Sometime last year, an old boy of mine got in touch to ask about my opinion on his intention to run for parliament in the 2026 election – on the opposition ticket.
“What is your overall intention?” I asked for clarity. “Is it to make money or work to change Uganda?” Before he would respond, I challenged him to think about my questions a little more carefully because there were more questions coming.
“We need to change Uganda”, he said. “Are you planning to work under Yoweri Museveni or someone else?” I prodded further. Both of us understand that, if he stands, Museveni will return as president by whatever means necessary. I went ahead and gave him the assurance that if he ever wins his seat, as far as money is concerned, he will make it – and a lot of it.
“You could as well simply stand on the NRM ticket,” I rubbed it in.
Only Yoweri Museveni as president can actually talk about changing the fortunes of Uganda. I know, he never does. But only him has been blessed with these powers if he really wanted to do it. I know, he is controlled by a hidden and powerful network of self-interested vultures – mostly international hands and William Pike more recently reminded us – who have sustained him in office all this while.
But he has the powers to stop working for them. On the other hand, when any scrawny character claims they are going to parliament to change Uganda – under Yoweri Museveni – all they are doing is posturing. Self-delusion.
I am not arguing that one cannot actually work to change the fortunes of Uganda under this government. Yes, we all can: outside of any structured offices (although this is also becoming incredibly difficult).
But presently, if the people seeking parliamentary positions aren’t focused on the overwhelming perks in that house, they are simply naïve about Uganda. Either side could have examples in the current parliament: Twaha Kagabo on the naïve side of things, and Muhammad Nsereko on the smart side of things.
MOHAMMAD SSEGIRINYA, FRANCIS ZAAKE
MP Muhammad Ssegirinya died during an election year. On the one hand, being an election year predicated the drama witnessed during his funeral, and on the other, brought his legacy – and performative practices as an activist – in sharp perspective. Indeed, Ssegirinya’s legacy is a sobering challenge to ‘electoral politicians.’
He reminds them to ask themselves one hard question: why participate in these elections under an already flawed process? If you aren’t planning to use parliament to end Project Museveni – where keeping this man in power remains the only viable thing in Uganda – why participate?
I am not saying ending Project Museveni should be the only goal for an MP in these times. I am just curious to learn – beyond money and fame – why else do folks vie for parliament under the same man – especially as the opposition?
Forty years under the same man, simply kumulabisa isn’t convincing enough. Media houses and activists are doing this job well. I have heard arguments of okwetega, mbu one raises their profiles – through electoral politics – so as to have a claim in a possible government of national unity once Museveni falls. This is a standard ‘standby generator’ argument.
Are opposition folks positioning themselves as ‘standby generators’, too?
In his rather playful persona (the few days he spent as elected legislator), Ssegirinya never pretended to offer lofty speeches or scrutinize Museveni’s budgets and or appointments. His was a mission to use the platform as vehicle for transformation – as he (somewhat naively, but pragmatically) understood his role as MP.
His was to respond to the immediate pains of his voters. This rather unorthodox approach sought to use parliament simply as a platform – a platform to execute possible, practical pre-defined objectives. He delivered. We would never really know who was behind the brutal murders and hacking to death of ordinary Ugandans in Masaka right after the 2021 election.
Legislators Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana who braved years in prison on allegations of spearheading these machete murders were released, only through political negotiations as one newspaper reported – and as Justice minister Norbert Mao claimed credit. To this end, we will never know why these specific MPs carried the burden.
But what is true is that Ssegirinya represented a unique breed of politics. He was not your ordinary electoral guy. From the way he understood his electoral victory – and his activism way before – Mr Update, as he was widely known, was a community organiser. Indeed, had he lived under a different regime – which really appreciated community organising, say under cooperatives – he would have been content to serve his community without necessarily becoming a member of parliament.
Enter Francis Zaake. Dear reader, I am yet to overcome Bobi Wine’s refusal to give Ugandans Francis Zaake as leader of opposition. Whatever reason Bobi Wine and team might have had against his profile and posture, Zaake perhaps remains the only embodiment of their 2021 electoral wave.
In the unlikely event that Zaake sets that parliament on fire, I am afraid ordinary voters would actually endorse the act. If Bobi Wine/ NUP were to remain committed to their electoral promises, Francis Zaake’s politics – call it recklessness – deserved the biggest opposition platform in parliament. Look, whatever NUP/Bobi Wine’s worst fears, that would actually be the difference.
The point I am labouring to make is this: ‘electoral politicians’ masquerading as opposition under Yoweri Museveni ought not to pretend – to be opposition – when the entire plan is money and fame. The NRM/ Museveni regime has a huge dining table.
