{UAH} OF MUSEVENI’S LAST PRESIDENTIAL TERM

Written by CHANGE OF GUARDS

Uganda's military dictator has been sworn in again for the 8th consecutive presidential term of office.  The first time was in January 1986 and at the end of the current term in 2026, he will have been in power for 40 years.  For the last three decades he has repeatedly been pledging to Ugandans that he is seeking his last term but only to turn around and seek reelection.  Though he no longer talks about leaving office, this is the last time he has been sworn in as President of Uganda.

If he dies (God forbid) or is overthrown before he finishes his current term of office, his brother Gen. Saleh will take over before Saleh organises a handover to a figurehead civilian government.  This will ensure that the security forces continue to take charge of the management of the state in line with Museveni's legacy.  On the contrary, if Museveni has to finish his current term, towards its end, he will announce his intention not to seek another term of office.  That way, he hopes to score by being categorized among the African Presidents who voluntarily leave office.  He will use that to cover-up his legacy of military dictatorship and instead, seek to replace it by being regarded as a democrat.  He hopes to join the list of the likes of Cameroon's  Ahmadou Ahdijo, Senegal's Leopold Senghor, Tanzania's Nyerere, South Africa's Mandela, and Kenya's Moi and a few others.

However, he will handpick his son, Gen. Muhoozi, to inherit the presidency. To achieve this goal, his current term will focus on the following key objectives:

1.  CLEARANCE OF INTERNAL OBSTACLES

Under the guise of restructuring the public service, he will get rid of all those he deem disloyal to his son's presidential aspirations.  This will also apply to the security services.  At worst, a few powerful individuals will fall victim to mysterious deaths through road accidents, heart failure and unresolved murders.  Under the guise of fighting corruption, he will purge those deemed to be disloyal.  Security personnel will take up most of the strategic public service positions.  He will equally ensure that the private sector and civil society is controlled by regime loyalists.  He will further fuse the state with his regime party, the NRM – the latter becoming supreme to government and excelling as the main policy making organ of the state.  Party ideologues will take up the roles of government technocrats.  In that regard, he will relinquish the presidency but retain the party chairmanship so that he will continue exercising considerable control  and influence over government policy.

2.  SUBDUING OF POLITCAL SPACE

The current campaign of terror against political dissent will be intensified. Political opposition will be dealt a heavy blow through intimidation, coercion and bribery.  Under the guise of promoting patriotism, he will intensity schemes of mass political indoctrination dubbed MchakaMchaka.  Political repression will move hand in hand with economic deprivation of individuals and groups of individuals deemed politically disloyal.  At all cost, the legislature will go on its knees as is the case with the judiciary. That is why he is fighting tooth and nail to have Jacob Oulanya as Speaker instead of Rebecca Kadaga.

3.  STRENGTHENING DIPLOMATIC FRONT

Aware that EAC political federation is impossible, he will focus on closer regional economic and political cooperation.  He will cautiously intensify attempts to isolate Rwanda with the aim of causing regime change.  He will strengthen closeness to China, Russia and North Korea while at the same time mobilizing the AU against his so-called "Western Imperialism".  He wants to attain the legacy of having stood against the West.

That is why during, his recent swearing-in ceremony, Museveni called Burundi's President Ndayishimiye a Muvandimwe.

Otherwise, he is dedicating this term of office to making his Muhoozi Project a reality. For the doubting Thomases, watch the space!

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Rehema
Patriot in Kampala,East Africa:Assalamu Alaikum

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