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The Butcher of Kasese (left) – he commanded the attack on the king’s palace, killing 263 people, including children!
Thus 318 widows were created, and 1,816 children were left orphans. A total of 437 people were arrested, and 187 innocent citizens were detained. Historical royal treasures worth 78 Uganda billion shillings were also destroyed. “What are you talking about? I don’t regret killing them. Those people deserved to die. “They were rebels who want to disrupt the peace of the country. Kasese now has peace because of my good decision” – General Peter Elwelu responded to a journalist’s question, soon after taking his oath as an MP.
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How pathetic that, Ugandans can shamelessly surrender their country to a Rwandese Criminal??!
Is this how Ugandans have embraced the culture of defeatism, to the extent where every wrong to Uganda is considered normal?? 
When the Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda, conspires with betraying Uganda, by handing over instruments of power to Criminal Yoweri Museveni for the eighth time. Then, you begin to understand how the Uganda nation has many traitors that are willing to surrender the sovereignty of their fatherland, to foreign criminals and parasites.
You can understand why the entire political establishment in Uganda is a collective of sell outs and parasites. That’s why the mainstream political opposition is made of Dictator Yoweri Museveni’s spy masters, Army commanders, personal doctor, Singers and entertainers of security operatives, quark lawyers, drug dealers, etc.
Ugandans need to wake up from their slumber
The Ugandan people have become a victim of their occupiers and have instead decided to sleep and watch in silence as their country is torn apart by foreign hyenas. To the extent where the foreign hyenas decides who has to become leader in Uganda. Because of the poor choice of leaders imposed on Ugandans, 49% of eligible voters didn’t bother voting in the just concluded elections.
Patriotic Ugandans will never associate themselves with phony opposition groups, sell outs, tribal supremacists, and regime arrangements disguised as political parties or civil society.uganda.uk.com
The Kutesa family of Diplomats; son appointed Honorary Consul of Oman as daughter is appointed Honorary Consul of Israel.
Their dad, Sam Kutesa, is the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Father-in-Law of Gen Muhoozi Keinerugaba, First Son & Commander of “Special Forces Group” of Uganda Military.
The other Kutesa daughter, Shartsi Kutesa, has been “elected” to replace her dad as MP for Mawogola, Sembabule District.uganda.uk.com
STATISTICS ABOUT THE BATWA IN KIGEZI
There are 3,463 (1,685 males & 1,778 females) Batwa in the Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Area (BMCA) 4.5 is the average household size among the Batwa.
68.8% of the Batwa in the BMCA are below 25 years 43.6% of the Batwa households in the BMCA have access to farm land.
47.0% of Batwa in the BMCA live in grass thatched houses.
An average of 0.5 acres of land per household was cultivated by Batwa during the last season
Most Batwa farmers planted Beans (25.7%, N=197), followed by sweat potatoes (14.2%, N=109), irish potatoes (13.1%, N=100), maize (12.7%, N=97), millet (7.6%, N=58).
The average acreage planted per crop among households reflects the same order, Beans (0.3 acres), followed by sweat potatoes (0.32 acres), irish potatoes (0.34 acres), maize (0.31 acres), millet (0.3 acres) etcuganda.uk.com
Jacob Ayere, National Youth Council chairman addressing the press at Makerere Guest House in Kampala on Monday.
As the 2021 presidential and parliamentary polls close in, the National Youth Council (NYC) has slammed the opposition parties and presidential candidates for lacking proper plans for the youths.Addressing journalists about the youth preparation ahead of the Thursday polls, Jacob Ayere, the Chairperson of NYC said that it is only the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party that has highlighted proper plans for them, yet they see a number of opposition political candidates in the race.
“The NRM party, for instance, responded to our initial press conference by developing a youth Edition of the NRM manifesto and we believe such acts by political parties go a long way in creating trust from youth in political parties plans for development, which in our opinion, should be the basis of casting votes in preference of one candidate over the other,” Ayere said.
He noted that it is unfortunate to hear some politicians claiming to fight for, represent and lead the youth without revealing what they have planned for them.
“We have tried to look for plans from opposition but none has shown us any yet we expect them to be telling us what they plan for the youth as far as employment and education is concerned,” he said.
Uganda will on Thursday this week go to Presidential and Parliamentary polls.
11 candidates are competing in the presidential race and these are; the incumbent Yoweri Kaguta Museveni from NRM, Robert Kyagulanyi from the National Unity Platform party (NUP), Patrick Amuriat Oboi from Forum for Democratic Change, Norbert Mao of Democratic Change and Rt. Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu from the Alliance for National Transformation party.