For the love of country, I would rather no one stood for parliament as opposition under Museveni. But this being almost impossible (as Museveni would quickly manufacture an opposition), I propose candidates – new and incumbent – be candid and committed to their intentions. If you are neither Ssegirinya nor Zaake, maybe stand with, and not against NRM/ Museveni.
The author is a political theorist based at Makerere University.
Doc, I love this question, ““What is your overall intention?” You asked for clarity. “Is it to make money or work to change Uganda?” Oh boy, oh boy! What a lovely question!
Let me direct the same question to our leading opposition figure, Kyagulanyi, who is eagerly warming up to challenge M7 in the next bogus elections, in which Kyagulanyi clearly knows to be loser beforehand. Kyagulanyi, what is your overall intention? Is it to make money or change Uganda?
Doc, this is one of the lines Kyagulanyi uses in his pretence to make believe that he is doing something about changing Uganda, and why he challenges M7 in bogus elections he clearly knows that he can’t and will never win, simply “kumulabisa,” or “kutubuusa.” That way, Kyagulanyi buys himself a narrative that keeps him in the business of making money as an entrepreneur [risk taker], who claims that he is in it to change Uganda! To expose M7 and further make us jump could keep Kyagulanyi in business forever just like M7 who is 4 decades [so far] of an interrupted looting of our country naked, with no end in sight!
So, Kyagulanyi claims that in order to change Uganda, he must expose M7 [kumulabisa], thus make us jump [kutubuusa]. Mbu that way, Uganda is slowly changing! So, one wonders, if in 40 years of excruciating and endless pain of M7’s undemocratic, lawlessness autocratic rule has not exposed M7 [enough] and made us jump, how would Kyagulanyi’s challenge of M7 in known bogus elections change Uganda?
As soon as I saw this article , I knew that it won`t take long before Remase would see it as a smoking gun
Here he is very excited that the Doc asked :” what is your overall intention… is it to make money ” ?
My brother does not spot the ambiguities in the article.
The Doc is a theorist. So he must know that theories are based on formed opinions and perceptions that are void of exactness until there are proved.
It goes without saying that what the Doc asked was merely a hypothetical that can be put to anybody , including a theorist from Makerere University.
” what is your intention” is a question that can be put to Doc Yusuf by those who may suspect that his articles that are critical of the regime are indeed a job interview. ( Note that I do not agree that this is Yusuf Kajura`s overall intention)
Not long ago , the good Doc was in a dock . He was accused by his rivals or haters that he flashes and claims academic titles that he does not possess. They theorised that he is doing it to boost his image and profile as a prilific thinker.
Again , I did not agree that Yusuf needs to do that; I know that he is a well accomplished academic.
All the same , talkers will talk . They will give examples : Ofwono Opondo , Andrew Mwenda , Chris Obore and others . All these chaps were writing articles that are similar to the ones the Doc puts here , as a means to an end . Their critical articles turned out to be their job interview. They all just happened to have been UPC youths while their currenly employers was a “bandit”
Asked if they used to write for money , what would their response be ?
Mawa, you should also remind us that at one time you told us that “the Doc” owns a very expensive car sponsored by the regime and/or those in power. However, you failed to provide proof of the car when asked.
Oh dear !
Pay attention : I have already taught you that in a game of throwing dirt , no one is immune from wild allegations.
Of all people , your Doc must be aware of and mentally prepared for being framed by people who envy him for one reason or another , people who do not like what he writes and says against Muhoozi and Museveni , and even people who get angry with him when he criticises Bobi Wine or NUP. This is an “impossible”( his word) circumstance in witch character assassination is the norm . This is your job Mister !
Get it , if you may,this is how proganda works just in case those who recruited you did not inject the full dose in your system.2 years ago , your selected target was Mayiga and the Nabagereka , today it is Kyagulanyi , tomorrow it might just as well be Yusuf Sserunkuma .
As for the Doc , if he indulges in what-ifs , he opens the door for others to do the same.
I am guessing he is smart enough to notice your patronizing attitude .
Remase dear , you`ve got to calm and down and heal
The Doc is may be a theorist , but he is also political , perfectly entitled to his own opinions . Many of us who have read his articles over many years know something . He is niether static in his thinking nor obsessive. I can also be said that sometimes he condradicts himself and indulges in petty issues. What if we opt to ask hypothetical questions
Example : how does “Ssegirinya`s legacy challenge electoral politicians” ?
What did Ssegirinya ” deliver” ?.
Nobody will win except the Dictator and the propandists he has unleashed all over the place
Is the Doc the only political observer that has not heard progandists saying that Ssegirinya was paid a lot of money if he played a role of implicating Kyagulanyi , Chairman Nnyanzi and others for having financed the bijambiya killers in Masaka , and when Ssegirinya got cold feet he was arrested and poisoned ?
