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Breaking The Spiral of Silence

Who Is Accusing Who of Defiance?

“If the foundation be destroyed, what can the righteous do?...............”

Psalms 11:3

What is the definition of Defiance?

According to Longman Dictionary of Contemplary English

New Edition

Behavior that shows you refuse to do what someone told you to do,

especially because you do not respect them defies is a gesture of

defiance. I.e. one can run away as an act of defiance against his

parents or authority.

Another example is that: Many people were drinking on the streets in

defiance of the BAN or he/she clambered a fist in defiance

Therefore, to be defiant is refusing to do what someone tells you to do.

He /she walked away shouting on top of/her voice out of the meeting to

protest the decision made.

They went to the bush in a defiant act after the election results were

announced.

What is the role of the church in speaking out against evil and

injustices?

The Church has a role indeed to play in the development of the

nation and to shape the morals of the society, as well as being a voice

to the oppressed and voiceless.

It also has the responsibility to protect -R2P

The role of the Christian church is to actually stand with the people in

their struggle for human dignity, survival and self determination and

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truly becoming ‘The Voice of the Voiceless “His Grace Paulin Lukudo

Loro Catholic Arch Bishop & Metropolitan of Juba.

“The prevailing orthodoxy among intellectuals in the west and

elsewhere is that religion is a waning irrational and dysfunctional

aberration” US journalist Nicholas Kristof, certainly no religious

apologist discovered a different church when he visited South Sudan.I

came here to this impoverished country to write about its problems, not

the..Church’s. Yet once again I am awed that so many of selfless people

serving the world’s neediest are lowly nuns and priests “( and one

should add here pastors, catechists,evangelists, bishops,reverands,

moderators,elders,deacons and lay workers from all denominations).”

The Church in Uganda, as in many other countries in Africa and other

parts of the world where poverty, conflict, political oppression, socio

marginalization, and under development are rife, is widely seen as a

force for good, a progressive influence, in the forefront of the struggle

for peace, justice, human rights and democracy.

Africans are religious by nature (whether Christians, Muslims or

followers of traditional religion) and communal by culture, religion

pervades the life of individual and nation. People rely on their faith and

their religious leaders to deal holistically with concerns of everyday life,

big and small, without artificial barriers in resolving conflicts .The

Acholis “Mato put” is an example, while the Church will emphasize

forgiveness and reconciliation through God’s love.

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Col. (rtd) Dr.Warren Kizza Besigye‘s Contribution, his Fallout with

Museveni and brief background of our defiant political track history in

Uganda.

Background He was a youth who was misled by the self seeker and he answered a deceptive call in an act of

defiance, to go to the bush and fight an elected government, established by the laws and which

was elected by the people of Uganda on December 10th 1980.

He was a young qualified doctor working in Nairobi’s Kenyatta hospital serving his African

brothers in Kenya as a medical doctor after fleeing the political turmoil in Uganda in 1979.

Dr. Warren Kizza Besigye came back to Uganda to answer what seemed like a liberation call for

the people of Uganda. He joined the National Resistance Army (read National Defiant Army)

which was operating in the jungles of Luwero.Where they were waging a war on the grounds

that the elections were rigged by the UPC government and that they were fighting to restore

democracy, rule of law, peace ,unity ,freedom of speech ,expression and the implementation of

the conceived 10 point program which has been succeeded by many other programmes.

He did this with all his heart, strength and soul, hoping that one day; he will see the people of

Uganda free to run their affairs politically without any intimidation or threat. His hard work saw

him operating many of his comrades without anesthesia, anti bio tics to prevent tetanus, under

banana plantations or mango trees.He risked he and his colleagues to touch and come in contact

with blood of possibly infected comrades who had HIV/AIDs. THEIR FATAL WOUNDING

DID NOT AT ANY SINGLE DAY DEMORALIZE HIM AND HIS MEDICAL TEAM but

rather encouraged them to be firm and to focus on what seemed like a national cause. He had to

carryout operations and to stitch wounds using sisal and banana fibre and using local herbs to

treat malaria fever.(Omululuza ).

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Among those he treated and had taken care of included the current NRM

Chairman/President/Founder and commander in chief of the now translated National Resistance

Army {Read National Defiant Army) to Uganda Peoples Defense Forces.( read Uganda Peoples

Defiant Force UNTIL IT WAS FORMALISED BY AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT ) because of

the way it came in existence drawing its ranks from the rebel (read defiance ) background and

not the normal recruitment process as enshrined in the constitution of the Republic of Uganda.

Articles 208 clauses 1, 2,3, and 4. Articles 209 talking about the functions of UPDF in clauses a,

b, and d. lastly article 210 Parliament shall regulate the UPDF, AND SHALL MAKE LAWS

REGULATING THE UPDF and, in particular a, Organs and structures of UPDF. b-

Recruitment, appointment, promotions, discipline and removal of members of UPDF and

ensuring that members of the UPDF are recruited from every district of Uganda. Then c, and d of

the same article 2010.My question is, dos the parliament endorse and approve the appointment of

military officers as Ambassadors, and their promotions as per the constitution of the Republic of

Uganda?

Dedicated and devoted to the cause was Besigye and many other young people who followed the

way of defiance and rebellion to fight the Uganda People’s Congress government which was the

choice of the majority at that time in a five year guerrilla warfare. Taking advantage of the

differences between the Baganda and Milton Obote which begun way back in 1964 and climaxed

in 1966 with the government forces attacking the Lubiri(Kabaka's Palace ) at Mengo..This was

followed by the abolition of monarchies in Uganda, the Kingdom of Buganda, Bunyoro, Busoga,

Ankole and Toro. Uganda was declared a Republic up to this day. Though other kingdoms were

restored, the one of Ankole was not restored by the (Ssabagabe ) self proclaimed king of kings in

Ankole.

This stemmed from the constitutional process when a referendum was held in the so called lost

counties of Ndaiga, Buyaga, Bugangaizi and Buwekula.The people in those counties voted to

remain in Bunyoro and government of the then executive Prime Minister Milton Obote endorsed

the outcome of the referendum, which was misinterpreted as giving away the counties back to

Bunyoro (Capture the word Back) which means at one time they were part of Bunyoro. But were

given to Buganda by the British in appreciation for the alliance to defeat Bunyoro by Buganda

Kingdom. Which the Kabaka in turn distributed to his regents and is commonly known as mile

land today in Central Uganda

In an act of defiance, the Buganda government issued an ultimatum to the central government to

relocate its seat from the Buganda soil within 48 hours, after a long struggle and subsequent

disagreements between the UPC and KY who had both formed an alliance to defeat Democratic

Party (DP) led by Bendicto Kiwanuka a Catholic on the grounds of religion. Moves to impeach

Milton Obote by casting a vote of no confidence was initiated by Hon. Daudi Ocheng the MP for

Mityana in Buganda though he was an Acholi, and Ibingira Grace. On the grounds of lack of

parliamentary consent to send troops to Congo an UNDECLARED Ivory and gold, which were

plundered from Congo in 1965 by the Uganda Army Commander, Idi Amin and concealed by

the defense minister Felix Onama. This was done with a clear knowledge of the Executive

Prime Minister Dr.Apollo Milton Obote?

What actually followed Kabaka Mutesa was asking for British troops to help him get rid of the

Central government from the Buganda soil, and in reaction the UPC government sent special

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force para military force and army troops to attack and arrest Mutesa, who defied the arrest and

put up a fight instead. In return Dr Apollo Milton Obote abrogated the 1962 Constitution in an

act of defiance; insisted Buganda was an integral part of Uganda and he declared Uganda to

become a Republic. This was also followed by the introduction of the pigeon hole constitution

drafted by Uganda's Attorney General by then Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa.QC.in 1967.It was

successfully followed by the detention of political prisoners in the country from KY, DP and

UPC itself without trial.

The Declaration of the state of emergency in Buganda.

There was a declaration of the state of emergency in Buganda for five years from 1966 to 71.In

1969 after the death of King (Freddie) Edward Mutesa Walugembe 11 in exile, there was a panic

in Kampala city which was invaded by a type of lizard known as EMBALASASA, which bit

people and they died in a space of 72 hours. The fortune tellers, witchdoctors attributed this to

the angry gods who were not happy with the Obote government, which they predicted was

about to fall.

This came to pass when the Military in defiance of the 1967 constitution, took over power in

1971 January 25th led by Major General Idi Amin Dada who was the commander of the Army

by then, while Dr.Obote was attending a Commonwealth conference in Singapore. The political

activities were suspended and parliament dissolved in what the military called an interim period

to rectify the 18 points it had given as a reason for taking over the civilian government and later

promised to return it to the civilian rule after addressing those points.

