When Dr Sarah Bireete was rounded up from her house and taken to Natete Police station, I received nervous messages from friends asking me whether I was safe.
Because Dr Bireete and I have done plenty of political talk shows together, and often agree on almost everything – oftentimes complementing each other – my friends’ concerns came from a good place.
Not many friends were concerned, I should not exaggerate. Exactly three wonderful friends asked if I was safe. I said to all them that to become politically active in these times is to live a life of the proverbial enkoko y’omutamiivu as the Baganda have said: The chicken of a drunkard is ever counting its days backwards because if it counted forwards, it does not know when the ever-intoxicated boss will return home with a decision to have it slaughtered. There will be no occasion nor warning.
There will be no guests, and it won’t be a festive season either. But just that day, the boss would have felt like eating chicken. But while I acknowledged being enkoko y’omutamiivu, I also gave my friends another Luganda saying about not fearing the dark – because it is too dark.
Only folks raised in the countryside without in-house toilets but pit-latrines constructed 20-meters away from the main house (like polling stations) will understand this saying best. So, in defiance of the dark, the Baganda noted: We shall not defecate in our houses because we fear the darkness outside.
Since the decision to ease oneself inside the house is too much to bear (because that will be a long, long night), we will go out and ease ourselves nevertheless. It is the political hunting season – and seems like the hunters are leaving no-one untouched.
SARAH BIREETE IN CONTEXT
Revolutions have to have their poets – and Sarah Bireete is one such poet. The poet is expected to craft the arguments, frame the problem, and challenge the status quo. The poet – analyst, icon, leader – have to give coherence and inspiration to the foot-soldiers.
They have to craft the argument for why this fight has to continue, and why the foot-soldiers have to return the next day. You see, unlike ordinary folks who witness things, the poet, pundit, analyst, icon experiences the same things differently.
Thus, they reconstruct them not only in language, but also with a plot-line for revolutionary action. This is the role that Sarah Bireete continues to play – and it is this role that attracted the wrath of the state to her house.
Perhaps the most interviewed person in Uganda in the last five years, Sarah has done many political talk-shows that some stations have joked about giving her a worker’s ID; she is ever at their stations. Impatient to speak to her compatriots, Dr Bireete created another platform at her Center for Constitutional Governance (CCG) – a YouTube platform called, Civic Space TV.
While many pundits in Kampala have a tendency to speak cryptically, being neither here nor there, Sarah speaks plainly and simply. I have not seen a pundit who speaks from their heart, and even lose their cool in the process, like Dr Bireete.
Neither have I seen a pundit who cares to check the right legal provisions, and stats and figures, then brutally, wittily uses them in very sharp and coherently delivered arguments. (I am anthropologist, a Foucault reader, who loves generating theory. I thus appreciate evidence differently, sometimes, problematically). Sarah is precise.
Look dear reader, I think I am a free-spirited person but Sarah Bireete goes hard in the paint: she is fearless and unstoppably brave. I have seen her plenty of times candidly warn government co-panelists in their faces about the damage they have done to Uganda.
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER
Outside the scribblings on the charge sheet – “and others still at large” – it is so obvious her crime is her activism on the one hand, and seeking to awaken her compatriots by giving them discourse, and endlessly point to the mess of the holders of power.
In all fairness, all governments across the world find public intellectuals a threat to their hold on power. They would rather silence them and this often takes many from ranging from misinforming entire populations, securitizing life, sanctions, murders to imprisonment.
Sarah is clearly being silenced, and in the process she is being used to send signals to others of her punditry tribe: others still at large. To be honest, dear reader, I was not surprised my friend Sarah Bireete was picked up. She spoke so much truths and boldly.
Chances are high she will be held up for a long time. I will not be surprised if many other comrades in the business of public intellectualism and activism – Godwin Toko, Agartha Atuhaire, Dr Spire Ssentongo – are also picked up under the same circumstances.
They speak so much truth as well, and are often checking the system. I will not be surprised if I were picked up myself. It might not be that I speak so much truth, but that I rarely focus on the goodness that has happened under bwana Museveni.
To be fair, we simply love this country too much: Look, while there could be options to escape the nervous conditions in Uganda presently into the lands abroad, this place will still need its people to debate its future while they are located on its soils.
Uganda has given us so much, and the best way to return the favour is to continue participating in the debate to make it better. If our interlocutors on the NRM side have chosen violence and intimidation, then we have no choice but to live in the world they have created.
See, they also have to live in the same violent state they have curated – and if Fanon would help us here, violence only begets more violence.
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The author is a political theorist based at Makerere University.
I am not one of Dr-Sserunkuma`s friends who were concerned about his safety , but even if I were , I wouldn`t be .