Something else that Remase cannot chew is the wish that Zaake would have made a better and more active Lop.
Who doesn`t know that if you take a fish out of the sea and place in a beautiful an aquarium, you have immobolized it ? Could Museveni turn Kasirye Ggwanga into Ruhakana Rugunda ? Never ! They both had different qualities and were suitable for different roles.
I say : I captured head cannot spot the ambiguities.
Here :although Doc questions and wonders about the idea of participating in the process under “impossible” circumstancies , he ends by proposing that new candidates should have the qualities of NUPs Zaake and Ssegirinya or stand under NRMuseveni.
There is a reason why the Doc does not insist that everybody does what they do for money. The Doc also knows that everybody knows the quickest way to the money: NRMuseveni Avenue.
Mawa, certainly, you’re entitled to your opinion. I have never disputed that. All I’m asking you now is, provide us with the proof of an expensive car that was given to or bought for the Doc, which I told about. Otherwise, this confirms how fugazi you’re and/or revealing that your opinions are founded on deceit, prejudice, hatred and insults as the means to drive your point across. You have laboured to paint activists with the same brash of politicians, yet there’s a distinction between the two. Oranges are not apples, yet they’re all fruits. So, Kyagulanyi is a politician who is hooked on taxpayers money by challenging M7 in bogus elections, yet Eron Kiiza is an advocate/activist fighting for our, Ugandans, rights in court.
Just like Kyagulanyi, you’re also confused on purpose not by error/mistake.
I have answered and also taught you how character assassination is not limited to Kyagulanyi , Ssegirinya or Dr. Besigye.
Your problem , I have already diognosed- Your quick fingers do not consult your brain before you write. You do not bother checking if what you write makes sense or if it has been covered before.
That explains why you refer to Eron.Kiiza as advocate / activist fighting for YOUR rights in court . It does not cross your mind that Eron Kiiza is also a member and a supporter of the struggle– a struggle that you are here trying to weaken.
What will you say if you hear Eron Kiiza saying that he has no problems with Kyagulanyi ? Will he still be your hero?
Let me now share : the other day , one very intelligent and well respected political observer / analytic said the following :
“Those of you who under estimate , dislike , despise or ignore this young man called Kyagulanyi better stock a lot of panadol ; he is going to cause you a lot of headaches ”
He went on:
” Personally , I look at Kyagulanyi like I looked at Trump way back in 2014, when he ( Trump) causually said he was going to stand for the presidency. Trump was on a talk-show as a guest. Everybody in the audience laughed because they thought he was joking. Days later , the media dismissed his pronouncement and put it down to a stunt aimed at boosting his ( Trump) show . Everybody ate their words when Trump not only stood , but defeated an impossible opponent called Clinton. Likewise , when a Bobi Wine told some of his getho associates that he was planing to take the ghetto into parliament and beyond , some of those who laughed at his “joke” later joined him , or started taking so seriously they wanted him dead ”
The story repeated itself when Trump declared that he was coming back in 2024. This time , they did not just dismiss or underrate him; they hated him so much they threw everything at him , including attempts to end his life.
We now know what followed…”( end of quote)
YOU Remase and your team better watch and learn. Kyagulanyi is going to cause you lots and lots of headaches. As I said , be carefull ,you may scream his name during your intimate time with your lover ”
He has possessed your mind . My job is to try and cure you .
Stay with me .
Mawa, no one said that Eron Kiiza has a problem with Kyagulanyi. The fact is, Eron Kiiza is an advocate/activist not a politician like Kyagulanyi. Also, Eron Kiiza is not hooked up on taxpayers money like Kyagulanyi.
What is it that you don’t understand, or how do you consider that character assassination?
Mawa, if there’s anyone character assassinating anybody, it’s you.
Once again, could you provide us with the proof and/or evidence of what type of an expensive car the Doc is driving, which was bought for him by the autocratic regime. Mawa, that’s what is called character assassination because, you made up a story to damage the Doc’s image, with clear knowledge that it’s not true.
Kyagulanyi did the same thing to Besigye when he said that, our problem is not M7 but Besigye who challenged M7 4 times and lost, then belammed it on democracy! Isn’t that true?
It’s clear that all Kyagulanyi ever cared about was to replace Besigye as the leading opposition figure, so that he could make money.
That’s why I asked Kyagulanyi, What is his overall intention? Is he in it to make money or work to change Uganda?
Mawa, that’s not character assassination, but a question which relevant and material because, Kyagulanyi promised us that he would show us that democracy works. Mawa, did it work?