Political Prisoners set free and the return of Kabaka Mutesa’s remains Major General Amin set free all political prisoners who had been in Prison for five years under

detention without trial in Karamoja who included, Ibingira Grace, Mathias Ngobi, Abubaker

Mayanja, Paul Semogerere, Dr Lumu,late Bendicto Kajimu Mugumba Kiwanuka, late Jolly Joe

Kiwanuka and the soldiers who were detained in connection with Brigadier Pierino Okoya’s

death outside Gulu town in 1970 .Among them included Captain Smarts Guwedeko FROM

Gulu Airbase and his four other colleagues,, Kayongo a soldier with the heart beat of Africa

dancing troupe, who beat-up Minister Kakonge the secretary general of UPC in the slums of

Wabigalo, and castrated him over a woman who later become a wife to General Idi Amin,called

Madinah Amin. All political prisoners in the country including Sebaduka the brother of Haji

Ausi in Ndeeba a Kampala surburb, who attempted to shoot Obote in December 1969 at Lugogo

Indoor Stadium. The UPC was holding their Annual General Assembly at that time and the bullet

just blazed his mouth.

Immediately thereafter, the Military Government led by Major General Idi Amin Dada,

organised the return of the remains of Kabaka Edward Mutesa Walugembe the 11, who had died

in exile in November 1969 in a London apartment, where he was sustained on a welfare system

of the UK government. This made Amin very popular among the Baganda who danced to praise

him as Ssalongo and savior. The remains were vied in Namirembe St. Paul Cathedral for 7 days

.Throng of lines from morning to evening and throughout the night were coming from all the

sides of City, from Masaka road, Mityana road, Hoima road, Bombo road, Namirembe road,

Makindye and Ndeeba, Entebbe road. The Baganda mourned their king and I went to

Namirembe twice to view the body of King Freddie, which took me more than 4 hours from the

Nakivubo Stadium up to the Cathedral. The military government paid for all the costs until King

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Freddie was laid to rest at Muzigu Azala Mpanga with his grand fathers. His commanding officer

and guardian in the Grenadier guards where he was a Captain attended the burial, together with a

representative of the queen.

Politicians, soldiers and government officials flee the country

Later many politicians and political ideologist of the common man's charter, move to the left

who were professing Communism ,socialism, Marxist policies, and National Service for all able

bodied Ugandans in this capitalist country, like Kirunda Kivejinja, Bidandi Sali, Kintu Musoke,

Yoweri Museveni, late Chango Macho, late Akena Adoko, lateTito Okello, late Brigadier Oyite

Ojok, late Captain Oyile, student leaders of NUSU and NUYO like Olara Otunu, and Masette

Kuya fled to Tanzania where he had come from a few years back. After his university education

in Dar es Salaam, he joined, Apollo Milton Obote's government working in President’s

office.Many others who were in the army, police, security agencies, cabinet ministers etc also

fled. Others went through the northern border via Owiny Kibul through Port Said in Sudan, and

to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, while other remained in the country lying low like an envelope.

All these were running away in defiance of the Military Government which had taken power

and suspended all political activities in the country.

The formation of fighting groups and clandestine activities

In exile they formed up fighting groups like the UPC''s Kikosi Ma aluum ,Museveni's Fronasa

(Front for National Salvation ) who with a combined force made early attempts to attack Uganda

in 1972 September 16th.and backed up by Tanzania Peoples Defense Forces.

But Mr. Museveni continued with his defiant campaign ,continued to carry out clandestine

activities, smuggling guns into the country, blowing up power lines, recruiting young people in

Mbale, Kyambogo technical school in Kampala and Mbarara like black etc. He at one time

survived arrest at Maluku estate Mbale where he fled to the forest, after shooting at the military

police who were pursuing him(His own Story ) and disappeared in the thicket..Later the young

men, who were with him, were arrested shot at a firing squad in Mbale 1972 after they were

convicted of engaging in rebel (defiance) and treasonable activities.

Invasion from Tanzania in 1972- Crashed

This invasion was crashed badly by the Uganda Armed forces elements from ,1 UA Eagle

Garrison Jinja”s Cand D companies, 4 UA Simba Battalion MbararaA, B, C and D companies,

3 UA Tiger battalion Mubende “s C and D companies, Kifaru Merchandised Reconnaissance

Regiment Bondo Arua Cand D companies, Malire Merchandised Specialist Reconnaissance

Regiment Ferret scouts unit and Tank company,Lubiri Kampala, Suicide Revolutionary

Mechanized Specialist Reconnaissance Regiment Kasijjagirwa Masaka C company,APC unit,

C and D company of 2 UA Gondar Battalion Moroto, Q and P Batteries Artillery Regiment

Masindi,

C and D companies of Chui battalion Gulu,Signals Regiment , 2nd Para Fort Portal C company

Air and Sea Borne battalion Tororo C company and General Transport Unit for logistics and

transportation of troops and tanks of different Uganda Armed forces Units. to the battle field at

Mutukula, Minziiro, Kikagati and Kyotera as the rear base with Military Police Unit to enforce

discipline among the troops. The specialist admini office with officers from the general head

quarters was set up to coordinate the operations. About three former ministers in Obote ‘s

government were taken as prisoners and this included Alex Ojera, Emmanuel Wakweya,

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Wakholi and other former Uganda army officers who were killed by the SRB operatives at

state research bureau in Nakasero for engaging in defiance acts against the military government

aimed at toppling it.

The Economic War preceded the invasion from Tanzania Before the invasion earlier, General Idi Amin Dada, had declared the economic war on August

23rd in Tororo town. He gave the Asians with dual nationalities an ultimatum to choose where

they want to belong in 90 days. The reason was mainly because they were working and earning

money here, but were banking it in foreign capitals. According to Amin they did not have the

country at heart.Madvani in an attempt to reverse this, went with some money to bribe Amin and

was instead arrested and the money he was trying give to Amin as bribe displayed on National

TV. However, Amin forgave him and let him go.

On September 17th 1972 one day after the rebels from Tanzanians invaded Uganda from

Mutukula Border and Kikagati. The security agents of state research bureau storming the high

courts in a desecration of the temple of justice whisked away the Chief Justice Bendicto Kajimu

Mugumba Kiwanuka, from his Chambers and he disappeared up to today. It is presumed he was

killed. The reason was because he had resisted and given legal advice against the expulsion of

the Asians from Uganda whom Amin had given 90 days to formalize their nationalities by

choice, either to remain Ugandans or to belong to those other countries like the British, Canada,

Bangladesh, and Pakistan as their citizens. Another reason was that there was a letter which was

intercepted by the SRB and written by Dr. Obote to the Chief Justice on the importance of

liberating Uganda from the hands of Amin. This seems the most likely reason to why he was

whisked away by these operatives of SRB.

Others who were kidnapped and never appeared again presumed to have been killed later in

1972-73, were late Jolly Joe Kiwanuka (Namwatulira) a renown journalist, politician and

proprietor of White Nile club at Katwe, late Basil Batalingaya, late Joseph Mubiru the governor

of the bank of Uganda, late Captain Samuel Aswa who announced the army take over when he

was still a staff sergeant, late Basudde, Masaka Mayor late Francis Walugembe etc This war

climaxed by the killing of the Arch Bishop Church of Uganda in 1977, with the cabinet ministers

late Erunayo Wilson Oryema, and late Oboth Ofumbi. Later on, late Brigadier Smarts Guwedeko

who was the commander of the Air Force but had been succeeded by Lt. Col. Sule Aega before

the Israel’s invaded Entebbe .He was whisked from Wandegeya trading centre while playing

(omweso) African draft. His colleague for a long time late Lt. Kayongo was killed as he tried to

resist the arrest by exchanging gun fire with the security operatives from State research bureau-

SRB

The remaining rebels (defiant) who survived the defeat like Yoweri Museveni, Oyite Ojok and

others had fled back to Tanzania in 1972 until 1978 when the Uganda Army attacked Tanzania

annexing Kagera Salient And later accusation and counter accusations were traded between the

two countries that it was Tanzania which attacked Uganda and annexed an area of 700 hundred

square miles. In return Tanzania accused Amin of occupying its territory and destroying a sugar

factory, killing innocent civilians and blowing up the Kagera Bridge.Mwalimu Julius Nyerere

vowed to mobilize his Vijaana(his youth )to eject Uganda Army from Tanzanian soil.