Others are; Rt. Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde, Nancy Kalembe, John Katumba, Pastor Fred Mwesigye, Willy Mayambala and Joseph Kabuleta.
“We are the majority and make up over 70% of the total population and, as far as we know, the youth make up to 64% of the total voters and we are sure the voter turn up will make about 90% this time as compared to all the recent polls,” Ayere said.
He noted the youth demands are submitted from their National Youth Structure which has 640,455 leaders across the country and these same leaders are a mode of communication in passing on such vital information.
“We shall push this message through our youth leaders to reach out to fellow youth using a community based voluntary approach,” he said.
The Council also launched the ‘Votes No Violence’ mode of participation for youth across the country.
Ayere said this initiative is aimed at utilizing their structures in every village, Parish, sub-county and districts to undertake a peer to peer approach among the youth that encourages the exercising of youth rights to vote while adhering to their responsibility as citizens to maintain peace in the country.
“We look forward to a post-election peaceful and developing Uganda where youths can look to their futures with optimism and expanded opportunities; jobs, education, skills and talent development,” he said.
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Jacob Ayere, National Youth Council chairman addressing the press at Makerere Guest House in Kampala on Monday.
As the 2021 presidential and parliamentary polls close in, the National Youth Council (NYC) has slammed the opposition parties and presidential candidates for lacking proper plans for the youths.Addressing journalists about the youth preparation ahead of the Thursday polls, Jacob Ayere, the Chairperson of NYC said that it is only the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party that has highlighted proper plans for them, yet they see a number of opposition political candidates in the race.
“The NRM party, for instance, responded to our initial press conference by developing a youth Edition of the NRM manifesto and we believe such acts by political parties go a long way in creating trust from youth in political parties plans for development, which in our opinion, should be the basis of casting votes in preference of one candidate over the other,” Ayere said.
He noted that it is unfortunate to hear some politicians claiming to fight for, represent and lead the youth without revealing what they have planned for them.
“We have tried to look for plans from opposition but none has shown us any yet we expect them to be telling us what they plan for the youth as far as employment and education is concerned,” he said.
Uganda will on Thursday this week go to Presidential and Parliamentary polls.
11 candidates are competing in the presidential race and these are; the incumbent Yoweri Kaguta Museveni from NRM, Robert Kyagulanyi from the National Unity Platform party (NUP), Patrick Amuriat Oboi from Forum for Democratic Change, Norbert Mao of Democratic Change and Rt. Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu from the Alliance for National Transformation party.
Others are; Rt. Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde, Nancy Kalembe, John Katumba, Pastor Fred Mwesigye, Willy Mayambala and Joseph Kabuleta.
“We are the majority and make up over 70% of the total population and, as far as we know, the youth make up to 64% of the total voters and we are sure the voter turn up will make about 90% this time as compared to all the recent polls,” Ayere said.
He noted the youth demands are submitted from their National Youth Structure which has 640,455 leaders across the country and these same leaders are a mode of communication in passing on such vital information.
“We shall push this message through our youth leaders to reach out to fellow youth using a community based voluntary approach,” he said.
The Council also launched the ‘Votes No Violence’ mode of participation for youth across the country.
Ayere said this initiative is aimed at utilizing their structures in every village, Parish, sub-county and districts to undertake a peer to peer approach among the youth that encourages the exercising of youth rights to vote while adhering to their responsibility as citizens to maintain peace in the country.
“We look forward to a post-election peaceful and developing Uganda where youths can look to their futures with optimism and expanded opportunities; jobs, education, skills and talent development,” he said.
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NABILLAH BOUGHT HER NUP TICKET BY RENTING AN OPPONENT
The embattled Kampala woman MP Nagayi Nabillah Ssempala, rented an opponent a one Ssali Kudrah, to appear with her at NUP vetting, as away of fooling the world that the post was competed for.This was long planned from August and he paid the fellow 5 million shillings in cash, according to an inside source.
WHILE THE COMMITTEE WAS ANNOUNCING THE OUTCOME OF THE VETTING, THIS KUDRAH FELLOW JUMPED UP IN HUGE JOY, WHEN NABILLAH WAS ANNOUNCED WINNER, SOMETHING THAT SHOCKED SOME VETTING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.(this moment was captured on Video).NABILLAH IS WORSE THAT THE OTHER GUY OF NURP, WHO WAS IN COURT.uganda.uk.com
Former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President Col Dr Kiiza Besigye has asked people to stop mischaracterizing him as a person who has overstayed in leadership when he is not occupying any office.Besigye in a tweet asked the public to assist him understand what motivates such comments.
