{UAH} WOULD MUSEVENI HAVE LET PROF. LULE (NRM CHAIRMAN) TO BECOME PRESIDENT ?
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WOULD MUSEVENI HAVE LET PROF. LULE (NRM CHAIRMAN) TO BECOME PRESIDENT?
Prof. Yusuf Lule was elected as the Chairman of the UNLF - an umbrella organisation that was formed at Moshi in Tanzania by Uganda exiles. Upon the successful expulsion of Iddi Amin from power, Prof. Lule was sworn in as the new President of Uganda.Six months later, Prof. Lule was removed from the presidency amid constitutional squabbles. Together with his entire top government hierarchy they had been summoned to Tanzania by Julius Nyerere to sort out those squabbles. At the time Tanzania troops were occupying Uganda following the overthrow of Iddi Amin. At the end of the meeting Prof Lule the President and a few of his cabinet ministers were not stopped by their host from returning to Uganda. The rest of the delegation was instructed to return to Uganda and convene to select a new President. Prof. Lule remained held in Tanzania before he was later allowed to leave and go to exile.
In Kampala, the governing council (NCC) convened and selected Godfrey Binaisa as the newPresident of Uganda. The move was followed by popular demonstrations in Kampala dubbed "Twagala Lule" (we want Lule). The then Minister of Defence Yoweri Museveni unleashed his army against the peaceful demonstrators leaving several dead, scores injured and many arrested. During the 1980 General Elections Prof. Lule then exiled in London attempted to come back and contest for the DP presidency. He was banned from coming back to Uganda by the powerful Military Commission that was running the government at the time. The Military Commission whose Vice Chairman was Yoweri Museveni even threatened to slam charges of subversion if Prof. Lule ever attempted to step foot in Uganda.
By the time elections were held in Dec. 1980 Prof. Lule had organised an armed group to fight the government. The group had external base in Nairobi that was comprised of prominent Baganda in exile and with backing from Libya. Its during the same time that Museveni opportunistically launched hisguerrilla war in Uganda. He knew very well the strength of the Baganda led uprising. He was in particular mindful of of the fact that that the pro-Buganda political party (DP) that had ground for crying foul over alleged rigged elections. Thus, he feared that a big section of Ugandans could throw their weight behind the Prof. Lule led rebellion. He therefore moved very fast to lure the Prof. Lule group into joining hands with his own to give birth to the NRM/NRA.
The merger saw Prof. Lule become the Chairman of the NRM and Museveni became the Vice Chairman. Museveni also became the Chairman of the most influential Military High Command of the NRA. Prof. Lules chairmanship helped alot in winning the much needed local Baganda support and at the international level, the equally needed diplomatic recognition. With Prof. Lule at the top, the Baganda who were the vanguards of the Museveni war, sacrificed a lot without suspecting that Museveni was simply riding on their backs.
A few months before the fall of Kampala into the hands of the NRA, Museveni realised that victory was at hand but moreso he had secured enough of the needed support of the third force, Prince Mutebi, the NRM Chairman Prof. Lule died in London leaving Museveni to become the Chairman. Shortly after the NRA took over government and Museveni became President since he was now the Chairman of NRM. Its now 28 years since he took over and he is running a life presidency project. He hates discussing or mere mentioning any role played by Prof. Lule.
DID PROF. LULE DIE SO THAT MUSEVENI BECOMES PRESIDENT OR MUSEVENI BECAME PRESIDENT BECAUSE PROF. LULE HAD DIED????
Information is power.
In Kampala, the governing council (NCC) convened and selected Godfrey Binaisa as the newPresident of Uganda. The move was followed by popular demonstrations in Kampala dubbed "Twagala Lule" (we want Lule). The then Minister of Defence Yoweri Museveni unleashed his army against the peaceful demonstrators leaving several dead, scores injured and many arrested. During the 1980 General Elections Prof. Lule then exiled in London attempted to come back and contest for the DP presidency. He was banned from coming back to Uganda by the powerful Military Commission that was running the government at the time. The Military Commission whose Vice Chairman was Yoweri Museveni even threatened to slam charges of subversion if Prof. Lule ever attempted to step foot in Uganda.
By the time elections were held in Dec. 1980 Prof. Lule had organised an armed group to fight the government. The group had external base in Nairobi that was comprised of prominent Baganda in exile and with backing from Libya. Its during the same time that Museveni opportunistically launched hisguerrilla war in Uganda. He knew very well the strength of the Baganda led uprising. He was in particular mindful of of the fact that that the pro-Buganda political party (DP) that had ground for crying foul over alleged rigged elections. Thus, he feared that a big section of Ugandans could throw their weight behind the Prof. Lule led rebellion. He therefore moved very fast to lure the Prof. Lule group into joining hands with his own to give birth to the NRM/NRA.
The merger saw Prof. Lule become the Chairman of the NRM and Museveni became the Vice Chairman. Museveni also became the Chairman of the most influential Military High Command of the NRA. Prof. Lules chairmanship helped alot in winning the much needed local Baganda support and at the international level, the equally needed diplomatic recognition. With Prof. Lule at the top, the Baganda who were the vanguards of the Museveni war, sacrificed a lot without suspecting that Museveni was simply riding on their backs.
A few months before the fall of Kampala into the hands of the NRA, Museveni realised that victory was at hand but moreso he had secured enough of the needed support of the third force, Prince Mutebi, the NRM Chairman Prof. Lule died in London leaving Museveni to become the Chairman. Shortly after the NRA took over government and Museveni became President since he was now the Chairman of NRM. Its now 28 years since he took over and he is running a life presidency project. He hates discussing or mere mentioning any role played by Prof. Lule.
DID PROF. LULE DIE SO THAT MUSEVENI BECOMES PRESIDENT OR MUSEVENI BECAME PRESIDENT BECAUSE PROF. LULE HAD DIED????
Information is power.
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