What isn’t true here? On the other hand you clearly lied that the Doc is driving an expensive car bought by the regime for him.
The only headaches Kyagulanyi has caused is the fact that ever since he challenged M7, things have worsened and all hope for change has completely despaired.
All Kyagulanyi is now after, is the next bogus elections! Mawa, isn’t that true?
Remase, you come out jumping up and down because your Doc asked a questions , challenged and rubbed in his stuff
The Doc went on and expressed his lamentation over Kyagulanyi`s refusal to appoint Zaake as LoP.
What is tables were turned and the old boy of asked said this :
My chali , you own this and that Phd ; you articulate things well ; you know how The World Bank and Foreign forces have captured the minds of our leaders .; you are an activist etc etc , why don`t you quit Makerere go and represent the people in Mukono or Busoga ? Surely , you are not as money driven like the others in that useless parliament . Surely , you can be as candid and as committed to your intentions as Zaake and Ssegirinya .
You Doc are an activist , why don`t you go to that horrible Military Cage and step on the tables like Eron or scream like Enid and free Dr.Besigye by any means possible ?
I would not be surprised if Dr. Yusuf Sserunkuma Kajura`s response would be:
I don`t have to take my fight to the parliament , on the streets or in army tribunals …. because I have a platform to fight from . That platform is located at my academic adress , on talk shows and through the columns have been writing for the last so and so years. Like all others , I get paid well for my material and other services . Do not go accusing me of doing what I do just for the money. Like all others , I have a life outside of my intellectual or professional work. I don`t feel guilty that I live better life than my father and some of the chaps that were much better than me at schooling – the ones that went to St.Marry`s , or Buddo , or Namiryango .
I write tittle about a lot . I have opinons that may not be shared by those who listen to or read what I say . Sometimes , I get frustrated when what I hoped for turns out not be as I wanted it to be . When that happens , I put my feelings and emotions on record . I get attacked and challenged, but I decide not to engage in arguments that my ( provocative) thinking may generate . I am conversant with the notion that ” the enemy of my enemy is my friend” and that . Hence , I recognize patronizing applauds where I see them . I will go on doing what I feel I have the right and the interest to do.
But the day I start feeling that I have started projecting personal obsessive tendencies , I will take another look at myself
Mawa, correct me if I’m wrong, our [Ugandans] paramount interest as a nation is as follows:
1. To end M7’s militant and autocratic rule of endless rule and bring/have a fundamental change in Uganda.
2. To have a peaceful transition of power [which we have never had in Uganda].
Mawa, based on the above irrefutable facts, do you have any hope that we’ll achieve the aforesaid in a near future? Based on the political landscape and circumstances, in which our state has been captured for 40 years by militants/bandits, who are organizing bogus elections, with a known winner, M7,
beforehand?
Could you clearly point out and show us what difference has Kyagulanyi made ever since he challenged M7 in 2021 elections, which give us hope that we’ll achieve our foresaid paramount interests.
Could you also clearly point out and show us what benefit do get from parliament, and/or one benefit we have gotten in 40 of M7’s militant/bandits autocratic rule, which gives us hope that we’ll achieve our aforesaid paramount interests.
Mawa, apart from attacking the author of the above article, you have not answered the aforesaid questions, which would explain why the author ought not to have asked whether politicians like M7, Among, Kyagulanyi, Mpuuga, Senyonyi, Mao and others are not in it to make money and/or for the love of money. Why do you disagree that there intention isn’t to work to change Uganda, but motivated to make money.
Remase , its my pleasure to correct you .
The first correction is : wrong , I did not attack the author of the above article . I did what he is trained to do , i.e , to engage in a what-if kind of diolog. Don`t you worry about him ; he knows what I mean.
The second correction is not actually a correction but a confirmation . It so true that the one and only aim of the struggle is to change Uganda by removing Dictator Museveni`s family rule
The third correction ( pun) is that I don`t understand what you mean by “..the above irrefutable facts” . Opinions are not facts.
Also , hope is subjective . Some of us hope that a day will come when Museveni is out of the way , and that change will happen in our life time. Some of you hope that if Kyagulanyi goes away , every problem will have been solved .
Then there are others who think that whether or not the opposition decides to stay quiet , ( not participate in bogus elections .haha ? Museveni will ” create his own oposition ” -like Saddam who created his in north Iraq so he could taste his chemical weapons on them.
What else—- Oh, the difference Kyagulanyi has made .
You can only find what you are looking for , the wise tell us . More to that , difference is not an item , meaning that everyone can judge if they see a difference or not. Some will say , that Kyagulanyi made a difference when he insipired gheto products that were left out of leadership and made them never easy to ignore.
People who sing , people who dance , people who smoke weed , never thought they would even ever shake hands with the Fountain of Honour before Bobi Wine come.