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Moshi Conference to constitute a government in exile was convened

Moshi conference was held and Yusuf Lule was elected to lead the Uganda National Liberation

Front government, an act which drew support of Baganda people of Southern and Central

Uganda. Other prominent Baganda like Sam Ssebagereka, Andrew Kayira, Robert Sserumaga,

Robert Ssebunya, and Edward Mugalu from the Nairobi group participated to woo the Baganda

who were the entry point in Masaka region to support the invasion. Paul Muwanga, Edward

Rugumayo, Yash Tandon, Omwony Ojok, Dan Wadada NabudereYoweri Museveni, Oyite Ojok,

Tito Okello were part of it. In turn the Baganda supported overwhelmingly the overthrow of the

military government in Uganda led by Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada, by supporting the invading

forces, especially the Catholics Masaka.

Well, all to be clear and to sum up, the military government was dislodged by the Tanzanian

forces led by the Ugandan rebels (defiant) in a war that began in October 1978 and ended on 11

th April 1979 and totally controlled the country on 3rd June 1979.There was a group of some

Ugandan rebels from Mwanza whose ship sank in lake Victoria. They were totaling about 300

mainly from the Nairobi group and were led by the late Lt. Colonel Patrick Kimumwe a former

commanding officer of Malire Mechanized battalion and were tasked to come and capture

Entebbe International Airport to clear way for landing of forces from Arusha Tanzania in order

to take over Kampala City.Lt. Col.Kimumwe had fled to Nairobi in exile after the failed coup in

1977which was reported by Brigadier Smarts Guwedeko to Amin.

The Itendero Massacre

There was a massacre that took place in areas controlled by Museveni’s FRONASA fighting

group and the Tanzania Peoples Defense Forces known as the WESTERN AXIS at a place called

Itendero, in Ankole western Uganda. Many Muslims were massacred, killed for having

supported Amin’s government during his regime. The former mayor of Mbarara Kassim was

followed and gunned down with his brother from Kabwohe and other five people at Luwafu

Kampala in a home of his elder brother Haji Badru Muwonge where they had taken refuge.

Other 25 young people were rescued from the hands of Museveni at river Rwiizi in Mbarara

town from being drowned claiming he wanted to use them as an example for others who are

undisciplined, by Colonel Mongi of Tanzania Peoples Defense Forces -TPDF who was the sector

commander. He restricted him from doing so and told him that Tanzania did not come to (Kulipa

kisasi) revenge but to restore sanity. More stories can be told by the Kabwohe Itendero residents

who have lived up to today.

The Interim Period

Thereafter ,the general elections that took place in the interim period of 2 years, WAS

ORGANISED IN THE MIDST of more contentions and disagreements among the Uganda

National Liberation Front UNLF government and among the exiles, who regarded all the stayees

as accomplices of Amin. President Yusuf Lule stayed for 68 days and wanted to re-introduce the

1962 Federal constitution kind of administration and he was thrown out by republican’s forces.

His removal triggered a demonstration that has never been seen before in the history of this

country, which saw all shops and offices closed for two weeks. Known as “NO LULE NO

WORK "as people demanded for his reinstatement. However, it was not possible as a voice rang

from Radio Uganda from the defense minister stating thus:

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” All those instigators of agitation, especially those suffering from political myopia must desist

from all acts of defiance to the decisions of the Uganda National Liberation Front-UNLF

interim government. That anybody who will be found in that act of defiance will be shot on

sight.

The people who had gathered at the constitutional square, were dispersed by Yoweri Museveni

who was the minister of defense by then.There was heavy machine gun fire and many people

scampered and trampled on each other and many died as a result, and prominent politicians

Gaster Ntambi and Paul Kavuma were shot and injured fattaly.Binaisa took over and was also

thrown out after 11 months for dealing in foreign exchange allocation, proforma invoices and

shuffling and transferring the major contributors to the liberation war like Yoweri Museveni

from Ministry of Defense to a lesser one of Regional cooperation,David Oyite Ojok from the

army chief of staff to the Ambassadorial post in Algeria.

The Military Commission headed by Paul Muwanga and the 5 judges of the high court,led by

Justice Wacha Olwol, Justice Kiconco,Justice Lubogo,Justice Masika etc with Yoweri Museveni

as the vice chairman, Col. Zedi Maruru Oyite Ojok ,as members. Violent killings took place and

people like late Katuramu the quantity surveyor and valuer,Dr. Barlow, Dr Obache, Bob Odong

Nayenda a radio news broadcaster, businessman Charles Kapere Munyabuzale,Yusuf Muhereza

who was a mechanic at Bukesa Mengo, and many more were gunned down.There was a bus

known as (Mpawo atali kaba ) which literally translates as no one will not cry. This bus was full

of UNLA soldiers who went about killing people in the suburbs of Kampala and robbing them of

their properties.

In Preparation for the Elections and Militia Recruitment

The next stage was the elections after the tearing down of the umbrella cohesive and unitary

arrangement of Binaisa, known as the gang of the five led by Omwony Ojok, Yash Tandon,

Edward Rugumayo, Wadada Namudere and people went back to their political parties (Buli

Mbuzi ku nkondo yayo) which literally translates as, every goat must be tied to its post. Among

these was a new party led by Yoweri Museveni called Uganda Patriotic Movement UPM which

stood for " Clean leadership, Peace and Unity”

Meanwhile, different fighting groups were secretly recruiting Militia's privately known as NYA's

and this took place in the homes of senior Acholi and Langi officers, who saw the officer corps

recruited by Museveni drawn from western, central Uganda and trained in Munduli Tanzania as

a threat.These included the first commander of NRA Second Lt.'s Ahmed Seguya, Kafula,

Duncan, Robert Rusoke,Albert Kareba, Salim Saleh,Herbert Lutaya, Steven Lubwama,Napoleon

Rutambika, Kagata Namiti, Isoga, Francis Pipino who was one of the original Fronasa

fighter,Mugenyi etc Then there was another group which was sent to Cuba by late Jesse Jones

Namakajjo who was a journalist, heading the secret services during Binaisa and many of the

young recruits, got stranded there when interim President Godfrey Binaisa was removed from

power.

Elections and Defiance To The Outcome Results.

At this point Yoweri Museveni was repeatedly breathing with fire and threatening to go to the

bush (in a defiant act) if the elections were rigged. Dr. Obote in reaction told him that they will

find him there and leave him there in the bush.

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After the elections and the UPC had been declared the winner of 1980, ELECTIONS, the Kayira

group was the first one to go to the Bush in December that year operating from Nakasajja Forest

in former Mpigi district.They drew the bulk of their fighters from the Nairobi group composed of

mainly Baganda fighters from central region like, Serumaga, Waswa DC, Robert Sebunya,

former UA officers Major Hussein Ada, and Captain Mark Kodiri, Sajad, Twaha , the Bamutire’s

who played the Judah by betraying the fighters of UFM through screening them out from the

public and road blocks etc

Yoweri Museveni followed in the bush on February 6th 1981 with his 27 men by attacking

Kabamba barracks and launched a guerrilla war against the UPC government, which claimed

over 1,000,000 million people though the figure was down played to 500,000 and property

destroyed in the so called Luwero triangle for five years. Among those who were arrested and

killed in Katabi barracks were: the former Air Force soldiers Kironde, Mpande, businessman

Tom Ntambi, Ssentongo, Stone, Kasweta, Mzee Konoweka of Konoweka motors, and his son,

Musoke a mechanic formerly working with DT Dobie company of Kireka, and Mulajje of

Kayabwe who were picked from their garage at Kitintale Luzira road next to Esso/Gapco petrol

station by late Lt Kato Kiragga UNLA Chief of Intelligence, Rose Kayizi of Rubaga near Lubiri

Secondary School, Rose Nakazibwe of Busega Penisula bar,who was tortured to death by using a

hot flat iron on her breasts and many more like the late Gideon Akankwasa a lawyer and a

member of Kampala Rugby club was also gunned down .late Kitiibwa who was gunned down

on Luwum street, late Sengendo Mwagale Sai the son of Mzee Kawesa of Kiswa-Wankoko,late

Zenon De’Souza and many others.

Originally Museveni’s rebel (defiant) Army was called Popular Resistance Army -PRA and

merging with Yusuf Lule and integrating his fighters in Museveni's ranks. Yusuf Lule became

the first Chairman of NRM/A and Museveni became the deputy and commander in chief of now

NRM/A. When Yusuf Lule died in 1985, Museveni become the Chairman/President/Founder. I

imagine if the UNLA forces had arrested him they would have charged him for treason for

calling himself President, when there was an elected government led by Dr. Apollo Milton

Obote.

