{UAH} Tumwebaze(FT) attempt to counteract Mbabazi's BBC interview was sadly a flop:

Friends,
Mr.Frank Tumwebaze(FT) attempt to counteract Mbabazi's BBC interview was sadly a flop:ebibye tebyanyumye nakatono. Ayogela netumbiizi lingi.Hon.Tumwebaze has recently revealed himself as something akin to a lost dog, without the charm and class.Intolerance, arrogance, anger, hatred,and falsehoods dominate most of what he says in incredible levels.Have we complicated our lives so much that we attack anybody that shows interest in the presidency of Uganda, other than obviously President Museveni. Should that be the main way we could utilize a voice as big as the BBC in this critical moment where 1 pound equals to Uganda shs.5200? For the record, I wouldn't like anybody to advise me in the same way Gen.Sejusa was advised(not arrested- according to FT) yesterday.All anyone should ever ask themselves when hearing something from him or reading his opinions in newspapers: should I take this with a grain of salt until I can prove it to my satisfaction? My opinion is, if many Ugandans respect him, Uganda indeed travels down the wrong road.

By the way, what's Fox Odoi up to? I don't see him in the mix anymore? Could someone kindly share with us the Anti terrorism Act that was passed yesterday, please. Asante!

Below his full interview:

His take on the latest Mbabazi claims that Uganda requires new leadership.

Is Amama Mbabazi from heaven? Is he new? He's been part and parcel of the government architecture. He was a Prime Minister, he was the ruling party Secretary General, he served in various ministerial capacities and he had reasonable amount of influence to push policy, to reform it. The question is what is new that he has to offer now?

He said and you heard him that he can't be blamed for the failures of the last 30 years that President Museveni has been in leadership.

Nobody is blaming him. It is him trying to insinuate that there are challenges he needs to fix now. For us we know the achievements that Uganda has registered. He actually also acknowledges them.

But he says that it is time now for the president to step aside, and that the NRM needs new leadership and he feels he is that person, do you agree with him?

 

I don't agree. You see, for him to express himself to be a leader is ok. But the decision will be upon the NRM members to choose their best pick; because like I told you, he's not new, he's been here. Assessing his record is not a problem to us. We shall easily discern him, whether he can be the new Messiah as he want to claim, or whether really, he is for the consolidation he's talking about.

We have much more consolidated our peace, our economic gains, unity; we are now setting to achieve a middle income status. Perhaps what we should hear from Hon Amama or any other aspirant is new ideas that will enable us move quickly…

I know that part of the party would want Mr Museveni to stand again. Do you think that all those people should be swept aside and somebody completely new should be chosen from within the NRM? Or is it time for another party altogether?

That's the assertion he wants to create. It's not my idea. He is trying to say the system is tired…

But don't you agree? There's lots of Ugandans that agree that the system is tired

Ugandans know how to express themselves Audrey Brown. They go to the polls and choose a leader of their choice. If that's the assertion he wants to sell, then he must face the questions I have asked you. Do you want to tell us that the entire government system means only one person the president and others have no role to play? I heard him say for example, that he had no authority. If you had no authority why didn't you resign? We have seen resignations world over; if you feel you are not making any impact or contributions in a government you are serving, why not resign? We know that he was actually sacked.

Will President Museveni be running again?

It is the party to decide whether he has interest or not. He will follow he party rules to the dot, but no question, the supporters of NRM want President Museveni to run.

And it seems that there might be other members within the NRM who might want other people, for instance Mr Mbabazi and also Gen Sejusa; can you tell us a little bit about why he was arrested, [on Friday].

He was not arrested; he was just advised to stop causing commotion. You live in London. Everybody doesn't go to Oxford Street to cause what we locally call here kavuyo [confusion]. Central business districts should be allowed to trade without any disruption. If you are a public figure and you go to a high street, they told you he was on Kampala's high street; you simply want to cause excitement the police will really do its work.

But apparently he went to the bank and people saw him and started following him, it's not like he incited them to do anything.

Whatever the case, it depend s on his behavior, he can defend himself. Audrey Brown, he was not executed on site, he wasn't shot. He was taken by the police and cautioned.

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