{UAH} Sycophancy discouraged me from joining NRM - Birigwa - People & Power

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Sycophancy discouraged me from joining NRM - Birigwa - People & Power

What I'm looking for is to see the progression of my country; I want to see that rather than going back to the bush as people may think, I would like to see a clear transition.

Otherwise, if you look at what has happened to our country in the past 30 years, there are very many people who are capable of doing the good things that have been done, or even better.
We are thankful, yes, but it does not mean it's only one person who can perform better. To me as a person who lived in exile, that hurts me, we know what war is like and we don't want to go back to that situation.

Why FDC when you have worked with the NRM before?
I know NRM and its players very well, but I was very disappointed when I saw how the sycophancy of some of the members of NRM ring-fenced Museveni, and for me I was like all these people who have been around should have been given a chance.

These people saying Museveni is the only person, to me is childish. This is what I call diaper mentality.

How can a party that has been around for many years, and it claims to have been founded on the principles of transparency and equality, come in and say other people cannot do this it's only one person?

And then, in the process beat up the people who are trying to make a stand against this. Have we really learnt anything from the past history of this country? So to me, I can't understand what went wrong with Museveni to allow people do this, it should have been him to first say I cannot accept this to happen.

Going back to FDC, I followed FDC because I have very close friends within the party. A lot of them had asked me years ago when the party was being formed to join.

During the time I was serving as an ambassador, I could not be partisan or be involved in any party.

After the service, I decided to join this party because it's the party that can take this country forward, the dedication it has towards not being selfish, I said I want to be part of you.

That's why I went through the due process, starting from the village up to the national delegates' conference and here I am as the national chairperson of the party.

As FDC national chairperson, what do have to do to see that FDC gets into power?
First and foremost, the party's current leadership has done a very commendable job as far as setting up the grassroots structure is concerned.
This I saw with my eyes because I went through it to become the national chairman.

It's only in FDC that any person can come from anywhere and become the party's chairman. Just imagine if I had entered the NRM, I would have been told there is a queue.

So there is democracy in FDC, everybody is free to say what they want and remain members of the party. There are people who own NRM and there are people who are supposed to be just members.
In FDC, nobody owns the party, so ideas can flow that are fundamental in driving this country forward.

As the national chairperson, do you nurse ideas of one day being the party's flag bearer?
I'm not so young and there are those vying for the position right now. I also happen to be a member of The Democratic Alliance where I happen to be chairman of the finance and fundraising committee.

Right now my goal is to see that whoever goes through as our alliance flag bearer wins.
As for the future, God willing I will be part of the future and if the opportunity does arise and the conditions are right and also I feel like I have the time to contribute towards pushing our country forward, I will definitely stand.

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