To sustain their operations, the rebels who were fighting an elected government led by Yoweri

Museveni, ate people’s cattle and promised to pay when they capture power and raided banks in

South Western and took money that belonged to Uganda Commercial Bank customers. When

they came to power Museveni was not speaking well at all about Uganda commercial Bank –

UCB which he claimed, was a den of thieves. Eventually this peoples bank which was formed in

the fifties to promote and encourage the indigenous Ugandans to participate in commerce and

trade, was finally privatised and sold off to G5 investor.Was this to conceal the records of what

the rebels of NRA took from different UCB branches so that they are not taken to court ? This is

the question for you and me to find an answer to from those who were involved. I have heard of

one officer who was promoted to the rank of Major General for raiding and rustle cattle for the

rebels to feed on in the Luwero triangle, possibly he can have answer since he is still living and

representing the army in parliament.

General Tito Okello Takes over Government.

In 1985 July 25th, the second Obote government was removed from power by the Military Junta,

led by Tito Okello Lutwa after an uncoordinated troop movement announced by Paul Muwanga,

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which saw the newly promoted Army Chief of Staff Brigadier Opon Acak stripped of his rank

pips by Lt. Colonel Ochero Naggayi who was commanding the armoured personnel careers at

Mbuya barracks. General Tito Okello and his namesake Bazilio Olara Okello seemed to

genuinely want peace. He called for all parties including UPC CP, DP, rebels (DEFIANT

ARMIES ) of NRA, FEDEMU, UFM and for six months there were peace TALKS (jokes) as

they were referred to between the Military Junta and the NRA in Nairobi Kenya which were

signed a week to the Christmas of 1985( Baptized as the Christmas gift for the people of

Uganda).

Museveni Defying The Peace Accord in Nairobi to take over Government

In January 1986, defying the agreement that had been signed in Nairobi, Mr. Museveni (known

for his track record of defiance background) and his NRA over run the positions of the UNLA

forces and captured power from the military Junta of Tito Okello. In that scuffle the late

Lt.Colonel Fred Nkwanga the head of FEDEMU WAS BRUTALLY SHOWERED WITH

BULETS and his body lay by the roadside at Silver Springs junction to the soap factory of

Nakasero soap factory at Mbuya. Another businessman known as Abraham Ssempebwa (Tusker)

was gunned down in broad day light at what is known as Kiseka market today. This sent majority

of these forces to their home area in Acholi land and waged guerrilla warfare against Museveni's

government.

In one battle at corner Kilak, these forces overrun the 35th battalion which was mainly drawn

from the Uganda Freedom Movement –UFM fighters led formerly by late Andrew Lutakome

Kayira and integrated in the NRA .This annoyed Museveni and he blamed it all on the UFM for

abandoning their positions and leaving their guns behind on UBC radio country wide to express

his grievance.

However, recently while campaigning in Kit gum, Museveni accused the UFM 35th battalion for

committing the massacre at Namukora in Kitgum.How then did the forces that were over run and

lost their guns massacre the innocent civilians. Later? The truth is known by Mr. Museveni and

he must tell the world who must have committed this atrocious act as the evidence and arrows

point to his 11th and 15th battalions of NRA who were in that area at that time.

Later the NRM government began to accuse Sudan for supporting the insurgency in Northern

Uganda which lasted for 20 years and also claimed over 1,000,000 million people and loss of

property, infrastructure and all administrative units, schools and health centres.People close to

2,500,000 were herded into the Internally Displaced Persons Camps -IDPs all over the Acholi,

Lango and Teso sub regions. With untold sufferings.

Further Massacres took place in Atiak where people were cut in pieces and their body parts

thrown in pots and the railway wagon annihilation by the NRA of innocent people bundled in

train wagons at Mukura and suffocated to death .Call it the Mukura massacre which was carried

out and led by one NRA’s late Sulaiman Ssemakula Feka Feka Salambwa (Puff Ader) and others

at large, like Angina who is the deputy army commander of UPDF today, who arrested a

munyankole lieutenant from Mbale 3 rd division and he has never been seen again, possibly he

was killed around that time. People’s cattle was rustled and raided to feed the NRA and the

Karimojong warriors also raided in Acholi, Lango, Teso, Sebei sub regions North and Eastern

Uganda at will. The NRM promised to pay back and to restock the areas with cattle, but that has

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been an empty promise for long like the one in Luwero triangle. It is now a political song that

has gone stale.

If Mr. Museveni had not ( defied) and honored the NAIROBI PEACE AGREEMENT,the

people who died and suffered in Northern ,Eastern Uganda wouldn't have died.But because of

his defiance back ground ,” he can never be trusted “ like the late Andrew Kayira used to

say..TRUE he did not honor that agreement for the ambition to become the President of Uganda.

Andrew Kayira himself was gunned down on March 7 th 1987 in cold blood at Konge in the

suburbs of South Kampala in the company of one Henry Gombya a BBC stringer, after his

release from prison on treason charges . Up to date the report concerning his death has never

been released by the government led by Mr. Museveni 30 years after his murder. His family is

languishing in a one bedroom house at Kanzize Masulita without any assistance from the

government not even once.It was Col.Dr. Kizza Besigye who paid a courtesy call on that family

during the recent election campaigns.

Meanwhile Col.Kizza Besigye, was the State minister for Internal Affairs working under Dr.

Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere who was the full minister of Internal Affairs.While in this ministry

he stood up against Mr. Museveni’s intentions to disband the entire police force which he

claimed was corrupt and indisciplined, but convinced him to carry out the screening exercise of

those bad elements in the police than disbanding it. I wonder whether today the police is much

better off than before.

Dr Kizza Besigye went on to become the National Political Commissar of the NRM/A and one

time when the Tanzanian President the late Julius Nyerere visited Uganda and visited Makerere

University in early 90’s. Dr. Warren Kizza Besigye had the privilege to make a powerful

presentation of the movements ideological beliefs of the 10 point programme to the visiting

President and student community that left everyone convinced.The remarks of late Mwalimu

were simple “If you are looking for successors, you already have one “This was the Nail in the

rising of Dr. Warren Kizza Besigye as you will come to see..He participated in the constitutional

making process as CA delegate to promulgate the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda

After that he was sent to Masaka BACK into active military duty as commanding officer of a

battalion which seemed as a demotion, and later was appointed as chief of logistics and

engineering in UPDF.

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The Falling Out with Museveni

Besigye in Moroto Prison

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In 1999 he wrote an article in the newspaper by then the weekly topic owned by veteran

politicians Bidandi Ssali, Kintu Musoke and Alhaji Kirunda Kivejinja and had Wafula Ogutu as

its editor. The reason he gave was that they had made several attempts to make the CEC of the

NRM sit to address the issue of deviation, but the Chairman kept on dodging That is why he

went to the public forum to yell the whole country about the deviation. In that paper Dr. Warren

Kizza Besigye was trying to inform the public that, what they had agreed upon in the bush was

different from what Mr. Museveni was pursuing in government.This drew reaction from the

Chairman and commander in Chief of UPDF Mr. Museveni

By instructing the arrest of Col.(rtd) Dr. Warren Kizza Besigye and to be charged before the

military Tribunal for airing an article in a wrong forum.

When he appeared before the military court martial at Makindye, the people came from his home

district Rukungiri led by elders and approached Mr. Museveni to set Col. Dr Kizza Besigye free,

which he did.

However, that same year at Speke hotel, Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye retired from the Army and

declared the formation of Forum For Democratic Change FDC, and became its first

President/Founder. He declared his intentions to run for Presidency in 2001 to contest against the

incumbent Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and it was a very close contest between the two former

war comrades .Mr. Museveni won, Col. Dr. Warren Kizza Besigye fled to South Africa into

exile. In 2005 he bounced back again came back to Uganda, he was arrested charged with many

charges among them raping of a house girl etc He again lost to Mr. Museveni after being thrown

in and out of prison several times, released and re arrested by black Mambas in what is known as

the “Defilement and desecration of the Temple of Justice “in defiance of the court decision.

Black Mambas Re arrest Besigye outside the Courts of Law

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President Museveni’s major fallouts since the

Bush War days

In 1999, Dr Kizza Besigye brought to the public fore long simmering tensions within the

Movement hierarchy when he authored a paper An Insider’s View of How NRM Lost the Broad-

base.

The paper chronicled how Mr Museveni was steadily betraying the ideals that inspired the 1981-

86 bush war, accusing him of nurturing undemocratic and intolerant tendencies.

