{UAH} INDEPENDENCE FETE - WHY UPC WAS ALLOWED AND FDC STOPPED

Last Sunday Uganda marked 54 years of independence from Great Britain.   The 54 years since 1962 includes the period the nation lost its sovereignty Tanzania following the ouster of Iddi Amin in 1979 - a development that prompted the OAU to shut Uganda out of the OAU summit in Monirovia.  Then came that period when Uganda to a large extent was run by the Rwandese refugees (not immigrants) but pure refugees it had hosted in line with the UN Convention of 1951.  The likes of Fred Rwigyema who became Minister of Defence, Paul Kagame who was the defacto Military Intelligence chief and many other but all registered refugees under UNHCR's international protection.

The 30 years of Museveni's destruction of Uganda as a nation state has driven Ugandans into loosing interest in the entire concept of independence.  There is growing debate over whether the country would have done better if it had remined in the hands of colonialists.  Tanzania under President Magufuli has taken bold steps in cancelling independence day celebrations.  In Uganda, Museveni has instead turned the occasion into his regime party celebrations.  The main opposition party, FDC intended to mark the day with parallel activities aimed at enlighting the masses how their country was mismanaged by self seeking post colonial leaders. The regime police instead deployed heavily and stopped that freedom of assembly by arresting and detaining top FDC leaders.  This was because the regime strongly believes that it harbours sinister motives of generating mass protests aimed at overthrowing the regime.  It therefore believes that any such gatherings could spark off massive protests that may be difficult to contain.  That is why if the FDC has organised such an occasion in the remote regions of Karamoja or West Nile and not the capital Kampala, the regime would have let them to take place.

In the same regard, the regime allowed the UPC to carry out a parallel function in the remote northern Uganda town of Lira because it believes that the UPC is dead and poses no threat to the status quo.  On the other hand, the regime which is currently in bed with the UPC has a scheme of using Lango region as a buffer zone against the Acholis.  It was also a way of tormenting the pro-dominantly DP Baganda who suffered the brunt of UPC during Museveni's Bush War.  To compound the torment, Museveni was seen shaking hands with the once notorious UPC's Night Kulabako before he handed them 100 million shillings donation amidst protests from his gullible ree regime cadres.

INFORMATION IS POWER AND DEFIANCE IS THE QAY TO GO

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