr Museveni, with his entrenched undemocratic credentials, is not about to suddenly change his colours and deliver the necessary electoral and political reforms to ensure free and fair elections in Uganda. Whoever is hoping for this eventuality must be the greatest day-dreamer in the country.
The hard choices before the Ugandan people, therefore, are only two: Whether to allow Mr. Museveni to remain in power indefinitely, by letting him to carry through his 2016 and post-2016 “family project”, which seeks to create a life-presidency for the incumbent and his family, Or, on the other hand, to say NO – IT WILL NOT HAPPEN, and proceed to dismantle the regime, in accordance with the provisions of the constitution, whereby the people are supreme and are required to express their patriotism by intervening and putting a stop to the type of grievous violations and rape of the constitution witnessed by Ugandans across the decades. Embracing the Struggle for a New Political dispensation Without Museveni.
With the Uganda nation firmly positioned at the cross roads of its political destiny, Ugandans are not only becoming bold enough to publically and determinedly demand for their rights and freedoms as citizens and human beings, but they are also starting to engage in an open debate about the type of society they would like to live in, post-Museveni. Of course, it is only logical that a fully-fledged national dialogue will be inevitable to harmonise all the various strands of political, economic, socio-cultural aspirations and ideas that have been taking shape in the diverse public spaces, be it among political activists, civil society campaigners, religious fraternities, youth forums, rural community settings, market places, work places and all other such localities.
That dialogue will capture the unavoidable practical realisms, such as how to set up an all- inclusive transitional political governance arrangement to oversee the creation of a new constitutional framework that can ensure that Uganda is a truly modern state with all the inherent rights and freedoms for the country’s citizens not only guaranteed as such, but permanently safeguarded with the necessary enforcement and actualisation systems and institutions.
It is worth noting that, already, a national consensus does exist around the fundamentals of the new society that has to emerge once the dictatorship is fully dismantled The fundamental pillars for building a new society will include a properly functioning and unadulterated judiciary and legislature, an unviolated Bank of Uganda and the rest of the banking sector; security services that are non- partisan and are not subjected to abuse by those in power; the all-important conducive democratic infrastructure that is fortified by an independent electoral commission; and all the other associated democracy-defining indices, such as the citizens’ right of assembly and freedom to protest; as well as a free press and the media in general that is nourished by the core values of freedom of expression and freedom of speech, and not one that lives in total fear and gets calls from state operatives and is under constant threat of closure.
Regrettably for Uganda, the last three decades have seen Mr. Museveni, capture, subvert and personalise the only existing institutions of state, an incredible idiosyncrasy that has, for example, transformed the country’s elections from a process of democratic contest into a presidential procession, where a disempowered, choice-less electorate and subservient institutions, such as the police and the security services, merely escort the incumbent president and his ruling party to statehouse.
To bring about an enduring and sustainable democratic infrastructure in a post-Museveni Uganda, all the citizens will have to embrace, the virtues of constitutionalism, and, in particular, the principles of accountability for those tasked with managing the country’s affairs. It is important to note that this is not just about any reforms that would merely alter the status quo, but rather a systemic overhaul of the decayed state.
The new Uganda will be a place where public institutions are respected and protected, and not abused or misused; where corruption and nepotism and all manner of bad governance, are not tolerated; where tribalism is rejected, and multiculturalism and inter-ethnic co-existence are upheld; where religious tolerance is the norm, and social harmony as well as mutual inter- dependence of all the people of Uganda define the collective identity of the New Uganda – a Uganda where all citizens are equal before the law of the Land.
The emergence of a totally new political dispensation will help to usher in a pro-people governance and societal management ethic, where those in power are subservient to and not masters over the people. Federal Arrangement for the New Uganda nation: Power will be devolved away from State House right to the people, through a mutually agreed Federal governance arrangement that emphasizes the centrality of the people themselves in developmental decision-making. Accordingly, all the nation’s economic advancement and development will manifest through the principles of equitable sharing and distribution of the country’s wealth and resources to ensure progress for all. Fellow citizens, lets us all work for a new future and destiny. Let us embrace a new beginning that will bring love between the peoples, rather than hatred; reconciliation and forgiveness, rather than revenge and retribution.