“I have not been occupied a Government office in more than 20 years, not in political leadership since 2012, Am not paid by anybody to do what I do …which attracts torment and torture for me and my family,” Tweeted Besigye.
Following the announcement made by Kasese Woman member of Parliament Hon Winnie Kiiza on Tuesday that she was to quit active politics, some Ugandans took to social media to urge other politicians from both government and opposition to emulate her and step aside from offices which they have served for a very long time to pave way for others also to display their talents.
Some of these were accusing Besigye for having contested on the post of President several times and asking him to step aside and leave others to compete for the same post.
But Besigye says his contesting hasn’t prevented anyone from doing the same.
“How did I stop anyone wishing to be a candidate from doing so?” he wondered
Besigye has not yet revealed any intention to contest in the forth coming Presidential elections.
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The Ministry of Health has on Tuesday confirmed 11 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda bringing the total number of infections in the country to 1,040.Dr. Henry Mwebesa, the Director-General Health Services in the Ministry of Health announced that the new cases were confirmed from the 2,575 samples tested for COVID-19 on Monday.
“Today, the Ministry of Health confirms 11 new COVID-19 cases from 2,575 samples tested. The cumulative total confirmed COVID-19 cases of Ugandans is now 1,040,” he announced.
Of the 11 new confirmed cases, 8 are truck drivers, 2 are contacts and alerts to previously confirmed cases while 1 is a Ugandan national who returned from South Africa and was under quarantine at the time of the test.
The contacts and alerts include 1 from Hoima and another one from Kyotera districts.
Regarding truck drivers, 6 arrived from Kenya via Malaba border point, 1 arrived from DRC via Padea point of entry in Zombo district and 1 arrived from South Sudan via Elegu border point.
Meanwhile, 27 foreign truck drivers (23 Kenyans, 2 Tanzanians and 2 Congolese) tested positive for COVID-19 and were denied entry into Uganda as per the presidential directive that only COVID-19 negative foreign truck drivers should be allowed entry into the country.
Dr. Mwebesa further announced that the number of COVID-19 recoveries in Uganda has risen to 984. These however include both Ugandans and foreigners.
Since the Ministry of Health began testing for COVID-19, a cumulative total of 230,680 samples have so far been tested.
Currently, Uganda has a cumulative total of 1,040 COVID-19 confirmed cases, 984 recoveries and no fatalities.
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Charles Rwomushana holds several titles in Uganda’s political circles; former Guild President, former CA Delegate, former RDC, former Head of Economic and Research at ISO, former Head of Political Intelligence under ISO, former State House Spy, former Head of Political Department in President’s Office, former Head of Political Intelligence at State House, former Intelligence Operative, a celebrated Political and Security Analyst etc.He was the 1992/1993 Guild President for Makerere University. After graduation, he became a Constituent Assembly (CA) delegate for Rujumbura county during the 1995 constitution making process but he lost the Rujumbura County M.P contest in 1996. Rwomushana excelled in open radio talk-shows popularly known as Ebimeeza. However, in 2000, he was expelled from Nelson Ocheger’s Action for Restoration of Democracy political platform. In Rwomushana’s own confession, he closely worked with Gen. Tumukunde and David Pulkol in violent rigging for Museveni’s 2001 elections. As a reward, Rwomushana was appointed RDC for Pader District in January 2001 (NOTE from Editor, could have been Pulkol, not Rwomushana).
In November 2011, Charles was relieved of the RDC office and allegedly unclearly assigned as Head of the Political Intelligence Desk in the President’s Office (Rwomushana or Pulkol). Among other tasks, Charles is said to have formulated and written the notorious Operation Wembley concept. In a May 27, 2003 letter by the Internal Security Organisation’s (ISO) Deputy Head of Human Resources sacked Rwomushana citing his conduct prejudicial to the organisation (ISO). However, Charles claimed to have resigned following a three years standoff with State House Permanent Secretary and the Director General Internal Security Organization (DG/ISO) over his emoluments. He further claimed that he had resigned owing to pressure from the Amama Mbabazi clique that allegedly was against his (Charles) performance. In October 2004, he sued the government seeking payment of salary arrears for the period he had served in the President’s Office. He argued that while he served as RDC in Pader, he was earning 1.7 million as monthly salary but when he was redeployed to the President’s Office he was paid only 800,000 as a monthly salary on top of scrapping his other entitlements. He therefore sought an order for payment of his salary arrears totalling shillings 210 million.
In September 2005, the High Court ruled in his favour and ordered the Attorney General to pay the claimed shillings 210 million including the unpaid salary arrears since 2001, transport allowance, and cost of the suit. The government did not appeal but simply refused to respect the court order.