Mr Museveni reacted by warning that the now retired Colonel risked being court-martialled for

engaging in partisan debate while still a serving military man. Dr Besigye out-manoeuvered the

regime’s legal snare by retiring from the army in 2001, setting the stage for an acrimonious

onslaught against Mr Museveni’s hold onto power that runs to date.

He challenged Mr Museveni during the 2001 polls, garnering 27 per cent of the vote in an

election that attracted notoriety for the violence meted out by regime functionaries on his

supporters. Dr Besigye’s 2001 challenge attracted the wrath of his bush war peers, who insisted

Mr Museveni should be given a chance to complete his two terms, a promise the President

inscribed in his 2001 manifesto but would later make a u-turn on, triggering a mass exodus from

his NRM party.

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Dr Besigye challenged Mr Museveni’s victory, with the Supreme Court agreeing that the election

was marred by anomalies, though the rigging was ‘not substantial enough to alter the final vote’.

Mr Museveni seems not to be afraid of making enemies with confidantes that he has been with

since the Bush War days.

For President Museveni to hold onto power for 28 years, he has appreciated that he cannot make

an omelette without breaking eggs.

Mr Museveni has not been afraid of making enemies with close confidantes but has always

found a way of outwitting them.

Outmaneuvered and left in the dark, some of Mr Museveni’s comrades-turned-enemies have

fallen on hard times, buried the hatchet with him and got re-admitted in the ruling NRM fold.

Riding on the euphoria of the relative socio-political stability that his NRA government restored

in large parts of the country in 1986, Mr Museveni enjoyed a near blissful, albeit occasionally

tense relationship, with most of his comrades in his nascent stages in power.

Internal voices of discontent about intrigue, corruption, the democratization process, the handling

of the LRA war in northern Uganda, surfaced but were often muted. The NRA government, a

collection of untested, exuberant rebels-turned –government was steadily mutating into a

cesspool of machinations as the bush war victory euphoria drizzled away and Ugandans started

demanding more. These schisms were laid bare when Dr Kizza Besigye authored a highly

critical paper on the path the government was taking, denigrating the President for betraying the

values of the 81-86 Bush War. Dr Besigye claimed his sentiments were shared by a critical mass

within NRM who developed cold feet and did not come out to publicly support his paper.

When Dr Besigye’s proposals were shot down by his boss, he challenged him in the 2001 polls,

marking the beginning of fallouts between Museveni and his Bush War compatriots. Those who

had given Mr Museveni the benefit of the doubt begun voicing discontent as a proposal to lift

term limits started gaining momentum in 2003.

When Mr Museveni forced through the amendment in Parliament, it triggered a mass exodus of

senior officials from Mr Museveni’s side including; Amanya Mushega, Mugisha Muntu, Miria

Matembe, Sarah Kiyingi, John Kazoora and Augustine Ruzindana. But Mr Museveni still

managed to survive the exodus of a nexus of compatriots that had helped him navigate the Bush

War and Dr Besigye’s 2001 onslaught, begging the question of how he manages to survive such

bitter walkouts.

Prof Mwambusya Ndebesa, a political analyst and history lecturer at Makerere University, says

Mr Museveni’s grip onto power is down to him appreciating that the military is the source of his

power and doing little to upset the working of top Generals.

And Mr Museveni has always been alive to the critical role the military has played in securing

his 28-year stint. When Parliament ratcheted up pressure on him over alleged fraud in the oil

sector and the mysterious death of Butaleja Woman MP Cerinah Nebanda, Mr Museveni

responded by warning that the military would take over government if the “confusion” in

Parliament persisted.

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Security agencies are always at hand to respond to attempts to threaten Mr Museveni’s power

base, often coming in to violently crack down on protests and election rallies by regime

opponents. As pressure mounted on the regime at the peak of the Walk-to-Work protests in 2012,

Gen Muntu warned his former colleagues to be “wise” and avoid ending up like the proverbial

fly which followed a corpse into the grave.

When Dr Besigye broke ranks with Mr Museveni in 2001, he claimed he had the support of the

military in an effort to win over an electorate wary of picking a President who would not keep

the men in uniform.

Dr Aggrey Awori, who challenged Mr Museveni in the 2001 polls, agrees that support from the

military has allowed him legroom to handle civilian friends-turned-opponents sure that the men

in uniform are watching his back. “When you put together all these people [that have fellen out

with Museveni], none of them has the military support which Museveni has and has used [the

military] to build a grassroots support which all his opponents do not have,” Mr Awori argues.

Mr Godber Tumushabe, a researcher, argues that the President has the crucial instruments of the

“military, police and Intelligence services” which he uses to whip the Opposition into line. Mr

Godber argues that it is difficult for the Opposition against Mr Museveni to survive the “money

and security agencies” that the regime deploys against them.

Jaberi Bidandi Ssali The Uganda Patriotic Movement secretary general in the 1980 elections, Mr Bidandi Ssali was

arrested in 1981 after Mr Museveni launched a Bush War without alerting him . After the Bush

War, he had a stint as Labour minister before being appointed Local Government minister where

he served for 15 years.

A right-hand man of the President for nearly two decades, Mr Bidandi was the vice chairman of

Mr Museveni’s campaign team in 1996 and 2001 elections, crafting the famous slogan in the

2011 polls asking voters: Oyina kewekoledde?’, loosely translated as ‘have you done something

in Museveni’s regime and if yes, do anything possible to protect his vote. He cut links with Mr

Museveni in 2003 over the third term project after which he formed PPP and stood for the

presidency in 2011.

Maj (rtd) John Kazoora Having participated in the Bush War as an intelligence officer, Maj (rtd) Kazoora served as

Special District Administrator for Kampala, director at Internal Security Organization and

Kashari MP in the 6th Parliament.

In the period between 1998 and 2003 the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces UPDF was involved in

peace keeping mission in DR Congo claiming to be protecting Uganda’s western border from the

Allied Democratic Force –ADF rebels who were operating in Eastern Congo. The move to

commit the Uganda troops to DRC Congo was not approved by parliament WITHIN THE 72

HOURS AS REQUIRED BY PARLIAMENT, but IN DEFIANCE the constitution of the

Republic of Uganda, Museveni as an individual directed the deployment. To commit troops

outside the country the decision must be approved by the parliament of the Republic of Uganda,

through parliamentary acts 124 clauses 1-3, Article 209 (a), Article 210 states that parliament

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shall regulate the UPDF and clause (d)( The deployment of the UPDF by the President must be

approved by the parliament of the Republic of Uganda.

DRC PLUNDER CASE RETURNS TO HAUNT UGANDA

The World Court Ruling.

The Republic of Uganda, by acts of looting, plundering and exploitation of Congolese Natural

resources committed by members of the Uganda Armed forces in the territory of the DRC Congo

and by its failure to comply with its obligations as an occupying power in Ituri district to prevent

acts of looting, plundering, and exploitation of Congolese Natural resources violated obligations

owed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That under the International law and

unanimously decided that following agreement between the parties, the question of reparation

due to the DRC Congo shall be settled by the Court.

Uganda lost the case brought against it at the International Court of Justice, by the DRC for

plunder of its resources due to an unavoidable mistake by the defense attorney’s a senior

official has said. Justice Julia Sebutinde who the UN voted as a Judge of the World court in

December 2011, in the first of insider’s accounts on the verdict likely to cost the country $10

billion. She said Uganda’s legal lawyers errored when they submitted to the court as evidence

a report of a commission of inquiry chaired by Justice David Porter, which Confirmed pillage

of DRC

The said report confirmed pillage of DRC’s resources, but absolved implicated, a top Uganda

government and military officials including President Museveni’s brother Salim Saleh whom

2001 UN panel of experts named adversely in its report on illegal exploitations of DRC. It

would appear that the government acted in haste to clean the names of those close to the centre

of power, and inadvently ended up legally selling out the whole country.

Commenting on the Porter Commission findings during a public lecture in Kampala on Friday,

Justice Julia Sebutinde wondered more evidence Uganda needed to incriminate itself than

admitting to the World Court THAT AN INQUIRY IT COMMISSIONED ESTABLISHED

Congo’s resources were looted.” One undoing was the famous Justice (David Porters) report

which I understand Uganda attached, as its evidence yet he Porter himself had found plunder

took place “She said.

According to media reports, Uganda had by the time court ruled on the case in 2005 paid

foreign lawyers representing it a total sum of $865,000(eight hundred and sixty five thousand

US dollars) beside expenses for the attorney General and other officials. The DRC MADE OF

CLAIMS $6-10 Billion (six to ten billion US dollars), in compensation, a figure Kampala

disputed.