When Yusuf talksabout those pundits that have a tendency to speak cryptically , he should include. himself . Sserukuma speaks a safety language ; those do not get arrested .This latest Sserunkuma is hardly the type of pundit this dictatorship is concerned about . In fact , he comes off as the pundits that the regime needs ,i,e , the ones that speak from both sides of their mouths .needless to mention that they tend to imply that though change must come , they see nobody who can make that happen ( status quo mentality does not make one a foot soldier .which Sarah Bireete is ) This type park at the fence waiting to wave : ” I YOU SO” banner whatever happens on January 16th. They are never risk takers like Sarah Bireete and other intellectual foot soldiers.
No !
I do not see anyone interested in picking up a Dr.Yusuf Sserunkuma who has repeatedly saying that General Yoweri Museveni is unbeatable particularly because his ” opponents ” either have no clue , or are into this for perks . among other things. Yusuf plays a song that Museveni wants to hear. He is safe.
I am guessing that Sarah Bireete knows this .
waving “I TOLD YOU SO” banner..( it should be)
Don`t say Fanon ; say Trump ! He has a client to collect and make Uganda great again !
Thanks Dr., Dr. Yusuf for the realism, nightmarish journey to the 20-meter sh**hole of 40 years and counting of backwardness in the 21st Century.
“The whole truth, nothing but truth”, about our 86-years-old PROBLEM OF AFRICA, Gen Tibuhaburwa is; how hollow (empty) and BOGUS he becomes each time he opens his mouth. The guy is hollow like a pipe.
E.g., during his 7th Jan 2026 campaign speech in Makindye Division: like a mad man, you begin to feel sorry how ridiculous Mr. M7 has become. Nobody has has threatened violence or chaos. But because he is the author and master of violence, has been and preparing to use it come the announcement of the lection results, he would rather blame it on the opposition.
He blames the opposition for becoming ‘the enemy of jobs, wealth, peace and prosperity.
Was the Luweero 5-year NRA subversion, terrorism, destabilization, sic war; job creation, wealth creation, peace, infrastructural Development, etc.?
Was the 21-year destabilization, sic war and/or dehumanizing IDP in Greater Northern Uganda; job creation, wealth creation, peace, infrastructural Development, etc.?
In other words, for 45 years and counting, who was Ugandans NO 1 enemy of peace, job creation, wealth and prosperity?
The whole truth, nothing but the TRUTH is that: The Number One enemy of Ugandans is Gen Tibuhaburwa, the self-confessed AUTHOR and MASTER OF VIOLENCE and PROBLEM OF AFRICA, who has been and still is at war, fighting Ugandans for the last 45 years and counting.
In other words let someone come forward and tell Ugandans how many foreign enemies e.g., Congolese, Kenyans, South Sudanese, Rwandese, Tanzanians, etc., the NRA/UPDF have pointed our gun at, or shot them through the ears like Yasin Kavuma (RIP) in Arua , the Massacre at Kona Kilak (1987), in Kasese (2016), massacre of NUP supporters in Nov 2020, Pulverized Boxer, Zebra Ssenyange (Dec 2020, etc., etc?
Doc, these are some of Dr. Sarah Bireete’s words, “I intend to ask these questions, because we cannot carry on as if it’s business as usual. And we need to ask our leaders, these hard questions, are we going to carry on as if it’s business as usual.” “And I want to use the words of Martin Luther King, “That nobody can climb your back unless its bent.” “Lawyers, as defenders of rule of law, who would block arbitrary rule and therefore should be killed first, today we have killed ourselves, because we have no capacity to push back.”
Those are great words of wisdom and inspiration.
Business as usual is killing us. Dr. Bireete is in a cell while we talk about ‘protest votes’ for 2026. As she rightly quoted MLK: ‘Nobody can climb your back unless it’s bent.’ Our backs are broken, mbu we’re looking for a trigger after M7 riggs the 2026 election, and our fellow Ugandans are rotting in torture chambers, others are missing and many have been killed. If we can’t stand up for Bireete today, why do we think we’ll stand up at the polls tomorrow? Stop waiting for 2026 rigged election to start the protest. The time to stop being ‘business as usual’ was yesterday.
A few days before she was arrested , Dr. Sarah Bireete said this:
” I call upon everyone to be peaceful as you exercise your political rights : Elections are the climax exercise of sovereignty as to who should lead them . Go in this exercise peacefully ”
Nowhere did she call for boycotts violent protests or such things. Dr-Sarah is not under illegal detention because she was opposed to elections : Her stand against “business as usual ” should not therefore be spined out of its context . Sarah is an intellectual foot soldier who stands firmly for change and avoids that wobble which may bring down those who are trying ( against odds ) to make it happen .
Noted is the fact that not even Dr.Sserunkuma tried to put his words in her mouth .
On protest ( vote ) Dr.Sarah contended that the mere fact that millions of young Ugandans from every corner of the country decided to come out and meet Kyagulanyi is in itself a PROTEST . She observed that the regime`s strategy to isolate Kyagulanyi on one hand and to psychologically scare off the public on the other not work. Why ? Sarah reasoned that the masses that come out to either attend Kyagulanyi`s rallies or cheer him along the roads were all aware of the risks , e g, being beaten up , arrested or worse. Yet out they came to register their defiance among other things ; defiance is the original form of PROTEST .
