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Today I read comments against government and security forces by the Forum for Democratic Change candidate for life Rtd Col Dr Kizza Besigye while he appeared on Morning breeze television program on NBS TV.BESIGYE’S FDC IS FATHER OF DICTATORSHIP, NEPOTISM, TRIBALISM, REGIONAL IMBALANCE
By Juliet Ajok Amutuhaire
I will gladly respond to your claims because by the current state of affairs and how FDC is run, Besigye has no moral authority to make the claims because they are the very issues that are cracking down the party he hijacked from its founding members.
First of all he claimed that Uganda has a small group of people that dominates the rest of the people in the country. Mr Besigye you are wrong on this, it’s only in FDC where you and your small cocoon run the affairs of the party at the expense of the millions of its subscribers. Who else knows FDC party apart from your Ingrid Turinawe who is your neighbour from Buhunga, Rukungiri district? It is the reason why most of the FDC Historical decided to abandon the party or become spectators.2. That there has never been free and fair elections. Mr Besigye how do you say there have never been a free and fair election yet you designated yourself as opposition candidate for life 20 years down the road. You have fought every political new comer right and left and ensured that you appear on the ballot every after 5 years. You have fought opposition coalitions and de-campaigned joint opposition candidates in what you call free and fair elections. You are a liar!
3. That you are denied chance to talk freely to the media. Honestly how do you claim that yet it’s the same media you have appeared to make claims? Is this honesty Mr Besigye?
4. You acknowledge that the tool people holding power use to subdue people is instilling fear in the public and terrorising them. Basing on FDC running of its affairs its very true because the biggest number of party senior members have fallen victims of fear meted on them by your radical youth wing led by the Augustine Ojobile’s, Ronald Mayanjas and others who attack and intimidate those members with divergent views from yours. Mugisha Muntu and group can testify.
5. You said that you are aware that even within the liberation forces; there is lack of clarity on the type of struggle you want. Probably it’s the reason why you don’t trust any emerging opposition leaders thus designating yourself FDC party candidate for life.
6. You alleged that the level of injustice in Uganda is way too much. Mr Besigye how do you claim injustice in Uganda yet you are the first Ugandan in history to get court bail on treason charges. Maybe if you want to tell us that you bribed the judiciary for your way out!
6.Then you claimed there is a problem of nepotism where you said that most heads of security Institutions are related or from the same village. Mr Besigye, be informed that deployments for heads of security Uganda is totally by training, experience and capability. The patriotic security officers holding those different offices are not in office by luck or chance, it’s by capability and ability.
7. And lastly that there is a regional security challenge because of Uganda’s aggression and military adventurism.
This is where Besigye goes wrong every day, Uganda’s actions abroad are driven by its set foreign policies which are to safeguard Uganda’s national interest and achieve its goals on the international arena for the benefit of the people of Uganda, the region and the international community. This is predicated on a conducive regional and international environment that promotes a secure and prosperous Uganda in which the people’s interests are at the centre.uganda.uk.com
Salaam Musumba over corruption accusations
The Inspectorate of Government has summoned FDC’s Vice Chairperson for Eastern Uganda, Mrs Proscovia Salaam Musumba over corruption accusations that date back from the time she served the Kamuli District Chairperson.Salaam Musumba, who served as the district chairperson from 2012 to 2016, is said to have used her position to lobby and acquire Shs 10Million from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), that was meant to support the education sector in her district, only to divert the money to her personal business.
Following, a whistle blower complaint in 2015, Salaam Musumba was compelled to refund the 10 million through monthly salary cuts.
However, at the time her tenure ended as district chairperson in March 2016, only Shs 5, 263, 556 has been deducted from her salary.
She was as such ordered by the IGG to clear the outstanding 4,736,444, which she apparently has not done to this date.
In June this year, the then IGG Mrs Irene Mulyagonja ordered Musumba to refund the remaining money to the Inspectorate of Government Assets Recovery Account.
With the FDC stalwart adamant, the Deputy IGG Miriam Wangadya on Monday this week summoned Mrs Musumba to appear at the IGG offices to explain herself.
“You are ordered to attend before the Inspectorate of Government at 4th floor, Room 4.20, Jubilee Insurance Center, Plot 14, Parliament Avenue, on the 23rd of October 2019 at 11:00am, and so from day to day until your attendance has been dispensed with, to give evidence in the said inquiry,” ordered Mrs Wangadya.
Musumba was also directed to bring along evidence of payment of the Shs 4.7Million.
Mrs Musumba was not readily available for comment on Wednesday morning.
However, when we talked to her in June about the allegations, she downplayed them as trivial.
“People are talking about pallets of money, and you are talking of four million that Musumba took from Kamuli?” she said, referring to the scandal involving Bank of Uganda officials which was trending at the time.
The FDC boss also said she didn’t consider her actions wrongful, because “she didn’t steal from government.”
“CAA money is not government money,” she stressed.
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Nandala Mafabi compromised by National Resistance Movement (NRM)
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Secretary General Hon Nathan Nandala Mafabi this morning sought to put to rest the growing speculation that he’d been compromised by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).Hon Mafabi this week became a talking point amongst political rivals mostly on social media, after it appeared that he had missed his own party’s parallel Independence Day celebrations, opting for the national celebrations that took place in Sironko district on Wednesday.
The FDC independence event which was held at the party offices was presided over by party president Patrick Amuriat Oboi, who among others officially announced the return of the ‘Defiance Campaign.’
Nandala however, chose to attend the national celebrations, lining up at one point, with other NRM leaders to shake hands with President Yoweri Museveni.
Photos of the opposition figure exchanging a hearty smile with President Museveni added fuel to the speculation.
Mr Nandala however, told us this morning he had a number of reasons he chose the Sironko event, some of them personal.
“First of all, the (national) celebrations were in my constituency,” said Nandala, who represents Budadiri West in Parliament.
“The venue itself was in my private land, so how could I miss?”
The MP says he attended not in any FDC capacity, but as a resident and leader of the area.
“I am sure you know that I am an important leader in this area. I am the head of the Bugisu Cooperative Union.”
“I also wanted to show you people in action what we have preaching; the politics unity. It cannot always be about fighting.”
Mr Mafabi also claimed his intent to attend the Sironko celebrations was to ensure that the NRM party does not hijack this national event.
“We had heard that there were activities they wanted to carry out at the NRM offices. So I mobilised my people and we were ready to protest in front of the president and his guests if they dared turn the independence celebrations into an NRM event.”
About people who rushed to liken him to Hon Beatrice Anywar, Mafabi said such a comparison was misplaced.
“First of all my attendance and meeting with the president were in public. Mama Mabira’s meetings are private. Also we know that she goes there looking for money. I am not that poor to go begging. I am not like her.”
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Today I read comments against government and security forces by the Forum for Democratic Change candidate for life Rtd Col Dr Kizza Besigye while he appeared on Morning breeze television program on NBS TV.
The Inspectorate of Government has summoned FDC’s Vice Chairperson for Eastern Uganda, Mrs Proscovia Salaam Musumba over corruption accusations that date back from the time she served the Kamuli District Chairperson.
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Secretary General Hon Nathan Nandala Mafabi this morning sought to put to rest the growing speculation that he’d been compromised by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
