{UAH} FROM DESECRATION OF MOSQUES, BURNING OF ROYAL TOMBS, MARKETS AND SCHOOLS TO DEMOLITION OF CHURCHES

FROM DESECRATION OF MOSQUES, BURNING OF ROYAL TOMBS, MARKETS AND SCHOOLS TO DEMOLITION OF CHURCHES

 

Museveni has always harboured a grudge against individuals and institutions that own land due to their closeness with the former colonial administration; territorial kingdoms, selected aristocrats, religious institutions and influential individuals received large tracts of land during the colonial era.  Since his ascent to power 35 years ago, Museveni has constantly used the phrase "historical injustices" in his speeches. At one point, he focused on the historical Buganda kingdom.  To him, the big landowners in these regions were 'collaborators' of the colonialists, deserving of punishment for their role. 

After a decade and a half of unsuccessfully courting Buganda for political support, the time was ripe to crack the whip.  First, he introduced the new land tenure system dubbed Bona-fide Occupants of Land purposely to cater for immigrants who had settled on privately-owned land during the Bush War era.  He went ahead to enact land laws and policy that put landowners at a disadvantage.  His scheme   to impoverish some target communities through economic and political disempowerment has given rise to massive land grabbing.   The Coffee Bill is another example of economic disempowerment. Another example of political disempowerment is seen through his rejection of a federal form of government.  

The mysterious fire outbreaks in public markets, schools and cultural heritage sites like the Kasubi Tombs, unresolved land wrangles, the demolition of Nabagereka and Shimon Demonstration Schools, illegal violent land evictions are all examples of a well orchestrated scheme of land alienation.  To contain public outcry, he commissioned the Land Inquiry Board in 2016, a powerless entity under his full control as land grabbing continues unabetted.   The December 2016 desecration of Nakasero Mosque, April 2018 desecration of USAFI Mosque where two people were shot dead inside the mosque and the most recent July 2020 desecration of William Street Mosque did not attract a significant public condemnation because it was allegedly linked to terrorism.  In similar circumstances, the Muslim Community under UMSC has lost 21 square miles of it's 25 square miles of land to the regime.  

When a land wrangle involving St. Peters Anglican Church in Ndeeba Kampala came to light in February this year, the regime deployed its security goons on the disputed property.  They violently evicted the residing Reverend and lay leaders from their place of residence, which became their barracks. The evicted Archbishop of the Anglican Church testified to the presence of ladies' underwear and used condoms in the church.  The Minister of Lands expressed her outrage on security goons using the Reverend's residence as a brothel.  Last night the 49 years old church was razed to the ground as armed security operatives kept the area clear of irate residents. This church is a stone throw away from the Ndeeba Police Post.  Museveni is now pretending to condemn the incident, yet the decision was sanctioned at the top level.  His crocodile tears are just meant to quell the rising public outrage and once it's contained, business as usual.  How different are these crocodile tears from the Lusanja incident?    Next on the macabre list could be the Bulange-Mengo Building -the parliament of the Buganda Kingdom and no one will lift a finger.  

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Rehema
Patriot in Kampala,East Africa:Assalamu Alaikum

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