{UAH} WHY DR. BESIGYE WILL SCORE BY NOT CONTESTING FOR THE PRESIDENCY UNDER MUSEVENI'S 'SCIENTIFIC ELECTIONS'

CHANGE OF GUARDS - The four time Presidential contender, Col. (Rtd) Dr. Kiiza Besigye has made a mark in Uganda's liberation struggle against Musevenism. As long as Musevenism is still at the helm of Uganda's politics and Dr. Besigye is still alive, the latter will remain the icon of the struggle to free the country from the military dictatorship. He relinquished the leadership of the FDC, the political party that he founded, but his genuine political influence continues to reign on not only the party but the majority of Ugandans that are craving for change. Interestingly, even the direction of  Museveni's regime political agenda is determined by the need  to contain Dr. Besigye's political influence. The magic is simple, Besigye's personal sacrifice, courage, consistency and resilience has unequivocally convinced Ugandans that he is genuinely struggling for genuine change rather than merely seeking to access power.

Likewise, the Museveni regime  considers Besigye as the only force so far that has and can give them a run for their money. Besigye has repeatedly made no secret that his continued participation in elections organised by Museveni is because to some extent it affords him the only opportunity to directly reach out to the population. No doubt those who advocate for a joint opposition candidacy against Museveni and for Dr. Besigye to "give way for another person to become the face of opposition" are being driven by the reality that as long as Dr. Besigye is in the race to get rid of Musevenism, their chances of making an impact is very slim. Former NRM Secretary General, Amama Mbabazi attempted to tap into Dr. Besigye's popularity by pushing for an opposition coalition and when things did not work out, he ended up with a paltry 120,000 votes while Dr. Besigye was allocated 3.5 million. The plain truth is that with the votes that he garnered, Mbabazi had nothing to bring to the opposition coalition under the TDA and no wonder, he has since gone back 'home'.

When he was rigged out in the February 2016 polls, Dr  Besigye swore himself in as the President of Uganda and went ahead to form a People's Government with an agenda of reclaiming his victory.  Ugandans who wholeheartedly believed his move have been and continue to look forward to the People's Government's liberation agenda. The Museveni regime did not dismiss the People's Government agenda but has kept a close watch on its operations. In fact, the Museveni regime is praying hard for Dr. Besigye to come out and contest again in the forthcoming presidential race so that his People's Government liberation platform is automatically invalidated. Museveni has decreed that the February 2021 general election will be conducted scientifically and obviously the results will be more 'scientific' than ever before.

Chances of stopping the electoral process are very slim because some political players are simply shedding crocodile tears yet they are set to  participate at all costs just for the sake of improving their political profiles. With scientific election campaigns, Dr. Besigye will not get the opportunity to directly reach out to the change seeking Ugandans hence there is no need for him to take part. On the contrary, if he participates and as expected, the results come out more scientific than ever before, he will lose his credibility. That factor aside, after those seeking to tap into his popularity will have obviously suffered what befell Amama Mbabazi in 2016, they will  once again get grounds to attribute their failures to his candidacy.

Therefore, it is against this background that I strongly feel that Dr. Besigye should stay out of Museveni's sham so-called scientific electoral process and instead stay focused on the liberation agenda under his People's Government platform. However, his FDC should front a presidential candidate for the scientific elections because some political players are praying for FDC to boycott the process so that they can tap into FDC's membership. Further, in the event the FDC opts for a  boycott, because of the enormous emoluments that come with elective positions, most of its members will not comply and will defiantly go to the polls. If FDC fronts its current party President, Eng. Patrick Obuoy Amuriat as its flag bearer, the influence of Dr. Besigye will be at play. Since the outcome of the scientific electoral exercise will not be different from the previous violent ones, both the FDC and Dr. Besigye's People's Government will come out stronger. Both the FDC and Dr. Besigye in particular will have their credibility rating rise higher and will retain the opposition face.  Dr. Besigye will not only be exonerated  from accusations of failing the opposition coalition but will have proved his argument that an opposition coalition for the polls can't liberate Uganda from Musevenism. That way, his People's Government liberation agenda will be justifiably reenergized

INFORMATION IS POWER AND THE PROBLEM OF UGANDA IS MUSEVENISM

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Rehema
Patriot in Kampala,East Africa:Assalamu Alaikum

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