In December 2005, Charles sought for a High Court order compelling the DG/ISO to pay his shillings 210 million salary arrears on top of an explanation from the Attorney General and Secretary to the Treasury as to why he had not been paid. It is not clear as to how the matter was resolved but since then, Rwomushana has never formally served the Museveni regime. Instead, Rwomushana has excelled as a celebrated analyst on security and political issues at different radio and television talk-shows where moderators identify his using the different titles above. In 2016, he supported Amama Mbabazi’s presidential bid in the general elections. However, being a good researcher, he has mastered a few theories of spy-craft and security dynamics of the Museveni regime for which in the eyes of ordinary Ugandans, he is a ‘security expert.”
Save for the External Security Organisation b(ESO), Museveni’s intelligence outfits are linked to only Museveni’s army and police. ISO and ESO were established by the Security Organisations Act Cap 305 of 1987. Section 6 of the Act stipulates that the Officers and employees of those outfits were to be appointed by the President on advice of the respective Director Generals. Section 11 stipulates imprisonment of not more than ten years for any officer who behaves in a manner prejudicial to the Organization’s reputation but does not talk about dismissal.
ISO evolved from the NRA Bush War intelligence outfit that was dubbed Civil Intelligence Organization (CIO). Upon coming to power, CIO was briefly referred to as President’s Office before enactment of the Act. Its staff undergo compulsory military training and are allotted army service numbers. They undergo specialised training in military and intelligence at its training schools that were initially located at Gudda before relocating to Makajjo in Ssekanyonyi and the Institute of Intelligence and Security Studies. Disciplinary action against employees is usually handled by the military courts and military prison and in most cases dismissal is by way of referring the affected staff to the army headquarters for redeployment anywhere else.
Charles Rwomushana has never been a soldier and it has never been clear as to whether he carried out his intelligence/spying assignments under ISO, President’s Office or State House as his different titles indicate. However, his dismissal letter, having been originated by the Human Resource department of ISO is most intriguing. It is most likely that after using, abusing and misusing Rwomushana’s Services under unclear terms and conditions, Museveni got stuck and directed ISO to write Rwomushana a letter of dismissal. Now that Rwomushana has come out to vie for the Presidency of Uganda, he has the burden of telling Ugandans as to which exact intelligence organisation he served under. He can best prove this by attaching his appointment letter to his May 27, 2003 letter of dismissal by ISO.
In a related development, recently, State House Comptroller dismissed claims by the three Artists who were appointed by Museveni as his Presidential Advisors, as being employees of State House. However, in public, they carry the title of Presidential Advisors.
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Ms. Ishta Asiimwe Kutesa Muganga is now Israel’s Honorary Consul to Uganda.She was appointed to the position by Israel’s foreign minister Gabi Ashkenazi late last month.
A largely successful businesswoman, Ishta is daughter to Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa.
She’s married to Albert Muganga, a co-Director of the Pioneer Easy Bus (PEB) transport franchise.
Yesterday Tuesday, the Minister of State for International Cooperation, Hon. Henry Oryem Okello received credentials from Mrs Muganga at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs offices.
Speaking at the event, Hon. Oryem congratulated Ms. Kutesa upon her appointment and called upon her to explore further areas of promoting the existing good bilateral relationship between Uganda and Israel. He assured her of the Ministry’s support in the exercise of her duties.
The development comes four months after the leaders of Uganda and Israel expressed resolve to further cooperation between the two nations.
In his visit to Uganda in February this year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked President Museveni to consider setting up Uganda’s embassy in Jerusalem.
“I have a simple suggestion that you’ll have to consider Mr President my friend,” he said. “You open an embassy in Jerusalem and I’ll open an embassy in Kampala,” Netanyahu requested at State House in Entebbe.
In response, Museveni promised to consider this proposal despite the controversy surrounding Jerusalem, which is still not recognized globally as the Israeli capital.
“The issue of the embassy, we are discussing it,” Museveni said. “The good thing with all the controversies is that there is a part on Jerusalem which under the partition plan was in Israel. At least that is not part of the argument.”
Meanwhile during yesterday’s event, Mrs Ishta Muganga pledged to continue strengthening the relationship between the two countries not only in the existing areas such as Health, Education, Economic and Cultural sectors, but to also explore new opportunities.
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A pastor who was last week awarded Shs182 billion through court has rejected the award and petitioned the Court of Appeal, demanding more money in compensation for loss of his business after the cancellation of his permit for sand mining in Lwera, Kalungu District.
Kampala High Court awarded Mr Daniel Walugembe through his company DMW Uganda Limited Shs182 billion as compensation for loss of his business and general damages caused.
