{UAH} WHEN DID GEN. BIRARO ALSO BECOME A KIPINGA?

WHEN DID GEN. BIRARO ALSO BECOME A KIPINGA?

Kipinga is a term that was coined by the Museveni military regime right from the bush days to refer anyone who was opposed to the war and in particular to the ideology of the Chairman of the High Command, Museveni.  The term Kipinga is the short form of the term Kipingamizi or Bipingamizi (plural.  There has always been external and internal Bipingamizis thus members of the then ruling UPC or the current members of the opposition and the internal dissenters within the NRA/Museveni regime respectively. The punishment for either category during the bush war was death by the infamous Kafuuni (smashing of the victims' head) and ever since he took over power, such perpetrators have been 'sent six feet deep'. Save for the likes of the late Sam Magara and Ssejusa, members of the Bahima ethnic group were the least expected to be Bipingas during the bush war.  Even in government, for the last 30 years Museveni has treated the Bahima as the most loyal to his regime thus the reason his 10,000+ strong elite presidential guard unit is dominated by his members of his ethnic group under the command of his own son.  Among the Bahima ethnic community, Museveni has portrayed himself as their God and anyone opposed to him is viewed as Satan. It is worse if such a Kipingamizi is a member of the Bahiima ethnic group as is the case with the likes of Dr. Besigye's wife, Winnie Byanyima and Gen. Ssejusa who are viewed as outcasts for standing up against Mzee - as he is popularly called.

It is against this background that when Gen. Biraro was easily retired from the army and he declared his intentions to run for the presidency many Ugandans viewed him as a Museveni protégé and his election peg boy in the February 2016 polls.  However, during the recently concluded round one of the live presidential debate, Gen. Biraro outshined his critics by proving beyond doubt that he genuinely has fundamental disagreements with dictator Museveni's style of governance.  He articulately brought out his disagreements with Museveni thus:

1.  He compared Museveni with a leader who led the Israel out of Egypt and after crossing the Red Sea, he lost direction and led the Israelis back to Egypt.  He went ahead to state that the so called revolution lost direction.  "This regime has not served the people well.  I wouldn't be here. A lot has gone wrong; misuse of security forces; I have seen it all.  What took us to the bush has not been fulfilled.  More bushmen (those who fought in the bush war) will come on board."

 2.  He clearly stated that after coming to power in 1986, for the last 30 years has been holed in State House and does not know what affects the ordinary civilians in the countryside.

3.  He clearly stated that sending army officers to the agricultural NAADs project was a disaster.  He added that the move was prompted by the backlog of unemployed army officers in the ministry of Defence whom Museveni does not wish to retire.  He wondered if the army will invite the farmers to its rescue in case it faces a crisis!!!

4.  He attacked Museveni's polarisation of the country through creation of more districts which he described as mere political units rather than economically viable units.

5.  He emphatically stated that the army should not be in parliament.

6. He revealed that he designed a scheme to tackle poverty in the country and Museveni frustrated it by locking the concept paper away in the drawer until he had to retire from army.

Following this debate and the above disclosures, Gen. Biraro has been rated as a brilliant fellow.  However, for the Museveni protégés and sycophants, Gen. Biraro talked 'nonsense and is a Kipinga.  For Museveni, Gen. Biraro pocked his finger into the an..... of a leopard and he will have to pay dearly.  Ugandans now understand why Museveni fears to retire army officers. Its remains mysterious if Get. Biraro would have stated those facts had Museveni been present at the debating podium.  On the other hand, its such realities that scared Museveni into dodging the debate.

 Bravo, Gen. Biraro for defiantly stating facts.

INFORMATION IS POWER

Posted by Uganda - A Change of Guards

Viele GruBe

Robukui

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