Jes, I have for a thousand times asked for an ANSWER:
Since he became the PROBLEM OF AFRICA 30 years ago; RIGGED all the Gen Elections in which he was candidate; on 26th Jan 2017 brazenly told off Ugandans that he is neither their SERVANT, nor EMPLOYEE, as well later in Nov 2017, boasted (self-confession) that he is the AUTHOR and MASTER OF VIOLENCE (corrupt, cruel and foul); drowning Ugandans and the next generation in Foreign and Domestic Debts; etc. it is 45 years and counting, since they went into the Bushes of Luweero in the name of RESISTANCE to all the ABOVE, what is it that our 86-years-old PROBLEM OF AFRICA and his NRM cabal still RESISTING?
It is bewildering!
Lakwena, thank you for reminding us, that M7 made it clear that he is not a servant of anyone.
Underlining Bireete’s observation: ‘Business as usual is killing us.’ Yet, what is the NUP’s ‘protest vote’ if not business as usual? We are walking into another violent, rigged election ritual expecting change, while the real face of defiance, Kizza Besigye, is rotting in detention on treason charges. The regime hasn’t changed its playbook of isolation and psychological warfare, and neither has the opposition—except now, the goal seems to be clout rather than cause. Kyagulanyi’s campaign trail is a circus of mirrors meant to erase two decades of Besigye’s struggle. If unity only matters when it’s under a single party’s brand, then it isn’t unity—it’s an ego trip.
Bwana, its normal for an intelligent person to have an inquisitive mind , ask probing questions. One is kind of brain-dead if they run out curious fuel . That being said ,the slow ones will go on and on asking unduly questions that have already been covered . Those ones tend to remain stuck in one gear pattern and habits ,showing no intellectual development and incapable of moving forward
So , yes , it is bewildering what Uganda`s slow poison has done . The challenge is to find an antidote , something that Bireete, Besigye and many NUP political prisoners are paying a price for.
Lakwena , talking about a thousand questions , I too, have been wondering about the legal ( forget democratic) logic behind this ” unopposed”candidacy . I remain surprised that none of our loud thinkers has challenged this fallacy . I mean…that people like Anita Among , Thomas Tayebwa , Ofwono Opondo , Nyamutooro and others are going to be MPs that nobody voted for. There are going in there on 0% votes . So how can such people represent and be accountable to constituents that never voted for them !? It makes no sense that that horrible Byabakama EC selects individuals who should be elected instead . ( I hope Dr.Yusuf Sserunkuma tacles this one at some point)
My personal view is that even if a candidate has no rivals ( unopposed ) that candidate MUST be subjected to a voting process so he/she and the society can gauge the legitimate strength / weakness of that MP`s mandate .
Besides , this unopposed crap creates a gap for corruption , blackmail and extortion . Wealthy and connected candidates will “buy off ” intimidate or eliminate their opponents as was the case in Bukedea .
Jes, during the recent presidential debate, Gen. Mugisha Muntu finally said the quiet part out loud: ‘Dr. Kizza Besigye had the biggest crowds ever, yet the ballot did not reflect this.’ If the man who bled for twenty years couldn’t break the system through the ballot, why are we pretending Kyagulanyi’s ‘protest vote’ is anything but a vanity project? As Dr. Sarah Bireete rightly warned before her own arbitrary arrest, ‘Business as usual is killing us.’ Yet, here we are, participating in the same violent, rigged ritual and expecting a different result. That is the definition of insanity. Besigye is currently rotting in a cell for the cause, while Kyagulanyi is on a campaign trail for the clout. We cannot trust a ‘protest’ that seeks to erase the very struggle it stands on.
Sir , you quote what Gen .Muntu said but forget to remember that he is in the race for the second time.
Why don´t you ask him why he is standing and participating in a “rigged ritual ”
Personally , I know why , and I have said so ,(so has Mugisha , Besigye and others )but only to those who have the ears for it .
Jes, focusing on Gen. Muntu’s decision to participate for a second time ignores the elephant in the room: the mechanism for 2026 is already set. Whether Muntu or any other veteran leader joins this ‘ritual,’ it doesn’t change the reality that the state machinery is engineered to deliver a Museveni victory. Participation in a rigged process does not validate its fairness; it simply provides a thin veneer of competition for a pre-ordained result. Discussing Muntu’s involvement is a distraction from the fact that the outcome was decided long before the first ballot was even printed for the January 15th vote.
Jes, you’re one of the beneficiaries of the bogus and violent elections. That’s why you’re creating an impression that Gen. Muntu’s presence on the ballot somehow legitimizes the 2026 process. We have seen this cycle play out for 40 years. You and I both know the results already—Museveni will be declared the winner regardless of the actual numbers. By fixating on who is or isn’t running, you are overlooking the fact that we are participating in a scripted ritual rather than a democratic election. Muntu’s participation won’t change the predetermined outcome; it only underscores how much the regime relies on the appearance of ‘opposition’ to maintain its grip on power.