Go tell Full Figure or Buchman that they see no difference .
Days ago , you agreed with the man who banned Kyagulanyi from Acoli . What do you think his hope is ? Do you and him share the same hope ? Tell me !
And yes , you are going to find some people who see that there is a difference between how Busoga and Buganda used to vote before Kyagulanyi arrived. I know for a fact that even Museveni himself has seen the real figures from Byabakama . Those are the real figures that come from the north and the east during the last elections . As soon as they were published , they were removed and remain hidden as we speak .He and Byabakama, therefore, know the difference .
PS : I am writing very quickly so there are going to be many errors.
As I end the day , let me make one more correction( pun)
If everybody is only motivated by money , the only one left standing will be Museveni and his family that live on a only humble 2 billion each day .
You are not asking me to agree with you on that , are you ?
Mawa, I’m not taking about errors here, because I made more typo errors than I could count.
The issue here is, for 4 decades, M7 has built a system of politicians who’re only motivated to make money rather than serve the people. A system in which all public servants, govt and public institutions are corrupt to the core. The entire system is rotten to the core!
When Kato Lubwama (RIP) was running for parliament for the first time, he was brutally honest. Kato clearly said, “nange munonde ko ngende ndye ku bintu.” Loosely translated, elect me [kato] as a member of parliament, so that I can also make money.
Therefore, you tell me, who isn’t in [politics] to make money? Kyagulanyi, right?
You’re here insulting the author simply because he’s telling the truth that the overall intention of our politicians who are running for parliament [or any other political elective position] is to make money. The high you go the more money you make. So, as the leading opposition figure, Kyagulanyi make more money than he was making as a musician. Certainly M7 makes way more money than anybody else because, he owns his own business [Uganda]. M7 told us off that he went to the bush and killed his animal, so a mere paper [elections] can’t dislodge him from his business.
Mawa, you’re so coldhearted because you have gone to the extent of questioning the author’s academic credentials! To you, the truth doesn’t matter. It’s your opinion that matters. That’s why you lied that he is driving an expensive car bought for him by M7’s regime. You’re a fugazi like Kyagulanyi and/or M7’s govt! That’s why you viciously attack whoever tell the truth about the bogus elections, because whoever is running for parliament, his/her intention is to make money not to change Uganda.
OMG ! Brother brother brother , you are more sick than I thought .
Yesterday morning , you sent in a rather well constructed comment and calmly asked me if I could correct you , which I did.
Hours later , you go off throwing tantrums like a spoiled toddler, instead of adressing the issues that you had challenged me to ” correct”
Had you read my reponse , there would be need for you to yell .
The author you trying to use as a cover for your problems can read. He does not need YOU to speak for him .
I said it very clearly that in game of throwing dirt , no one is immune from being framed .
The article in which the author was rebuked by some of his academic colleagues was right here in OBSERVER . Those are the ones who questioned his credentials , not me. Personally , I think and have said that Yusuf Sserunkuma Kajura does not need to fake his credentials because he is a well accomplished academic in his own right. Its there . read !
With all that having been said , Yusuf Sserunkuma Kajura is political . Naturally , his professional theories can be motivated or influenced by his political leaning.
Its those learnings that may make him a target by hired nasty agents like you .
What a Remase does to Kyagulanyi under social media cover , others can do to Yusuf Sserunkuma overtly or covertly.
That , basically , was the essence of my hypothetical take.
What if somebody asked the author the same questions he asks others ?
By the way , if I wanted to , I would criticise the author . I would wonder how he can produce and write such a long article , shower praises on the late Ssegirinya without mentioning the circumstances that led to the man`s early death and those who are responsible for that.
As I write , Dr. Besigye is under detention . He is not well . What if he dies in there ?
Are we going to stop at calling him all the wonderful things he has been but not to point an angry middle finger at the devils that are trying to end his life ?
Mawa, what isn’t true which I have said about Kyagulanyi? Name only one. On the other hand, you have lied about the Doc that he drive an expensive car, which car is it? After failing to produce proof of your allegation, then you went after his credentials, with clear knowledge that M7 and his wife Janet M7 own Uganda and in charge of Makerere University. M7 as the chancellor and Janet as the minister of education, thus the issues you reminisced about that he >was rebuked by some of his academic colleagues,” who are these colleagues?
Mawa, insults which’re motivated by hatred, doesn’t amount to the truth.
The only truth you have stated is, “that Kyagulanyi made a difference when he inspired ghetto products that were left out of leadership and made them never easy to ignore.” Indeed, M7 didn’t ignore them. As the owner of Uganda, M7 used our looted money and gave it to the “inspired ghetto products” you’re talking about. So, as a fugazi, Kyagulanyi is inspiring those ghetto products to join politics and contest for leadership positions like J Senyonyi [LoP], so that they can also get their hands on taxpayers money for doing absolutely nothing!