Message to Mr Museveni: As for Mr Museveni – the special message to you is as follows – you have made your contributions to Uganda during the nearly 30 years of your presidency – some positive, but others grievously negative. Your time to retire from public office is HERE AND NOW. And it makes great sense for you to retire peacefully and honourably, just like the First Lady, Mrs Janet Kataaha Museveni has pledged to do in her recent proclamations. It does not make any sense whatsoever for you to wait to be forced out of power in ways that could sink the country into the ultimate abyss. Uganda is bigger than any individual, including you, Mr Museveni. It is a Land of 35 million citizens, and we all, in our individual capacities, have a choice to make – either to destroy ourselves and our Motherland and have nowhere to call home, or to embrace the promise of hope for a better future for us and our children to come, and to work for that future by doing the right and honourable thing.
Truth and reconciliation: In the spirit of mutual understanding, and through the inevitable processes of TRUTH AND RECONCILLIATION, Ugandans, in the new Uganda, will be capable of examining what went wrong in the past, and going forward, they will seek ways to unite the country in a manner that ensures that the ominous and ruinous demons and nightmares of our dark past do not rear their ugly heads ever again.
Radio Katwe brings you General Sejjusa's full statement.
The current struggle for political change in Uganda has arrived at a pivotal stage. The warning lights for Mr Museveni to leave power, in order that Ugandans can begin to construct a new society that is politically stable, socially cohesive and economically fair and progressive, are no longer mere warning lights, but flood lights, foretelling the coming victory of the People in the decisive final battles for change. The dismantling of Mr Museveni’s corrupt and repressive regime has entered a new critical phase where all the patriotic freedom forces, be they political opposition groupings, youth movements, religious organisations, civil society activists or even progressive Ugandan citizens within the NRM ruling party, are converging into a formidable anti-regime frontline determined to deny any political oxygen to Mr Museveni and the few remaining supporters of the embattled regime.
And for those who may not know, there is now clear evidence that even Mr Museveni himself is aware of the disastrously fragile state of his government and the unstoppable and incredibly formidable forces that are now assembled against the regime. Unfortunately for Mr Museveni, the goings-on in Uganda’s current political space are rapidly becoming an inextinguishable political dynamite, and his usual ‘bully-boy’ tactics and violence- parked survival antics are edging to near- obsolete. The fear-factor and scaremongering techniques which he has habitually applied to tame and silence anti-regime activists is no longer applicable, as the people have lost their fear and their determination to stand up and be counted is at its highest since Museveni came to power.
Within the ruling echelons, not only have the topmost government leaders and party functionaries abandoned Mr Museveni, but, even the NRM youths and grassroots activists, who have always been the mainstay of the ruling establishment, are now actively involved in the struggle to take Uganda to the next juncture beyond Museveni.
In the next few months this precarious situation for the president will unravel into an unstoppable dynamic of revolutionary activism for change even within his own NRM party.In the meantime, the traditional opposition political parties and formations which have, hitherto, been divided and fragmented in their approaches to the regime, and also indecisive as to which path to take in regard to the way forward, are now beginning to unanimously echo one serious message between them – they are all starting to call upon the masses to prepare to confront and disable Mr Museveni’s final tramp card in his floundering survival game-play – i.e., the 2016 election. The resounding message, that is shaping up by the day, right across the nation is that the masses will not allow Mr Museveni to ever again organise and make happen the type of sham and fraudulent elections that have been the norm throughout the nearly three decades of his rule. The people of all political persuasions are preparing to prevent Mr Museveni to operationalise the nakedly fraudulent processes and illegalities which have qualified the 2016 elections, even before they can happen, as being “already rigged” and incapable of being free or fair.
The 2016 elections are “already rigged” because of the fraudulent processes of ID provision, which are involving the giving of Ugandan IDs to foreigners, while denying them to many Ugandan citizens without any reason, unacceptable practices of bribing some sections of the electorate, and the wanton misuse and abuse of state resources and institutions to ensure a Museveni victory, not to mention the absolute determination by Mr Museveni to maintain the current biased and zealously pro-regime electoral commission structures and processes unreformed. Truth be told – the Mr Museveni, with his entrenched undemocratic credentials, is not about to suddenly change his colours and deliver the necessary electoral and political reforms to ensure free and fair elections in Uganda. Whoever is hoping for this eventuality must be the greatest day-dreamer in the country.
The hard choices before the Ugandan people, therefore, are only two: Whether to allow Mr. Museveni to remain in power indefinitely, by letting him to carry through his 2016 and post-2016 “family project”, which seeks to create a life-presidency for the incumbent and his family, Or, on the other hand, to say NO – IT WILL NOT HAPPEN, and proceed to dismantle the regime, in accordance with the provisions of the constitution, whereby the people are supreme and are required to express their patriotism by intervening and putting a stop to the type of grievous violations and rape of the constitution witnessed by Ugandans across the decades. Embracing the Struggle for a New Political dispensation Without Museveni.