Bwana Remase , if focusing on Muntu has no meaning , you should not have quoted his words .
Jes, let’s be honest: despite the rhetoric of change, you, Kyagulanyi and the NUP leadership are operating within a framework that preserves the status quo. Their motivation appears less about revolution and more about securing your [NUP] place within the state structure. I guarantee you that once the ‘ritual’ is over, Joel Ssenyonyi—or whoever is designated—will be the first to take the oath as Leader of the Opposition (LoP). Despite the claims of a stolen election, they will take their seats[pass the go], collect [$ 200] their salaries, and the ‘protest’ will vanish the moment the perks of office are on the table. It is a cycle of greed that ensures the regime remains unchallenged while the opposition stays comfortable.
Jes, have you ever played monopoly? Otherwise, you’re only interested in passing the go and collect taxpayers money! Period.
Jes, Obwongo bwo bwa nobba. Your brain has literally divorced reality if you can’t see the ‘elephant in the room.’ This isn’t about Muntu; it’s about the madness of running a second lap in a rigged race. We are repeating the same violent, bogus election cycle that Dr. Bireete warned would kill us. While Besigye rots in a cell for the cause, you’re out here defending ‘business as usual.’ Stop obsessing over the candidate and start looking at the trap we’re walking into. Your mind is gone if you think this is a path to victory.
Put it differently, even Muntu himself admitted that Besigye had the ‘biggest crowds ever’ and still the ballot reflected nothing but air. So why are we here again? By ignoring the choice to participate in this violent farce, you are choosing ‘business as usual’ over liberation. While leaders like Besigye and Bireete sit in prison for actually challenging the status quo, people like you are busy cheerleading a process that has already been decided. Wake up: your loyalty to the process is just a mask for your own cowardice.
Please DO NOT talk about brains until you get some. Even a small child can see that you are merely running on automatic pilot , completely zoned out repeating the same junk and can hardly recall details of your previous chant. You can`t remember that nobody else brought Muntu`s name into this discussion .I can bet that your lack of conscious thought will not cease and that you will keep on doing the same till the day your programmer adjusts your stagnant mind
Jes, don’t take this personally, but ja empaffu mu kamwa [Spit out the marbles]. In other words, spit out the nonsense and look at the reality staring you in the face. This has never been about Muntu the man; it’s about the reckless decision to participate in a second predetermined ‘sham’ election. Even Muntu admitted he knows he won’t win, yet here he is, legitimizing a violent ritual that Dr. Bireete warned is ‘killing us’. While the regime prepares to ‘win’ a seventh term on Thursday, you’re busy defending a candidate who is essentially auditioning for a role in a play where the ending was written 40 years ago. Speak clearly: is this a campaign for change, or just another lap in a rigged race?
Fellow Ugandans, the NUP’s claim that ‘millions’ meeting Kyagulanyi equals victory is a dangerous delusion. Crowds aren’t votes, and they certainly don’t stop bullets. Dr. Sarah Bireete warned us that the regime’s strategy is to isolate leaders and paralyze the public through fear—a warning she is now living out behind the bars of Luzira Prison. While Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago is out here delivering Besigye’s genuine plea for unity from a prison cell where the man has spent over a year, Kyagulanyi is running a shallow vanity project. This ‘protest vote’ is a marketing gimmick designed to bury Besigye’s 20-year legacy of blood and sacrifice. Bobi Wine isn’t looking for liberation; he’s looking for a throne, even if he has to step over the man who paved his way to get it.
Is this some sort of BREAKING NEWS !!!!
Almost all “fellow Ugandans” are aware why Bireete and other prisoners are under illegal detention . Its dumb , if not silly to call for a “protest” on Thursday and24 hours later then ask if crows do stop bullets
Quote :
“Stop waiting for the 2026 rigged elections to start the protest. The time for “business as usual” was Yesterday ”
Today:
“–crowds ..certainly don`t stop bullets …”
How the hell do you protest without crowds ?
Who said that millions meeting Kyagulanyi EQUALS VICTORY ?
I , and Sarah Bireeta and others reason that the mere fact that millions that defied the military aggression and intimidation and come out to meet and listen to Kyagulanyi is a PROTEST .
Jes, dismissing the illegal detention of Dr. Sarah Bireete and others as ‘business as usual’ only validates a culture of impunity. Your claim that ‘everyone knows why they are detained’ does not make their persecution any less of a crime. Dr. Bireete, a prominent civic leader, was arrested on December 30, 2025, and is currently held in a maximum-security prison on questionable charges to silence her before the vote. A UN report released today, January 9, 2026, warns that such ‘lawfare’ and intimidation are being used to entrench repression ahead of next week’s election. To suggest that simply showing up to hear Kyagulanyi is a sufficient ‘protest’ while peaceful citizens are being abducted in unmarked vans—as confirmed by the UN—is to accept a predetermined outcome that continues to fail Ugandans.
