{UAH} THE ELECTIONS CERTIFIED MUSEVENI'S IMPUNITY
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THE ELECTIONS CERTIFIED MUSEVENI'S IMPUNITY
Uganda's military dictator, Gen. Museveni has been declared the winner of the presidential election in an exercise that has been described both the local and foreign observer groups as irregular and grossly unfair. Foreign governments, international bbodies, and the
international community in general have cone out to condemn the entire exercise. Within Uganda, civil society, human rights, and religious groups have had the courage to criticise the irregularities that took place during the electoral process. For Museveni, its not his being announced winner that he has to celebrate because it was expected since he is the only one with the vision to lead the country. That is why ever since he was announced the winner, there has been no jubilations by the regime supporters. Instead, he has been silently jubilating over his success in carrying out his repression in front of the cameras with impunity.
As had been the case with his coming to power, forr the last 30 years, Museveni has been systematically working on institutionalising violence as a means of retaining power. He had been militarising every aspect of life thus building a personal army, police, militias, militant regime cadres, and dreadful intelligence services. He has destroyed all institutions of government thus fused the state with the regime into one entity called Museveni. There is nothing like a ruling party but himself thus he does not recognise the existence of opposition political parties. Through those personalised coersive arms of his regime he aimed at intimidating, coersing and subduing Ugandans into submission to his dictatorship. For over two decades, his gross violation of human rights, autocracy, military dictatorship, destabilisation of neighboring countries, etc have been highlighted but nothing has deterred him. Instead, he has intensified his evil designst that have culminated into what the world is witnessing out of the just concluded sham elector process.
Museveni has repeatedly made it clear that no amount of criticism and condemnation of his actions can deter his designs and schemes. His popular proverb; "Kahendekye teita mbogo". (merely wishing a Buffalo to break its leg, dies not guarantee its death.) is becoming relevant every hour, day, month and year that passes. The just concluded electoral process passed a unique challenge to his evil designs. For over two decades he has been struggling without success to destroy an form of political opposition; thanks to the education system whose destruction he commenced a bit late. This time around the opposition successfully mobilised pro change Uganda's to discern their fear and voter apathy and overwhelming cone out to demand for change. Because of the overwhelming level of enthusiasm and readiness not only to turn up and vote for the opposition but to guard their vote, he realised that he had been cornered with no option but to unleash terror on Ugandans. He made it clear that even if he list the elections he would not hand over power, he threatened to arrest opposition leaders and he did arrest them, he vowed to shoot dead anybody who dared to openly protest the election results
and he has done so. He had been worried about if Ugandans would come out in big numbers on the streets to protest the rigged election and that is why he unleashed all forms of intimidation by his security machinery on every inch of Uganda. Save for a few areas, pro change Ugandans have not come out to public protest on the streets in what USA presidential contender, Donald Trumph described thus: "Ugandans are cowards. They scampered like sheep instead of beating up the Police......".
Ugandans are terrified and living in uncertainity. The international community is equally concerned about the destiny of the country in view of the ongoing political impasse. For Museveni, all that state of uncertainty is where nonsense; he has managed to break the spirits of Ugandans to such an extent that they now view him as the Alpha and Omega of Uganda. Members of his security forces are also viewed as demigods who can do any harm as they wish while they enjoy the regime's political backing. That is how the Police Commander who commanded the last brutal terrorism on pro change activists in the center of the city had been and is still is on Warrant of Arrest for murder by courts of law but who can execute that warrant!!!! He has managed to frog match diplomats from Western Embassies accredited to Kampala who had gone to meet the leading opposition leader, Dr. Kiiza Besigye who is under house arrest. Therefore, his conduct during the election and the ongoing wanton brutality against the opposition has earned him approval of his excesses and Ugandans and the world should expect the worst of his authoritarianism. If he manages to get away with it, it is that fear and the state of hopelessness in Ugandans that will reign and unfortunately it will be mistaken for political stability.
INFORMATION IS POWER
international community in general have cone out to condemn the entire exercise. Within Uganda, civil society, human rights, and religious groups have had the courage to criticise the irregularities that took place during the electoral process. For Museveni, its not his being announced winner that he has to celebrate because it was expected since he is the only one with the vision to lead the country. That is why ever since he was announced the winner, there has been no jubilations by the regime supporters. Instead, he has been silently jubilating over his success in carrying out his repression in front of the cameras with impunity.
As had been the case with his coming to power, forr the last 30 years, Museveni has been systematically working on institutionalising violence as a means of retaining power. He had been militarising every aspect of life thus building a personal army, police, militias, militant regime cadres, and dreadful intelligence services. He has destroyed all institutions of government thus fused the state with the regime into one entity called Museveni. There is nothing like a ruling party but himself thus he does not recognise the existence of opposition political parties. Through those personalised coersive arms of his regime he aimed at intimidating, coersing and subduing Ugandans into submission to his dictatorship. For over two decades, his gross violation of human rights, autocracy, military dictatorship, destabilisation of neighboring countries, etc have been highlighted but nothing has deterred him. Instead, he has intensified his evil designst that have culminated into what the world is witnessing out of the just concluded sham elector process.
Museveni has repeatedly made it clear that no amount of criticism and condemnation of his actions can deter his designs and schemes. His popular proverb; "Kahendekye teita mbogo". (merely wishing a Buffalo to break its leg, dies not guarantee its death.) is becoming relevant every hour, day, month and year that passes. The just concluded electoral process passed a unique challenge to his evil designs. For over two decades he has been struggling without success to destroy an form of political opposition; thanks to the education system whose destruction he commenced a bit late. This time around the opposition successfully mobilised pro change Uganda's to discern their fear and voter apathy and overwhelming cone out to demand for change. Because of the overwhelming level of enthusiasm and readiness not only to turn up and vote for the opposition but to guard their vote, he realised that he had been cornered with no option but to unleash terror on Ugandans. He made it clear that even if he list the elections he would not hand over power, he threatened to arrest opposition leaders and he did arrest them, he vowed to shoot dead anybody who dared to openly protest the election results
and he has done so. He had been worried about if Ugandans would come out in big numbers on the streets to protest the rigged election and that is why he unleashed all forms of intimidation by his security machinery on every inch of Uganda. Save for a few areas, pro change Ugandans have not come out to public protest on the streets in what USA presidential contender, Donald Trumph described thus: "Ugandans are cowards. They scampered like sheep instead of beating up the Police......".
Ugandans are terrified and living in uncertainity. The international community is equally concerned about the destiny of the country in view of the ongoing political impasse. For Museveni, all that state of uncertainty is where nonsense; he has managed to break the spirits of Ugandans to such an extent that they now view him as the Alpha and Omega of Uganda. Members of his security forces are also viewed as demigods who can do any harm as they wish while they enjoy the regime's political backing. That is how the Police Commander who commanded the last brutal terrorism on pro change activists in the center of the city had been and is still is on Warrant of Arrest for murder by courts of law but who can execute that warrant!!!! He has managed to frog match diplomats from Western Embassies accredited to Kampala who had gone to meet the leading opposition leader, Dr. Kiiza Besigye who is under house arrest. Therefore, his conduct during the election and the ongoing wanton brutality against the opposition has earned him approval of his excesses and Ugandans and the world should expect the worst of his authoritarianism. If he manages to get away with it, it is that fear and the state of hopelessness in Ugandans that will reign and unfortunately it will be mistaken for political stability.
INFORMATION IS POWER
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