The International Court of Justice –ICJ is preparing the final reparation for the 1998-2003 war

plunders since Kampala-Kinshasa failed to make head way in diplomatic negotiations authorized

by court, mainly due to the frosty political relationships. The damage to be paid to Congo will

affect obviously the lives of Ugandans who pay taxes that is what it leads us into.” We should be

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mindful of what it might” She said. Exhorting Ugandans not to live in delusion that proceedings

in a foreign court won’t affect them.

ICJ is one of the six organs of the United Nations, and its verdicts are FINAL and BINDING ON

MEMBER States such as Uganda that submit to its jurisdiction.

Justice Julia Sebutinde was in Uganda at the invitation of the Netherlands Embassy in Kampala

to deliver a paper on the Role of International Law in promotion of global peace to mark 100

years the Setting up of the Hague headquarters peace Place.

Uganda Controlled Areas Security Council Report No.(97) The objective of the elite network in the areas controlled by Uganda has been to exercise

monolistic control over to the areas principal Natural resources cross border trade, and tax

revenues for the purpose of enriching members of the Network.

The Elite Network Security Council Report No. (98)

The elite Network operating out of Uganda’s decentralized loosely hierarchal, unlike the network

out of Rwanda. The Uganda Network consists of a CORE group, of members of the UPDF

officers, private businessmen and selected rebel leaders, administrative. UPDF Lt. Gen.(rtd )

Salim Saleh, late Major General James Kazini, are key figures, other members included the

Chief of Military Intelligence, late Brigadier Noble Mayombo who was a Colonel by that time

who was regarded as one representing the interests of the President Yoweri Museveni on the

ground. UPDF Major General Kahinda Otafiire, who was a Colonel by that time and now a

minister of Justice (possibly to block any effort to criminalize this report and any effort to

charge the culprits including himself. in Uganda),late Col. Peter Kerim, and the police IGP

who went later to Congo to command the UPDF contingent there but was not mentioned in

the report, late Lt. Colonel Jet Mwebaza the young brother to late Major General Kazini who

was not also mention, with Major Dura Mawa Muhindo.

Lt. General Caleb Akandwanaho alias Salim Saleh

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Major General Kahinda Otafire – Ministry of Justice

Private entrepreneurs included Godfrey Kirumira, not implicated by the report Jasper Paguda

Managing Director of Kapkwata Sawmills who was dealing in timber, smuggling it from the

forests of DR Congo and exporting it to Asia and Europe ON LARGE SCALE, without paying

taxes because of his high profile connections with senior army officers and politicians, Sam

Engola who owned a plane that shuttled between Uganda and DRC, Mike Mukula a politician

and businessman who also owned charter planes that flew in and out of DRC Congo frequently,

and former minister who was convicted of misappropriation of the Global Funds for HIV/AIDs

with his colleague Major General Jim Muhwezi, and both not implicated in the report. Sam

Kutesa the foreign affairs minister who was not implicated also in this report but planted to UN

STRATEGICALLY AND TO PURPOSELY HINDER THE IMPLENTATION OF THE OUT

COME OF ICJ as chairman of the security council, he was also involved in another scandal of

CHOGM,Jacob Manu Soba. Manase Savo and other Savo both members, Rebel politicians

Wamba Dia Wamba, Rogers Lumbala, Mhase Nyamwisi, Lubangu tycoon Sudhir Rupallia who

fronts for the top politicians in this venture and the owner of Ruparellia group of companies ,

Meera, Crane Bank, Golden Insurance Company, Common wealth Resort Beach Munyonyo,

Speke Hotel, Kabira Club etc He was also given the doctors village as an investor and

displaced over 300medical doctors and personnel on Yusuf Lule Road-Kampala, where they

were residing to answer ward calls conveniently because of the short distance to the

hospital..As I write he has also been awarded recently, 900 acres of land at one of the

agriculture research centre at a giveaway price of $120 US dollars per acre.

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Sudhir Ruparelia is a Ugandan business magnate and investor. He is the chairman and majority shareholder in the companies of the Ruparelia Group.

Born: January 17, 1956 (age 60), Kasese, Western Uganda

You will realize that most of the UPDF officers implicated in this plunder, looting, and

exploitations have died in mysterious ways. Major General Kazini was brutally murdered in the

slums of Namuwongo-Kisugu in the wee hours of the night when he was hit with iron bar on his

head, Brigadier Noble Mayombo who had now become the Permanent Secretary Ministry of

Defense was poisoned and died in a Nairobi hospital. Col Peter Kerim died while he was pursued

by the rebels of LRA and died of heart failure as a result. Lt. Colonel Jet Mwebaza, Kazini’s

younger brother, died in plane crash with other two business men from Arua, after the plane

crashed in Bundibugyo Semliki valley in the Ruwenzori Mountains while coming or going from

Uganda to DR. Congo.

The Network continues to conduct activities through front companies such as Victoria Group,

Trinity Investments, Sagricof La’ Comment, Each of these companies may manage two or one

niches though they may change.

http://reliefweb.int/report/burundi/plundering-dr-congo-natural-resources-final-report-panel-

experts-s20021146

http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/DRC-plunder-case-returns-to-haunt-Uganda/-

/688334/1985882/-/6xqra5z/-/index.html

http://www.un.org/press/en/2001/sc7057.doc.htm

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Uganda’s current extenernal debt is huge and it is about 9billion US dollars and by the time

NRM/A came to power, the external debt was about $1.7 billion left behind by the UPC

government. The governance and service delivery in the country has deteriorated to the lowest

levels ever witnessed in this country of 35 million people as per 2014 National census.

It begum with Education regardless of the UPE, USE and the affirmative action for the girl

child at University level, the quality of education has drastically gone down compared to the late

sixties and the seventies. In the North and north eastern all schools were destroyed during the

insurgency and the cost and task to rebuild them is astronomical. Many NGO’s and Faith based

organizations are trying to restore them but are facing an uphill task of lobbying for funding.

Secondly, the Civil service in Uganda which was regarded as second to Ghana in Africa has

become the most corrupt and inefficient. You cannot have anything done for you until you

scratch some ones back. I have a compensation which was awarded to me after 14 years

following the abuse by Uganda Police , but I have never been paid because the secretaries are

asking for kitu kidogo(a bribe )to assist me to reach the director of civil litigation to sanction

my pay award which has taken that long.

http://gsdrc.ids.ac.uk/docs/open/cc97.pdf

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Thirdly, the health sector or the hospitals have been hit by under staffing, inadequate pay,

absenteeism, poor service delivery generally. The hospitals that were built in 1968 by the UPC

government are the ones still standing out tall to today as the current government does not regard

health as a priority. These are the Abim, Bugiri, Kiryandogo, Kiboga, Kayunga, Gombe Moyo

etc in total 22 hospitals. In most cases these people are taken to these facilities to die there and not to be saved, as regarded by Col. Dr. Warren Kizza Besigye when he visited Abim hospital during the campaigns last November 2015.

http://gsdrc.ids.ac.uk/docs/open/cc97.pdf

Fourthly, the agriculture sector which absorbs 80% of Ugandans is in shambles as the budgetary

allocation for it is not more than 3.5 of the GDP. The Cooperative bank that used to support the

farmers was removed by the NRM/A government for reasons best known to it, which we suspect

to have been deliberate to impoverish Ugandans and make them poor to be governed. The

poverty levels are the highest since Independence in the country at the abject and chronicall

level. Extension services are unavailable and they are unaffordle by many farmers. Uganda needs

to look at agriculture as a business and move to commercial farming, but undercapitalization of

the farmers and means to engage them, is not possible. The only mechanized agriculture facility

built by the UPC government, was turned into an ordinary University teaching facility with other

arts subjects instead of mechanized agriculture. It’s original intent.

Fifthly, the Ugandan economy has gone down regardless of the growth and GDP rising figures

because they are not translated into the lives of the people. The budget for example is no longer

an interest of the common man because it ceased long to address his plight. The Uganda

Commercial Bank which used to support and promotes indigenous Ugandans to participate in

trade and commerce was sold off to an investor who charges very high interest rates on the loans.

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Many are marginalized socially and economically in the rural districts of northern, north eastern,

mid western Toro sub region and Bunyoro sub regions, central sub region etc

Sixth, all the former parastatals and government companies which were under Uganda

Development Cooperation UDC were privatized and sold off, but who knows where the proceeds

went and on what account? For what purpose was it spent on? The Industrial town of Jinja which

thrived with factories is lying dead asleep with less activities and more unemployed people.