The reality is that Dr. Sarah Bireete and hundreds of others are being persecuted for demanding the very transparency that the state is currently dismantling. According to the UN Human Rights Office report, authorities have used legislation like the UPDF (Amendment) Act of 2025 to silence dissent and carry out arbitrary arrests. Dr. Bireete’s detention in Luzira until January 21, 2026—pointedly past the election date—is a clear political tactic to keep election observers out of the way. Relying on the mere fact that millions gathered to listen to Kyagulanyi as a ‘protest’ ignores the UN’s finding that security forces are using lethal force and ‘drones’ for abductions in 2025 and 2026. We cannot expect a different result while the regime treats human rights violations as an acceptable political norm.
The aforesaid UN Report: High Commissioner Volker Türk warned that the environment is marked by “widespread repression and intimidation,” specifically citing the detention of Bireete and Kizza Besigye.
Wow ! Bwana , you really have a stagnation problem . How many times do have to repeat the same things over and over and over and over and over again `?
You neen more therapy than Museveni
The military has already taken over.
Lysol, you’ve hit the nail on the head. We aren’t heading to an election on January 15; we are walking into a theater of war. The regime has draped this country in a blanket of militants, armed to the teeth and stationed on every corner to ensure ‘peace’ through terror. This isn’t about counting votes; it’s about a military occupation of the soul of Uganda. When the public is psychologically paralyzed by the sight of snipers and APCs, the ‘protest vote’ becomes a death trap. To call this process ‘democratic’ is a lie—it is a violent, bogus heist enforced by the barrel of a gun. The militants haven’t just taken over the streets; they’ve taken over the law.
Wake up! Kyagulanyi isn’t leading us to liberation; he is walking us directly into a death trap with his eyes wide open. We are heading into the January 15 election fractured and broken, playing right into the regime’s hands. This isn’t just a contest between two men—it’s supposed to be a struggle for the soul of Uganda. But how can we succeed when we are more interested in party brands than national unity? While Besigye and Bireete rot in jail for actually standing their ground, the NUP is busy selling a ‘protest vote’ that leads nowhere. Without a united front, we aren’t voters; we are just victims-in-waiting for a violent, predetermined end.
Hahaha ,hit what on the head !
Is someone revealing that tomorrow might be a Sunday ?
People , even with a very low IQ will still wonder that if Museveni has already “won” , and that he and his army have everything already well figured out , why the hell is he loitering about , going from place to place , dishing out billions to anyone who has a lie to sell to him? What sense does it make to abduct and detain one Bireete if your army has already secured your “gains” ?
Why is a well known confusing agent , still here endlessly yelling that its over ,but NUP people are only after money
Why not just stay quiet and let the army run Uganda of Museveni`s imagination ?
Jes, I understand obwongo bwo bwa nobba [your brains divorced you]. That much I get it. However, let’s focus on the issues at hand, for example, Kyagulanyi’s campaign trail rhetoric has finally exposed the rot: he isn’t fighting for Uganda; he’s marketing a brand. When he tells supporters to let ‘500 more die’ for everyone killed, he only lists NUP names like Mufumbira, Doreen Kaija, Yasin Kawuma and Mutwe. What about Dr. Kizza Besigye, who has bled for this country for 20 years and is currently rotting in a cell? What about Dr. Sarah Bireete, who sits in Luzira Prison right now for defending the very roadmap he’s using? By erasing these giants, Kyagulanyi has ensured our failure. He is leading Ugandans into a slaughterhouse while refusing to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with anyone who doesn’t wear a red beret. This isn’t liberation; it’s a cult of personality.
The aforesaid clearly shows why we are headed for another five years of dictatorship, which exposes Kyagulanyi’s ‘roll call’ of heroes. It is a strictly NUP affair. He preaches sacrifice but practices exclusion. He conveniently forgets Dr. Besigye, Dr. Bireete, Isaac Ssemakadde and others, as if the struggle for the ‘soul of Uganda’ started in 2017. Even after the Kabaka warned that unity is our only path to success, Kyagulanyi continues to build walls instead of bridges.
Isolating the most seasoned fighters in the country is not leadership—it’s a death trap. Kyagulanyi has traded a united front for a vanity project, and I can predict with certainty that on January 15, we will all pay the price for his ego.
Your IQ is too low to understand even the simplest of simple things . That is why you sound like a broken record repeating the same phrases and names year and year , month after month , week after week , day after day , article after article . You are retarded ( oh don`t take this personally) I pity the people who had to raise you.
Look , there is no need to go on and naming those under illegal detention . Everyone knows who they are . More to the point they know who they are and why they are there.