Mawa, I’m not talking about the difference in the pockets of those Kyagulanyi has inspired to join him in making money.
Point out the difference in terms of the struggle. In other wards, what has changed ever since Kyagulanyi won Besigye as the leading opposition figure and NUP as the largest opposition party in parliament.
Yes, Senyonyi is making a lot of money as an MP, and Mpuuga made a little bit more.
Mawa, is that why Kyagulanyi challenged M7 in the bogus elections of 2021 and intends to challenge him in bogus ones of 2026?
Mawa,that’s where this question is derived from, What is Kyagulanyi’s overall intention? Is it to make money or change Uganda?
“what isn`t true that I have said about Kyagulanyi ” you ask , and then provide your answer to your own question:
“Insults that are motivated by hatred, doesn`t amount to the truth
Repeatedly someone fugazi does not make them so no matter how many times you repeat the insult.
Take some panadol bro. The man is going to give you a lot of headache.
But I must warn you ; if you get obsessive and take 9 of those MoFus , that will be your last headache.
We proceed …..
Mawa, Kyagualnyi is fake as they come. You have failed to point out anything he has ever done different from Besigye/ None whatsoever! The only difference is worsening situation!
Wow , at least you do not disagree that Kyagulanyi made a difference when he introduced the left-out into an arena they can never be ignored. Good !
But , I am not sure you are capable of considering this , but I am going to say it anyway .( I am told that this converstation has attracted a lot of attention from Observer readers)They all welcome to hear what I have to say.
Here we go :
The article above is mainly centered on two characters , namely , Hon Zaake and the late Hon Ssegirinya.
The Doc has named the two as his model Mps- the challengers.
Its well known that Ssegirinya come from humble beginnings , tried everything possible to realize his dream , which finally happened when NUP picked him over several other seasoned candidates. Ssegirinya was renting a two room muzigo when he become an MP. Hon . Ssegirinya did not even own a bicycle. On his death , he owned a respectable home plus other properties . Shall we wonder why the author did not cetegorise Ssegirinya as an opportunist who used dramatic trickery to get to where he got, or why the Doc never rubbed it in and told Ssegirinya to better stand under NRM ticket ?
Personall , I don´t; I know that in order to help others to succeed , you must try to be succeful yourself. In order to teach , you must first learn. There is no way I am going to allage that Ssegirinya was all about money.
As for Hon Francis Zaake ,he joined politics when he was already a rich young student , having started doing big business as a property developer in Mityana and elsewhere . It is said that Zaake earns 5 times more money than he is paid as an MP. This wealthy young man was almost beaten to death twice . For what reason then ? How much money can a man be paid to sell his own life ?
According to Author Doc , these two MPs used the platform ( parliamently) as a vehicle of trasformation. (I add that there are others who fall in this category)
But according the messanger named Remase , these two and anybody else who opposes Museveni , the only thing that motivates them is to put hands on donar money.
My dear brother Remase is too over stimulated to take a moment and realize that the Doc is actually telling him this : even when Rucifar misbehaved and got expelled from Heaven , there were more Angels left to do what they were supposed to do. It is those Angels that the author is hoping for. He weighs two tough options 1- shun the elections and leave the door wide open for the dictator to create his own opposition ( headed by Mao, Bwanika and the like )
2- find men and women who are candid and are committed to their intentions – like Zaake and Ssegirinya – participate in the election as an occasion , then use as proccess to the parliament , then use the parliament as platform of transformation.( his words)
Nowhere does the author say that these two options hinder anybody else from playing their part according to their capacity , and their positions in life.
It took 32 years and lots of dead bodies for Museveni to realize his goal and capture Uganda, It sure can`t take one weekend for others to get him out of the way.
The fight that was started by Dr. Besigye and other brave Ugandans will not end until it ends . Along the way , many will fall ; many will get there.
Mawa, this why Kyagualanyi is a fugazi. In our [Uganda] history, we have never had a peaceful transition of power. Obote initiated the first violent transition of power when he used Amin to capture power from Mutesa. Then Amin led a military coup against Obote. Then from Obote to Lule, from Lule to Binayisa, from Binayisa to Muwanga, from Muwanga to Obote, from Obete to Lutwa and from Lutwa to M7. None of all those changes was a peaceful transition of power.
So, on one hand we have the worst dictator and on the other hand we have the worst opposition figure. No doubt that M7 is the worst dictator we have ever had. It’s safe to say that he will remain the worst in history.