Look at what this kind of situation can breed:

“Uprisings against corrupt privatizations: the Arab Spring The Arab Spring uprisings of 2011 were prompted, in part, by widespread popular reaction against corrupt privatizations carried out by the ruling elites over many years. These privatizations were encouraged by international financial institutions and the EU. Years of trade union actions against privatization laid the foundations for the popular revolts in Egypt and Tunisia. A top army general, quoted in April 2011, attributed anger at Egypt’s privatization programme, involving the transfer of billions of dollars worth of public assets to private hands, as aiding the Egyptian revolution that toppled the Western-backed Hosni Mubarak from power. In Egypt, the first massive demonstrations in Tahrir Square, on 25 January 2011, were sparked by a plan to privatise social insurance. A series of strikes by public workers and workers in privatised companies organised by independent unions of the newly-formed Egyptian Federation for Independent Unions (EFIU) were pivotal in forcing Mubarak to step down. This was followed by a strong campaign to stop the privatisation program and reverse the corrupt deals which had already been carried out, including a series of court cases brought by the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) over corrupt privatisations. 58 In July 2011, the interim Egyptian government terminated the privatisation programme. By September 2011 the courts had renationalized four companies: Omar Effendi, Egypt’s “flagship” department store, Shebin El

Seventh, the unemployment in the country is one of the highest in the world at 68% percent and

with many unemployed youth on the streets of the urban centres and rural areas. This is a time

bomb that must be addressed; otherwise it will explode into a political lava spilling volcano that

will ignite the fire of political unrest. Similar to those that took place in the Arab spring of 2011

above.

Juba Peace Agreement

In 2006 the religious leaders, from Acholi led by Bishop retired McLeod Bake Ochola, Bishop

Odama, Lango, Teso, West Nile and the elder’s initiative with other people of Uganda graced the

peace talks that took place in Juba and Garamba in South Sudan to stop the insurgency by the

Lord's Resistance Army (read Lord's Defiance Army) fighting against (UPDF). In that cessation

of hostilities agreement to be concluded, the rebels demanded that the government drop the

accusation which it took to the International Criminal Court -ICC (a batch of useless people

according to Museveni) for the peace agreement to be signed. In reply Mr Museveni called back

the government team, denied that he ever sent them and refused to withdraw the charges, which

was the only hindrance to the peace accord. The government team was led by Ndugu Hon. Dr.

Ruhakana Rugunda the current Prime Minister

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Joseph Kony’s team at the Peace Negotiations Garamba – South Sudan

Colossians 3:13 “Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against

someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”

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It is now 10 years since the signing of cessation of hostilities and the government is still pursuing

these rebels in the jungles of Central Africa and DR Congo. How much has that cost the Uganda

government to maintain soldiers off shore far away from home logistically and financially? If he

knew that the ICC was a batch of useless people as he said recently, why didn’t he withdraw

charges his government took to ICC at that time, where Dominic Ongwen one of the former

rebel leaders is being charged currently. This is a clear indicator that ICC is delivering and the

only thing is to catch the big fish in government security agencies, who have committed and are

committing crime against humanity with impunity. One person asked a question that “human

rights and committing of crime against humanity. Why is it that ICC is focusing more on

African leaders? The answer is that, they are the leading abusers of “human rights and

committing of crime against humanity.

Why does Mr. Museveni seem to be scary of this court? What is he afraid of? The answer is clear

when you read the International Court of Justice report implicating Uganda to pay DRC Congo

$10 billion US dollars for plundering its resources between 1998-2003. But does insulting and

running away in defiance of International Court Decisions the solution? Or Should going to the

bush as an ex rebel(read defiant ) act as a remedy to the situation ?In any case why run away

from the court order, he should just comply to set a good example to his subordinates and the

people he rules. Take note that this money is going to be paid by Ugandans up to the next

generations for the decision made by Mr. Museveni to send troops to DRC Congo.

Losing The Battles of Corruption

When I say loosing the battles of corruption, it does not mean that the war on fighting corruption

has been lost. But what has happened is that Mr. Museveni has lost the many battles in

fighting corruption and his ability to do so is highly doubted regardless of putting institutions

in place like the IGG to fight it. Instead corruption has accelerated to higher levels in all areas the

police, health, public service in general etc. Mr Museveni has been seen re cycling many of his

ministers mentioned in corrupt scandals, which has undermined the confidence the people had in

him and his leadership. He has silenced and suppressed outspoken members of parliament

through intimidation in the retreats of the NRM caucuses in the name of having collective

responsibility or a common position. But Uganda has not lost the fight against this war what we

need is new and fresh blood to fight using appropriate methods without discrimination nor favor.

Below on the links are some of the nine worst corruption cases in the country and majority of

those ministers implicated have been brought back in government as if Uganda has no other

capable and honest people. This has greatly undermined the strategies to stand and fight

corruption in the country, because he seems to be abating and condoning it by re appointing

those implicated in scandals. In, one incident he even used over 100 million shillings to pay for

the legal costs of one of his former minister and party Vice President for eastern who was

convicted by court for 5 years in prison and he ended up setting him free. Another minister a

Major General who was also implicated in the same global funds, was re appointed as minister of

information, thank God the people of Rujjumbura his constituency rejected him out rightly to

send a message to the appointing authority that they have no interest in corrupt MP. However

The law seems to be using selective prosecutions when it comes to trying the culprits. Some are

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charged in courts of law and sent to prison, while others are left free and untouchable. “Some

animals are more equal than others…….George Orwell’s Animal farm.

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http://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00020804.html

http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1309873/corruption-scandals-look

http://aidspan.org/gfo_article/ugandan-government-official-jailed-ten-years-stealing-global-

fundoney

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-15190664

http://www.chimpreports.com/3014-bukenya-jailed-over-shs6-5bn-chogm-deal/

http://www.theinsider.ug/former-transport-minister-byandala-arrested/

Five things I have learn't on the swearing of Museveni's fifth term in the office.

1- The use of the bad law to silence and suffocate the Media by banning them from covering the

so called defiance campaigns, denying them their freedom of expression and speech which is a

fundamental right. One of the reasons he claimed to have led him to the bush was the freedom of

the press and media restoration of democracy, law and order etc what happened later? How will

the 2020 middle income earning be achieved with the social media shut down whenever the

police chief and Uganda Communication Commission boss decide to do so? You can imagine

how much was lost by the business people on shutting down of the socio media.Is the

environment conducive for investment? We’ll wait for the court decisions to award the

businessmen who lost money in these backward ways of shutting down the socio Media.

2- The open defiance of Mr. Museveni of the International Criminal Court ICC order, of which

Uganda is a signatory, is unfortunate. It is defiance accusing defiance =Arresting the innocent,

righteous and democratic, opposition leader in Uganda for defying a court order not to pray,

demonstrate peacefully and cover the defiance activities by the press /media houses etc But left

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Yoweri Kaguta Museveni defies term President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe in power

and age Limits to run for 2016 elections for last 36 years, at age of 91.

Omar Bashir – Wanted by ICC for crime against humanity in Dafur

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and allowed a fugitive genocide r, murderer and fugitive at large to enjoy freedom for the evil

work he did in murdering innocent children and women in Darfur. He defied a court order from

ICC WITH his security chief by not arresting Omar Bashir. Who was here in Uganda a

contribution he should have made as a member and signatory to this Rome convention. He

should be charged with his security chief for conspiring to hinder justice and obstructing an

International Criminal Court. The ICC to common man is very relevant to check these rulers.

It is on record on the other hand, that Col (rtd) Dr.Warren Kizza Besigye has appeared before

courts more than 44 times in different courts and areas of the country, has never defied any as a

good and law abiding citizen of Uganda, I am made to understand that it is more than 50 times

appearing in different courts countrywide on flimsy trumped up charges by the brutal police

force in Uganda.

Besigye forcefully taken to court by Uganda Police

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Besigye in the Dock in of the Courts

3-The trampling on the freedom of individuals and democracy in the country against the

constitutional provision in article 1 that all the power belongs to the people. If so why is

Museveni very much disturbed with his security agencies when people come near Besigye in a

peaceful demonstration to support him? Which is an act of democracy and right to assemble,

demonstrate peacefully and is enshrined in the constitution of the Republic of Uganda. The

President swore to Preserve, Protect; defend the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda.

