{UAH} MUSEVENI'S 'BANYARWANDA HOSTILITY' CREEPS FROM THE POLICE TO THE ARMY

MUSEVENI'S 'BANYARWANDA HOSTILITY' CREEPS FROM THE POLICE TO THE ARMY

By CHANGE OF GUARDS

"Not only does Rwanda not owe Uganda anything, no single Rwandan leader is Ugandan. On the contrary, many Ugandan leaders are of Rwandan origin. As this article shows in great detail, not only is President Museveni himself a Munyarwanda, his wife too, Janet Kataha Museveni, originates from Mutara through her grandfather who was a veterinary assistant in Rwanda during the colonial period before fleeing to Uganda following a great cattle epidemic in the early 1950s, when irate pastoralists accused him of poisoning their cattle. Gen Abel Kandiho's late mother, Daisy, was Rwandan. The list is long. Even Uganda's Minister of State for Regional Affairs, Philemon Mateke, is Rwandan. He claims to be a Mufumbira (itself part of Rwanda until 1913). He immigrated to Kisoro from Rwanda's Bulera region, in the 1960s, decades after Bufumbira was annexed from Rwanda. In other words, not only isn't there any Rwandan leader who is Ugandan but there are hundreds of Rwandans in Uganda's leadership; there is not the slightest sliver of Rwanda that has ever been part of Uganda. On the contrary, large parts of Uganda today were part of Rwanda, and were added to Uganda as recently as in the 1910s (within the lifetime of some of our compatriots).............To recap: No Rwandan aside from the few bought mercenaries on Museveni's payroll consider themselves Ugandan. By contrast, many in Uganda's leadership, including the First Couple, are either Rwandan or of Rwandan origin."
Virungapost.com - June 1, 2020 under the headline;
"NO SINGLE RWANDAN LEADER IS UGANDAN; THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE

Whereas, the Banyarwanda question in Uganda's political, economic and social spheres is as old as the state itself, it is during Museveni's reign that it has gained prominence. In Uganda, the exiled Banyarwanda Tutsi (1960 -1990) rightly sought for a springboard from which they could reclaim their country by taking up positions in the civil and security services. After the fall of the Iddi Amin regime, they were denied space in the new national army but Museveni used them in his war against the government. When they reclaimed their country in 1994 and were set to return home, Museveni created a new tribe in Uganda called Banyarwanda. He has since then been encouraging Banyarwanda to stealthy migrate from Rwanda and settle in Uganda. Consequently, Kigali and Kampala have been scrambling over the loyalty of the Banyarwanda. Museveni believes that if he can influence regime change in Kigali, he will be able to boost his grip on the Banyarwanda. 

It's not a surprise that the Banyarwanda in Uganda believe that they are only settlers and their loyalty and nationalism is for Kigali. No matter their social, economic and political positions in Uganda, the Banyarwanda will always owe their allegiance to Kigali. This is what Museveni has often interpreted as hostility by Rwanda. The ongoing diplomatic fallout between Kigali and Kampala has witnessed the arbitrary arrests and incarceration of some Banyarwanda, closure of the border and purging of some Ugandan police personnel accused of serving Rwanda's interests. Now, the focus is on the army officers from even Museveni's SFC who are being accused of expressing nationalistic sentiments for Rwanda on social media platform, holding Rwanda National IDs and having taken photos while donning Rwanda army uniform. Obviously, these soldiers are Banyarwanda settlers in Uganda whose loyalty and allegiance lies on Rwanda. 

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Rehema
Patriot in Kampala,East Africa:Assalamu Alaikum

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