So far, Kyagulanyi holds the flag of the worst opposition figures we have ever had.
The reason why I gave that brief background is our paramount interest of bringing change to Uganda. That’s why I asked, what was the intention of Kyagulanyi to challenge M7 in 2021? And what is his intention to challenge M7 in 2026? That is what begs the question, is it to make money or change Uganda? The answer comes from Kyagulanyi’s statements and actions, which ineluctably leads to one conclusion, Kyagualnyi is in it to make money and has succeeded in doing so.
This what Kyagulanyi stated, that our problem is not M7 but Besigye who challenged M7 4 times and lost, then blamed it on lack of democracy. Kyagulanyi promised us that he would show us that there’s democracy and it works.
This is what Kyagulanyi did after the 2021 elections, he claimed that M7 rigged him out, but the rest of other elections of MPs were not rigged! Then Kyagulanyi assured us that “tajja kulayira.” Meaning that M7 won’t be sworn in. He petitioned the court about the rigged elections, then withdrew the matter and assured us that he would make his case to the people. To this date we’re still waiting for Kyagulanyi to make his case. In the mean time, it’s business as usual and Kyagulanyi is busy enjoying taxpayers money, just like M7, and saying, “next!” M7 and Kyagulanyi are very much interested in next bogus elections, because they both know the outcome!
Mawa, in your owns words, all hope for change is lost and all you wish is, “Some of us hope that a day will come when Museveni is out of the way, and that change will happen in our life time.” Hope is a feeling of expectation and a desire for change to happen. However, due to the fact that Kyagulanyi [the leading opposition figure] has invested his desire for change in bogus elections, that’s why you say, “Some of us hope that a day will come when Museveni is out of the way.”
Doc made a point in his article that clearly go hand in hand with your belief that, “Only Yoweri Museveni as president can actually talk about changing the fortunes of Uganda.” That’s because M7 owns Uganda and Kyagulanyi is determined to challenge M7 again, with clear knowledge that he won’t win!
Well, that is what Kyagulanyi promised us that he would show us that there’s democracy and it works because, we go to the bogus polls every 5 years to elect M7!
I will skip all the recital . I will also say that I may know Uganda history better than you . I have lived and seen it.
Let me go straght to “your own words” bit .
It seems you have already forgotten that it was YOU who asked me something a bout “hope ”
Like a father explaining to his 5 year old daughter that there is only one moon and one sun , I gave you various samples of …” hopes”. Read !
In USA , Trump talked of hope and the idea of making America Great Again . Any intelligent person knows that hope is a continuous condition .
What is your hope Remase ? Is it enough to hope that Kyagulanyi does not step in Acoli ?
I have asked you this many times , even though I do not expect you to answer .
Let me now amuse you : I HOPE that you heal and do it in my life time
So far , its one step forward , two steps back .
I am patient and will not let you stay in that condition.
You ain`t heavy , you are my brother .
Mawa, you haven’t told us what type of expensive car the Doc is driving. You’re not so quick to remind us about that car because you’re a fugazi and a liar.
Furthermore, apart from making money as the reason why Kyagulanyi is challenging M7, you haven’t pointed out what difference he has made ever since he challenged M7 2021! Or why he is eager to challenge M7 again in the next 2026 bogus elections.
So, from today, I won’t respond to you in any way, shape or form. You can continue to change your name from wooden K to Kent Mawa, however, you’re still a fugazi and a liar who is motivated by hatred.
No surprise that you are running away. You are not the first to do that .
Before you go , take this with you :
1- I am not going to talk about cars . The bigger picture is that anybody who writes the things the Doc writes is going to be accused of something by the people or groups of people his articles are aimed at . If he/ she owns something, be it a car , a house or even if he/ she gets married in a big wedding they are going to do what you do here , namely ; instead of saying what you hope for , or what you think will happen in case you make Kyagulanyi go away , you always respond by repeating the same nonsense , accusing him of this and that . Its called ” whataboutism syndrome”
2-Read while you are away . You asked me to name the differences . I gave you a full buffet. Enjoy !
3-It does not bother me what you imagine I am . If I behaved like you , I would also say you are Akot , Juwait Kari , Kabakayekka or anybody else who may offer negative comment agaist the opposition or Kyagulanyi in particular . Frankly , I will miss you : why ? because it is not everyday you meet and interact with someone so …. er … special ( ?) a grown up man who thinks like a child. Sometimes some of your thinking makes me laugh so much I feel I like I am in a comedy theatre.
4- How many times have adressed you as my brother ? There is not a single drop of hatred in my blood. As I informed you , there are hundreds of readers that have been following this conversation . Some of them are regular commentators that, for some reason , have stayed away from this. They shall judge us by what we say. Its up to them to decide which one of is a hater and which one of us is trying to warn the other against the dangers of obsessive behavior .