As you endlessly rant about Kyagulanyi , he is right there in Dr.Besigye`s home praying for him . As you yell about Ssemakadde , he is somewhere encouraging society to go and vote against the dictatorship you are here to defend .
You mister, are not intelligent enough to play the game of divide -and-rule . YOU DO NOT SPEAK for Sarah Bireete . the Kabaka or anyone else but your Master -Museveni. You do not speak for Muntu , he knows what he is doing .
As Kyagulanyi causes you a headache mentioning his name thousands of times , Anita Among and Thomas Tayebwa are preparing to head the parliament un-elected
If you had the brains , you would be somewhere preparing to celebrate end of Kyagulanyi , who , in your retarded head , is the only obstacle to your — gains .
Withing 4 days , your headache will be no more . Congrats !!
Jes, thank you for finally taking the mask off. You aren’t debating; you’re just regurgitating a script that’s as stale as the regime itself. Go back and read your own comments—it’s a loop of the same tired talking points we’ve heard for years. You sound exactly like ‘Wooden K’—muffled, incoherent, and clearly choking on the marbles in your mouth. While the rest of the country is waking up to the ‘business as usual’ death trap, you’re stuck in a cognitive feedback loop. If you can’t offer a single new thought four days before a predetermined election, then you aren’t a thinker—you’re just an echo.
This is pirating ..and , as usual a poor imitation from a blank head .
Just because you are a planted progandist , you get upset when someone hits your nerve and exposes you . Its my please if you suffer .
Debating !!!!!
What is there to debate with blank-headed dimwit ?
Look , I just revealed that your lie that Kyagulanyi has forgotten Dr.Besigye and Dr. Bireeta has just been busted, not by me , but by members of Drs Besigye and Bireete families .And your silly response is what —that I am so and so, removed some mask and can`t offer a new thought ?!
Come on “Remase” , just prove to me that the things I just quoted are your evidence that Kyagulanyi does not stand shoulder to shoulder with anyone who does not wear a red beret ? Go on Youtube , look at Kyagulanyi sitting next to Dr.Besigye`s wife and members of political prisoner`s families then come back here and “debate” or repeat your idiotic allegations .
Only a day ago , you ended one of your stupid propaganda rants by saying that there is no need to wait for elections but to PROTEST now
Today , you are saying that Kyagulanyi is leading YOU to a SLAUGHTERHOUSE . These are the lines that have been put into your small brain by the who programmed and sent you here. But your low IQ cannot figure out that one contradicts the other.
Namyalo should put you off her pay list. You are useless , brainless , retarded .
Jes, it’s clear this is personal for you, and you’re too emotionally invested to see the facts. You’re celebrating a PR stunt at Besigye’s house while ignoring Kyagulanyi’s track record of opportunism and further missing the broader issue of accountability. While M7 falsely claimed on CNN’s Amanpour program that the November 2020 victims were ‘aggressors,’ evidence proves they were innocent bystanders.
However, Kyagulanyi stayed silent during the 2020 massacres just to secure NUP’s seats in Parliament. Kyagulanyi chose to continue his campaign for political dominance rather than lead a meaningful protest for the fallen. He was only interested in securing NUP’s position in Parliament. After that, he became comfortable and forgot the prisoners rotting in cells while hiding behind the excuse of a ‘protest vote.’ It’s not leadership; it’s hypocrisy at its finest.
A stunt !!!!!!
Are you accusing Winnie Byanyima and her family of playing stunts in Besigye`s house ?
Are you accusing Lord Mayor who gave an emotional speech of playing a stunt with Dr. Besigye`s life ?
Are you saying that three members of Dr.Bireete`s family who spoke and delivered Bireete`s message of indulging in a stunt ?
Are you saying that the priest who led the mass to pray for all political prisoners was involved in a stunt
Are you saying that Waiswa Mufumbiro`s wife and mothers of those prisoners who attended the prayer ceremony were there to participate in a stunt ?
How stupid are you going to get ?
Remase :
” He( Kyagulanyi)conveniently forgets Dr. Besigye , Dr.Bireete and–
BUT ,from Dr.Besigye`s home today :
” She sends you are the massage that she is strong . She asks you are to be strong and to go out and vote ” this was the message from Dr.Sarah Bireete delivered by 3 members of her family
” On Friday , Dr Besigye told me this : go and get some money from somewhere and give it to Kyagulanyi for the last push…” this was the message that Mrs Winnie Byanyima delivered to Kyagulanyi from her husband- today !
” I wouldn´t be half the man I am today had it not been for Dr.Besigye`s inspiration ….” The most difficult moment/ thing for me to do is to look into the eyes of family members of our comrades who are either in prisons or missing .. I find myself with no words to say to them …. even more difficult is the fact that the regime`s progandists are out there trying to made us feel guilty of our comrades incarceration .They are out there accusing us of all sorts of things , including that we are responsible for the abductions and detentions of our own people ”
In Remase , we have here such regime`s propandists . Luckily , this one is not intelligent enough to disguise it.