With the Uganda nation firmly positioned at the cross roads of its political destiny, Ugandans are not only becoming bold enough to publically and determinedly demand for their rights and freedoms as citizens and human beings, but they are also starting to engage in an open debate about the type of society they would like to live in, post-Museveni. Of course, it is only logical that a fully-fledged national dialogue will be inevitable to harmonise all the various strands of political, economic, socio-cultural aspirations and ideas that have been taking shape in the diverse public spaces, be it among political activists, civil society campaigners, religious fraternities, youth forums, rural community settings, market places, work places and all other such localities.
That dialogue will capture the unavoidable practical realisms, such as how to set up an all- inclusive transitional political governance arrangement to oversee the creation of a new constitutional framework that can ensure that Uganda is a truly modern state with all the inherent rights and freedoms for the country’s citizens not only guaranteed as such, but permanently safeguarded with the necessary enforcement and actualisation systems and institutions.
It is worth noting that, already, a national consensus does exist around the fundamentals of the new society that has to emerge once the dictatorship is fully dismantled The fundamental pillars for building a new society will include a properly functioning and unadulterated judiciary and legislature, an unviolated Bank of Uganda and the rest of the banking sector; security services that are non- partisan and are not subjected to abuse by those in power; the all-important conducive democratic infrastructure that is fortified by an independent electoral commission; and all the other associated democracy-defining indices, such as the citizens’ right of assembly and freedom to protest; as well as a free press and the media in general that is nourished by the core values of freedom of expression and freedom of speech, and not one that lives in total fear and gets calls from state operatives and is under constant threat of closure.
Regrettably for Uganda, the last three decades have seen Mr. Museveni, capture, subvert and personalise the only existing institutions of state, an incredible idiosyncrasy that has, for example, transformed the country’s elections from a process of democratic contest into a presidential procession, where a disempowered, choice-less electorate and subservient institutions, such as the police and the security services, merely escort the incumbent president and his ruling party to statehouse.
To bring about an enduring and sustainable democratic infrastructure in a post-Museveni Uganda, all the citizens will have to embrace, the virtues of constitutionalism, and, in particular, the principles of accountability for those tasked with managing the country’s affairs. It is important to note that this is not just about any reforms that would merely alter the status quo, but rather a systemic overhaul of the decayed state.
The new Uganda will be a place where public institutions are respected and protected, and not abused or misused; where corruption and nepotism and all manner of bad governance, are not tolerated; where tribalism is rejected, and multiculturalism and inter-ethnic co-existence are upheld; where religious tolerance is the norm, and social harmony as well as mutual inter- dependence of all the people of Uganda define the collective identity of the New Uganda – a Uganda where all citizens are equal before the law of the Land.
The emergence of a totally new political dispensation will help to usher in a pro-people governance and societal management ethic, where those in power are subservient to and not masters over the people. Federal Arrangement for the New Uganda nation: Power will be devolved away from State House right to the people, through a mutually agreed Federal governance arrangement that emphasizes the centrality of the people themselves in developmental decision-making. Accordingly, all the nation’s economic advancement and development will manifest through the principles of equitable sharing and distribution of the country’s wealth and resources to ensure progress for all. Fellow citizens, lets us all work for a new future and destiny. Let us embrace a new beginning that will bring love between the peoples, rather than hatred; reconciliation and forgiveness, rather than revenge and retribution.
Message to Mr Museveni: As for Mr Museveni – the special message to you is as follows – you have made your contributions to Uganda during the nearly 30 years of your presidency – some positive, but others grievously negative. Your time to retire from public office is HERE AND NOW. And it makes great sense for you to retire peacefully and honourably, just like the First Lady, Mrs Janet Kataaha Museveni has pledged to do in her recent proclamations. It does not make any sense whatsoever for you to wait to be forced out of power in ways that could sink the country into the ultimate abyss. Uganda is bigger than any individual, including you, Mr Museveni. It is a Land of 35 million citizens, and we all, in our individual capacities, have a choice to make – either to destroy ourselves and our Motherland and have nowhere to call home, or to embrace the promise of hope for a better future for us and our children to come, and to work for that future by doing the right and honourable thing.
Truth and reconciliation: In the spirit of mutual understanding, and through the inevitable processes of TRUTH AND RECONCILLIATION, Ugandans, in the new Uganda, will be capable of examining what went wrong in the past, and going forward, they will seek ways to unite the country in a manner that ensures that the ominous and ruinous demons and nightmares of our dark past do not rear their ugly heads ever again.
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