{UAH} Even with rigging, Museveni would not defeat Mbabazi

Even with rigging, Museveni would not defeat Mbabazi

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SATURDAY, 19 APRIL 2014 23:50

WRITTEN BY LUZINDANA ADAM BUYINZA

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NRM youth leaders have been at the centre of a power struggle that became public at Kyankwanzi in February, pitting party Chairman Yoweri Museveni and Secretary General Amama Mbabazi.

Luzindana Adam Buyinza is one of the youths who were recently arrested for his pro-Mbabazi political activities. In the article below he shows it will take something more drastic to deter him:

H.E Y.K. Museveni once said that he is a war general, not a classroom general. Now let us go into presidential elections come 2016 and we shall see who is a real general. With or without free and fair elections, President Museveni cannot defeat Rt Hon Amama Mbabazi. Even with massive rigging, Museveni will never score 20% with Mbabazi in the race. I bet.

Ugandans know this fact and they are quiet due to fear of the police.Very few people can now express themselves on the political situation in the country, but they know what to do. For as long as President Museveni falls out with Mbabazi, the prime minister will have nothing to lose politically but a lot to gain both locally and internationally.

But the President will miserably lose as the majority of Ugandans will doubt him for falling out with all his bush war heroes and comrades - the list is known and the question will be, why? What has Mbabazi done?

Because Ugandans need a change of leadership at the top, they will unite with no fear to vote for Mbabazi. That is why today, if you address people as Mbabazi's mobilisers, they will pay a lot of attention and they will welcome you with applause. But just say you work in State House or you are mobilising for Museveniand you will see the negative reaction from the people; why?

It is because the president has overstayed in power. It is important to note that the president has done a lot for Uganda but even good dancers leave the dancing floor. The young people of Uganda need a peaceful change from Museveni to Mbabazi come 2016 so that in 2021 we get a new president who was not part of the 1980s NRM bush war.

This is the way to go. We must ensure that President Museveni retires peacefully in 2016 and we shall continue to engage and consult him on national, regionaland global affairs.

The president believed so much in a peaceful approach to issues but Gen Kale Kayihura has resorted to use of force, bribery and divisionism amongst the NRM Youth League leaders; we shall never accept this as the elected youth leaders of NRM. Whatever the IGP has been doing since we had our press conference at MakerereUniversity in February has instead worsened the situation.

Different groups have emerged and more are likely to come up; how much will he spend to bribe them? How many will he arrest and imprison? On which grounds?

The actions of Gen Kayihura have indeed tainted the image of the president with red blood. This has never happened in NRM recent history for the Youth League to come out against the president/our chairman. If it was not because of my president and chairman Y.K. Museveni, the youth were ready to stage peaceful resistance and demonstrations against the NRM regime but we do not want to antagonise the president now.

I therefore want to inform Gen Kayihura that this country belongs to all Ugandans and they know what they want for themselves today and tomorrow. They may keep quiet but that doesn't mean they are stupid or they support whatever he is doing. The IGP may succeed in intimidating them against expressing themselves, but he will never change their will and commitment to a fundamental change for the sustainable development of Uganda.

Gen Kayihura must resign as soon as possible if he really wishes good for the president. How can a whole IGP be recorded, or if it's true thetapes were stolen; how is this possible - to steal from the police!

There is need for an investigation into the conduct of the IGP. He made political statements while meeting some NRM youth leaders, talking a lot about NRM, Museveni and Mbabazi; did he speak as IGP or as a member of NRM or a political mobiliser?

The youth have been used by the government. Many youth programmes have been launched but with no benefits. The Youth Fund worth Shs 45bn was launched by the president in 2012 but we do not know any youths who benefited from it.

The actions of the IGP are worsening the situation. So, the youths will continue to covertly mobilise against the president for as long as Gen Kayihura continues to undermine our Secretary General Mbabazi and the elected NRM Youth League leaders.

The youth are more determined to cause change than before. The use of money to divert them will never work; they will 'eat' the money but they will not give up on their cause.

The author is NRM Youth League leader for Kampala region. 0774992426.

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