Jes, you can try to rewrite history, but the facts are stubborn. In 2021, Kyagulanyi was more interested in dismantling Besigye than Museveni. He openly mocked the idea that ‘democracy doesn’t work’ just to position himself as the new face of the opposition. Yet, after losing, he conveniently abandoned his Supreme Court petition and his promise to ‘return to the people.’ While NUP was busy securing parliamentary seats and business went back to usual, victims of the November 2020 massacres and those rotting in torture chambers were forgotten. Now, five years later, he’s suddenly discovered solidarity with a ‘protest vote’ and a jailed Besigye? This isn’t leadership; it’s the mother of all political hypocrisy.
Jes, stop dodging the reality: Kyagulanyi’s ‘protest vote’ is nothing but a brand-protection strategy to keep NUP’s seats in Parliament. While he shouts ‘Byona mu bikwase Kyagulanyi’ (Leave everything to Kyagulanyi), he has failed to account for a single soul lost or abducted since 2021. He doesn’t want liberation; he wants to maintain the status quo so he can stay the official ‘Opposition Leader’ with a fat paycheck. If this were a real protest, he wouldn’t be begging for votes in a predetermined, violent sham—he would be demanding the immediate release of Dr. Besigye and Dr. Bireete and all political prisoners before a single ballot is cast. He doesn’t need to visit Besigye’s home for a photo op; he needs to grow a spine and refuse to participate in a ritual that keeps his colleagues in cages and himself on a campaign trail.
Jes, I know you’re divorced from your brain. So, let me make clearer, Kyagulanyi isn’t fighting M7; he’s fighting to keep his job as ‘Top Opposition Leader.’ 🙄 The ‘protest vote’ is a gimmick to hide the fact that he has no plan for the people being killed and kidnapped in this bogus election. He told us to ‘leave it to him’ in 2021—and we left it to the morgues and safe houses. Now he wants a repeat. If he cared about unity, he’d be at the gates of the prison demanding Free Besigye and Free Bireete instead of hunting for NUP votes. Stop selling false hope to maintain a party brand. This isn’t liberation; it’s a career move. #UgandaDecides2026 #StopTheCycles #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
Bwana m`jinga , you are good at nothing . You try to make up things but are too dumb to even do that well. One moment , you imagine you are talking to a wood , the next moment you are telling Jes to stop dodging reality.
When I write “protest ” your little brain hears ” victory”. You quote someone and then turn around to say that focusing on that person is not important. Kyagulanyi is out meeting millions of frustrated Ugandans to unite , fight and create hope for the their future ; you are here saying he should not give out (false ” hope . WHY ??!!
No nooooo! We will NOT STOP telling Ugandans to HOPE , just because Museveni`s paid agent says so.
REALITY is that Ugandans want and are READY for change . That is the reality that keeps Museveni and his armed thugs awake.
YOU and your Master can delay it but shall not stop it no matter how much you may try to divert the people away from your slow poison .
Kyagulanyi is just ONE of millions that will continue to find a cure and repair the damage that your Dictator has done to our country . We will fight on regardless of how many times you write “bogus , gimmick , ritual ” as you Gashumba , Rwomushana , Andrew Mwenda and all kinds of little rats have been instructed to say.Next Thursday is the beginning and not the end . You better get used to it . In any case , Byabakama will be given a message to carry to him Master ; that message will be in numbers that will be tough to ignore even when/ if they are not revealed to the public as the case was in 2021 and 2016.
That bit about Kyagulanyi having plans or no plans for the people kidnapped being killed is the very reason why your Dictator and his son keeps these people in jails , Duh ! The intention was to use them as bargaining chips or intimidating symbols : ” I put it to you that you “remase”” are here to play that card. Its NOT WORKING ?
The political prisoners you are here to use as your propaganda material are not all dead. They are alive and talking .Just a few days , they come out singing songs of the struggle .inside of your Masters cage. None of them hears you or sees your crocodile tears “Remase ”
The fight for change begun and is not going to stop even in the next million years – until YOU go away .
Jes, you can’t and won’t change the facts, Kyagulanyi’s sudden ‘solidarity’ with Besigye is the peak of hypocrisy. In 2021, he mocked Besigye’s losses and promised he’d show everyone how democracy ‘works.’ Fast forward: he secured NUP’s seats, abandoned his legal challenges, and went silent on the hundreds of political prisoners still being tortured. Now that it’s election season again, he’s back with the ‘protest vote’ branding. It’s a PR stunt, not a revolution. He replaced the struggle with a seat in Parliament and left the people behind.