Finally , I am not holding my breath that you will not respond in any shape of form. I very much doubt that you can become stable so quickly. If is happens , the credit is all yours to claim.
Just one more for the road :
There was a mother with 3 kids . Two were her step kids , one was her biological child.
This mother openly favoured her biological child over the other two. She showered her favourate child with expensive toys , served her with spicy candies while the other kids were left with nothing to play with or sweets to lick.
One day , the Mother boiled two eggs . When they were ready and pealed she gave one egg to one step child and another egg to the other step child.
Suprised that the favourate child got no egg , the two step kids asked the mother : what about him .. you have him nothing…. ?
” Oh , that one , sorry I had forgotten about him ” lied the wicked mother.
She then went on:
” can each one of you who got an egg please be nice and give half of your egg to the one I had forgotten to give” ?
The two kids obligued . They went away thinking that they were wrong to think that the mother was not such a bad one afterall .
I put it to you Remase that you are that mother right here.
Go figure it out if you may.
God Bless !
Fellow Ugandans, as a country, we’re in a quagmire and all hope for change has completely despaired. Hope is “a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen.” Even if hope for change were to happen after our life time, a mere hope that change will come is enough motivation to unite us to fight for change. However, lack of opposition [leadership] and greed as a moral compass which guides our politicians are the root cause of our division, and well designed strategy by M7 thwart all efforts for change.
Each and every current politician’s overall intention is to make money rather than work to change Uganda.
When you read the above article together with one under it, by tayaad muzzukulu, Olivia Nalubwama, then also read another one in the Monitor written by a former Observer writer, Moses Khisa, you’ll notice that, without any collaboration between them, they all came to one conclusion, no hope for change in sight!
Tayaad Muzzulu narrates a story of Stephen Mugisa, an 18-year-old man, who was tortured and killed while in police custody. This is the norm in Uganda for 4 decades of M7’s rule, with no accountability and/or end in sight! Tayaad appeals to us, “Dear reader, in a poor country like Uganda that is yet to experience a peaceful political transition, we need all the activism we can mobilize and organise.” Tayaad concludes by praying for “A Uganda that functions for every Ugandan – nobodies and somebodies. A Uganda that will fight for the late Stephen Mugisa and many others like him.” I may add, a Uganda that fight for the late Yasin Kawuma, Jakana Naduli and others who were killed in November 2020. A Uganda in which Kyagulanyi would want the same thing for Olivia Lutaya and others who were detained for 4 years and tries in a militant court, yet Kyagulanyi made sure that Eddy Mutwe and Nubian Lee were released!
In his conclusion of the series on political order with reflection on what lies ahead for Uganda, Khisa writes that, “quite obviously, it is difficult to predict the future accurately in a world [Uganda] of contingency and fluidity.” He underscores that, “The foundation of our politics are perilous.” Then emphasize that, “To underwrite a stable and durable political order for the future will require a great deal of work and a gradual process of deliberate building, something highly unlikely with the current set of political and economic actors.”
Khisa, just like Tayaad, also alluded to, “We have to remember that we remain stuck with unresolved question of a power transition and peaceful change of president/govt, something that has eluded Uganda in all the 62 years of independence.”
Therefore, Kyagulanyi, who is currently the leading opposition figure, must go. Kyagulanyi is a complete crown/fugazi who is motivated by making money [greed]!
Please forgive the typo errors. I meant to say that, even if we have hope that change will come after our life time, a mere hope that change will come is enough motivation to unite us to fight for change. Also, I meant to say that, A Uganda in which Kyagulanyi would want the same thing for Olivia Lutaya and others who were detained for 4 years and tried in a militant court, yet Kyagulanyi made sure that Eddy Mutwe and Nubian Lee were released! Just to mention a few.
I am not the one to say : I knew it.
Just a few hours after saying the brother won`t reply to me in any shap or form , he just did exactly what his diseases brain told his fingers not to do.
How ?
By repeating the same crap , quoting things that everyone can read by themselves -like a disjointed closing argument from a defeated defence advocate. Remase does not see this as a response of some shape or form , even though he labours to repeat the same statements , phrases and names that I have been helping him to get out of his head for a bit.
Olivia Lutaaya , Nubia Lee , Olivia Lutaaya . Kyagulanyi must be named again and again . Eddy Mutwe should be proud that he is that important.
After that , replace Doc with Muzzukulu Nalubwama , Kisha , and borrow their thinking . While at it , quote and quote again what Taayad Muzzukulu wrote as though nobody else has seen it .
Once again , I am not going to say I knew it , but WoW !!!