However, this call can be extended to the citizens as well to stand up and defend, preserve,

protect the same Constitution if it is violated, abrogated, abused and trampled upon by the

leaders. According to Article 1 clauses 3, 4 a, b, 5.on the defense of the constitution.

4-Fourthly, is the attendance of the three former heads of states from Tanzania and the current

president, which is a clear fruit of a peacefully managed transition in Tanzania, This should be a

lesson which should teach us in Uganda that it is possible to have term limits and each one serves

and leaves room for others to do so in the process of building our Nation which belongs to all

Ugandans irrespective of their political, tribal and religious backgrounds. Uganda did not begin

with Mr. Museveni and it will not end with him. He found it and he will leave it behind. Thank

you Tanzania for giving us the answer to our political question in Uganda, to return term and age

limits.

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Peaceful Transition, The Tanzanian True Success Story. That should be a Lesson to the rest of

Africa. (Ongeera Jamuhuri Muungano Wa Tanzania) The United Republic of Tanzania.

Ali Hassan Mwinyi born May 8, 1925 in Kivure, Pwani Region, Tanzania was the second President Of the United Republic of Tanzania from 1985 – 1995

Benjamin William Mkapa was the third President

of Tanzania, in office from 1995 to 2005. He was

also Chairman of the Revolutionary State Party

Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete was the fourth President

of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015. Prior to

his election as President, he was the Minister of

Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2005 under his

predecessor, Benjamin Mkapa.

John Pombe Joseph Magufuli is the President of

Tanzania, in office since 2015. First elected as a

Member of Parliament in 1995, he served in the

Cabinet of Tanzania as Deputy Minister of Works

from 1995.

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Nelson Mandela, Another Successful Peaceful Transition Story.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999

5- The ingratitude mindset and lack of appreciation for those who contributed to what Mr.

Museveni counts as his successes. He grabbed the revolution from his colleagues and owns it

himself by sending them to prisons as an act of gratitude. He actually detests to see any historical

member of his NRA.Many senior officers of his NRA who retired are facing charges and others

are committed to civil prisons for the debts they took in anticipation that they will pay back after

receiving their gratuity which they have never been given since they retired .Today the NRA is

commanded by the UNLA (Uganda National Liberation Army) and the 2IC or deputy

commander is also from the UNLA ranks .This is the army they defeated. What happened to the

senior officers who brought the NRM/A to power ?I believe if it was a revolution ,it would have

put a system in place to handle the hierarchy and succession issue with ease as the young

respect those who went ahead of them Proverbs 16:31,eviticus 19:32.Psalms 92:1. “A soldier

does not abandon and leave a fellow soldier in a trench ,but leaves him in a sickbay,

refreshment like David did with the 200 or rehabilitation centre if he has a trauma problem“.

I Samuel 30:1-18.

The Baganda people of central Uganda have a saying that goes (Entasiima ebulwa agiwa)

Literally translated as (he who does not appreciate will lack someone to help or assist him in

future when he needs help)..

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ASANTE YA PUNDA MULIA NI TEKE

The best way a donkey can appreciate is to kick the one taking care of it.

Luke 17:12-19 New International Version (NIV)

“As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and

called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were

cleansed.

15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw

himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.

17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to

give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has

made you well.”

Let us look at this short story below:

“A Hyena and a fox were keeping an ox and a cow together. A cow belonged to a hyena an Ox to

a fox. The hyena went on a field trip and entrusted his cow to the fox. His cow bore a calf while

he was still in the field. The cow and the new calf were under the custody of the fox..The fox felt

jealous and wanted to take the calf convincing the hyena that it was her ox, which bore the calf.

She dirtied the backside of her ox and put the calf near the ox. She cleaned the cow from any

blood or other things that would show that it was the cow that gave birth to the calf. When the

hyena returned he claimed that it was his cow which gave birth to the calf and therefore the calf

belonged to him, something the fox objected to seriously. This argument the fox had was "In the

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ancient times, cows used to give birth to calves but nowadays things have changed and it is oxen

that bear calves”

The accusations went to the lion; the King of animal kingdom, for all animals arbitration. The

fox bribed the king and his wife to judge in her favor, and the king was to convince all animals in

the kingdom that it is true nowadays it is an ox which gives birth to calves. All animals gathered

and the fox was in jubilant mood, knowing which way the judgment would go. The great

assembly of animals was all there except for a monkey. The assembly was waiting for him.

The monkey arrived and sat a few metres away from the assembly and started to hit a rock

nearby with a piece of a flint stone.The King lion asked him what he was doing, and that he

should join the meeting to start the arbitration .The monkey replied " I am peeling the stone "

The King lion asked him" Is it possible to peel a rock? " to which the monkey asked " Is it

possible for an ox to give birth to a calf? And all the animals shouted to the hyena's favor of the

monkey’s assertion and that was the arbitration. The monkey after the last word of his final

question made his swift way back to the forest Ecclesiastes 9:10, Hosea 10:3-5

Lesson:

1a)-Truth and justice should not be distorted like what the fox wished and the lion was to judge

(after getting kitu kidogo in form of bribe).

b) -It takes courageous individuals to confront or spark the conscience of others and challenge

the powerful to be fair in their dealings.

c)-We should not be indifferent to the injustices done to others because one day it may happen to

us.The monkey in the above story, did not have an immediate interest in any of the arbitration

decisions but for the sake of justice and truth he challenged the mighty.

2-It is impossible for the electoral commission Chairperson and his team to speak in the light of

justice against the appointing authority. Therefore we suggest that the electro commission should

not be appointed by the President, who is an interested party in most cases in the elections as a

contestant. It should not only carry the name Independent Electoral Commission, but it must be

reflected in deeds and actions.

3-The security agencies should not have any interest in any of the electro processes apart from

securing the process and should not even show signs of partiality, by sticking to “ service to all.

“Without any biases “focusing on their motto” Protect and Serve “

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Lt General Kale Kayihura (Inspector General of Police - IGP)

Police Killed The Wrong Man

By Amol Awuor

Nobody Knows

Police killed the wrong man

Not the community, not the press, not the government

Nobody knows

Killed on our behalf looted on our

He abused office and plundered resources

All on our collective behalf

But only celebration and ululation I see.

The people rejoice

The government has not instituted a taskforce

No committee, no inquiry commission, no investigation

Our ever nosy, nosy, noisy press, none is unearthing a scoop

Investigative reporters are on hiatus,

Because nobody knows, police killed the wrong man

He leaves behind a fleet of benzez and stashed cash in

Switzerland

Semi –orphaned children in foreign universities and an

Ambassadorial wife

The man is to be interred

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,

Yet the people, the press and the government alike

Sigh;

In contented relief: burial of a thief and murderer

Yet nobody knows

That police killed the wrong man

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Besigye Arrested in Brutal Manner by ASP Gilbert Arinaitwe Bwana after spaying pepper in his

eyes. He was later taken to Nairobi for 2 Months where he was treated.

On October 10, police manhandled and in the process undressed Fatuma Zainab Naigaga, who was part

of the crew that was accompanying former FDC president and presidential aspirant Dr Kizza Besigye.

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UN urged government and its organs “to ensure that Public Order Management Act is not interpreted and applied in such a way that curtails the enjoyment of fundamental human rights, especially the right

to peaceful assembly in the context of elections.”

LEADERS OF TOMORROW

By Ndege Serikal

We the youth, have been their fools,

Their tools, their bins of refuse

To seduce, misuse and resuse

We are the Leader of tomorrow

But tomorrow never darkens

Save for election days just before the birth of sorrow

When they green as we grey with drunkenness.

Today is the tomorrow of yesterday,

That’s why they bury us in heavy clay.

Keeping us below poverty line.

And atop the molten lava of unemployment,

Catastrophe, corruption and crime.

We are the leaders of Hustling Management

Hustling endlessly to get meat for our stomachs

As they hustle to get stomachs for their meat.

We be strong if we gather together

They go fear if we gather together

Let’s gather together under the red banner of revolt

It is our prayer, though without permission to pray, that justice prevails in all this process by first

and foremost setting free Dr. Warren Kizza Besigye without any condition dropping the flimsy

and trumped up charges against him of treason.

The positive response to this will be “To Do The Right Thing “

Let us move in the light, for God is light and if we say we fellowship with Him and move in

darkness. We deceive ourselves........1.John 1 :1-6

Remember the responsibility and purpose of government is to preserve order and do justice for

the common good, not to do evil but to do well.

Romans 13:4

“Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war”

Proverbs 20:18

“Owe no man any debt except the debt to love one another…..” Romans 13:8

Rev. Shalom Muwanguzi Nyenje

“For God and My Country “

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