Jes, Kyagulanyi sang a song, “buli omu sibba kiwanyi.” Everybody plays the fool. The question is, how many times are we going to fall for the same recycled lies? In 2021, he told us to get IDs and ‘leave the rest to him.’ We did, and the result was blood and missing people while he took his seat in the house. Now, in 2026, he’s rebranded the same failure as a ‘protest vote.’ It’s the same bogus, violent election, just with a new marketing slogan. Kyagulanyi’s only goal is to ensure NUP remains the dominant opposition party in a captured Parliament. He has abandoned the 20-year struggle of those who came before him. You cannot claim to lead a liberation while you ignore the fact that the real leaders of this cause are currently rotting in Luzira and military cells. Any vote on Thursday that isn’t preceded by a demand for their release is just a vote for ‘business as usual.
A simple answer to your infantile question : YOU are free to FALL as many times as you want. YOU are also free to believe YOUR OWN many lies as I have pointed out. Your proganda job here does not give you any permission to decide how others may chose to do . Nobody is forcing you to do anything .You are free to not even understand that song lyrics are most poetic semantics as opposed to practical ideologies . The Next time you hear Lucca singing ” I will die for you” do not say he is about to commit suicide.The rest , is recycled tiresome BS not worth my time
Jes, stop dancing on the head of a pin. Kyagulanyi is on a transparent PR mission. He spent the 2021 cycle attacking Besigye’s record just to steal the opposition crown, then ran to court only to quit when things got difficult. He claimed he’d petition ‘the people,’ but instead, he settled for NUP being the largest party in Parliament while his supporters were killed or abducted. For him to claim this is a ‘protest vote’ five years later—while suddenly pretending to care about the same Besigye he once dismissed—is the ultimate height of hypocrisy. He didn’t want change; he just wanted to be the one holding the microphone.
Yusuf agree with you about enkoko y’omutamiivu. Museveni reduced Ugandans to exactly that. Disgruntled NRM/NRA are No.1 enkoko y’omutamiivu. Museveni doesn’t like intelligent, visionary, kind, compassionate and out spoken Ugandans. That’s why he had to send the likes of Winnie Byanyima out of Uganda, arrest Besigye, now Sarah Bireete joins the list. We should appreciate brave Ugandans who stands in the face of a leopard and declare, “you are not stalking us neither nape our neck/head to subdue to your demand. Enough is enough”. 40 yrs is symbolic in the world of divine. This week begins a new era in Ugandan history, I call it the year of judgement, justice and righteousness. Gen. Kahinda Otafire should have been a prophet. His view is that they have been custodian, now it’s time to handover power. They can’t run or fight anymore. There is sinister spirit that has been governing Uganda. The good news is that it’s broken and powerless. We the promised children have cut it off from it’s source and flow. Anita Annet Among and Magogo Moses Hassim are going to wake up in parliament only to realized that they are surrounded, the army will not obey commands to shot. What is happening in Iran is preview of what is coming to Uganda. Magogo, may the Lord deal with you and Among for tapering with our ancestors’ souls. That’s why now you and Kadaga can’t agree or see face to face. Prayer in Christ is a powerful tool. Prepare for what is coming. Liberation day is here, that’s why Ugandans are united. It starts this week! Go Uganda, long live Uganda. The year of the Lord is here!
The fallacy of IQ.
It often tends to oversimplify and does not measure the full breath of human intelligence like creativity or social intelligence. In many cases it has been used by others for cultural biases to favor certain groups. Complex cognitive abilities cannot be summed up into a single number.
Lysol, in other words, when Jes measured the IQ, he/she didn’t follow the fallacy and/or measure the full breath of human intelligence? So, it’s safe to say that it was used for cultural biases to favor NUP/Kyagulanyi. Great observation.
Remase, the greatest intelligence is the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of IGNORANCE
A self-proclaimed intelligent individual can still be ignorant of specific topics.
The 2026 Ugandan election has unfolded with the predictable patterns of ballot stuffing and the arrest of NUP leadership. While Kyagulanyi decries these events, he knew that the opposition’s participation served only to legitimize the status quo. By entering a contest with a predetermined outcome, the NUP has arguably led its supporters and the nation at large into a strategic trap, reinforcing the very system it sought to challenge.
Don’t be fooled anymore. Yusuf is a Museveni’s supporter. One can see his interview with Michael Okur of the DW tv on the election day.
Lysol, it is laughable to call Dr. Yusuf Serunkuma an M7 supporter when his writing serves as one of the most unrelenting critiques of the regime. You clearly missed the point of his comparison between Dr. Bireete and the ‘enkoko y’omutamiivu’. He is saying that in Uganda’s current climate, every voice of truth—including his own—is a target waiting for the regime’s next erratic move.
The ‘protest vote’ promised by Kyagulanyi was a myth; after the bogus and violent January 15, 2026, polls, we are right back to the same status quo [business as usual].” While Dr. Bireete, Dr. Besigye and NUP supporters remain behind bars, Kyagulanyi and the opposition leadership are seemingly too busy preparing to collect taxpayer-funded parliamentary salaries and the big bounty that is given to the leading opposition party in parliament to demand real justice. Yusuf is one of the few calling out both the dictator and the complicit opposition.