However, Mr Walugembe yesterday claimed that the award was less because transaction with the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) was of a commercial nature.
“I acquired a commercial permit but the judge was lenient to give 10 per cent yet the special damages awarded were admitted by both the Attorney General and Nema,” Mr Walugembe said.Addressing journalists in Kampala, Mr Walugembe explained that the evidence brought to court was defendants’ (Attorney General and Nema) working documents prepared by the government geologists who did the valuation.
“If the judge had given any money outside what was tendered by the geologist, it would be blamed on the court. Nema should not have claimed that it worked on pressure by Parliament because it was not party to the contract,” he added.
Pastor Walugembe’s notice of appeal comes hardly a week after the Attorney General appealed against the court decision.
The court awarded DMW Uganda Limited Shs178 billion as compensation for loss of the business and its earnings and special damages worth Shs3b as well as Shs1 billion in special damages and legal costs incurred.In the notice of appeal, the Attorney General said he was dissatisfied with the May 20 judgement and that he intends to appeal against the decision.
The court case resulted from a June 2015 with a wetland resource use permit for sand mining on 69.6 hectares comprised in Kakwanzi Village, Kitti Parish, Bukamba Sub-county, Kalungu District, which was to run for three years.
According to the permits, DMW Uganda Limited contracted actuaries to ascertain commercial viability of the project and the same was rightly appraised, with the availability of massive sand deposits.Court ruled that the projects were halted illegally and without justification and thus causing the plaintiff enormous loss of business which entitles the company to compensation for all the loss it suffered.
Background
Issue. In June 2015, Nema awarded DMW Uganda limited a wetland resource use permit for sand mining on 69.6 hectares comprised in Kakwanzi Village, Kitti Parish, Bukamba Sub-county, Kalungu District, which was to run for a period of three years.uganda.uk.com
John Kazoora fled from Makerere University before graduation and joined the NRA rebellion in Luweero. In the third part of our serialisation of extracts from his memoirs, he reveals his encounters with Paul Kagame, Saleh’s shooting from the hip, and the toll of war on Museveni.
Title: Betrayed by my leaderAuthor: John B. Kazoora
We were ordered to sit down, and in came a towering man exuding a lot of poise and confidence. He asked us to introduce ourselves; our reasons for wanting to join the struggle and about the journey to the bush. We later learnt that he was the most feared Commander Matayo Kyaligonza (Now Major General). He said he was disappointed with “intellectuals” because one intellectual called Kwizera who had also left Makerere University had harassed a girl in the village. In his mind he lumped us together with Kwizera. I was surprised by the generalising.
[Later] Paul Kagame the intelligence officer (Now President of Rwanda) called us and took away our identity cards. When we asked him why, he said “why do you need identity cards? Don’t bring your intellectualism here”, and that was the last we saw of them. We immediately started military training.
After three weeks of training in Kitebere at about 7:30p.m. I heard people whispering that Mzee (Chairman High Command (CHC)) Yoweri Museveni had come to our camp. The following morning he summoned our group of Biraaro, Karegyesa, Gariyo, Bwirizayo and I. He was seated with Sam Magara
and Elly Tumwine. He asked us to introduce ourselves and to tell him where we originated from.
A few weeks later the CHC sent for our group again. We went and found him seated with Sam Magara and Frank Guma. After fidgeting and saluting him, he asked us to reintroduce ourselves again and wanted to know what we had read at university. All of us had read Political Science except Kenneth Gariyo who had studied Accounting. He then asked us who had taught us Political Science and we told him Mahmood Mamdani. He burst out laughing and said “how can Mamdani of all people teach you? What did he teach you anyway?”He told Magara to punish us “Shughulikia haawa” “Take care of them” he said. Magara then called CHC’s escorts Arthur Kasasira, Musumbiji, Mugabi (not Hannington) and Dampa and ordered them to punish us. They removed our shirts and gave us ngwara (suddenly tilting you off from the ground), rolled us in mud and stinging shrubs (engyenyi), smeared us with ash and water and we were finally told to keep guard in the coldness the whole night. Throughout this ordeal CHC was laughing his head off. He seemed to find it hilarious. This was certainly part of initiation to remove the so-called intellectualism and face reality especially obeying orders. They later let us off.
Eyes on Kigongo
Halfway through the training, CHC summoned me and told me in Runyankole that he was attaching me to the Chairman of NRC Moses Kigongo as his Aide De Camp (ADC). He said he wanted me to assist Kigongo in mobilising wanaichi but most important of all to monitor all his activities and report back to him (He said he had gauged me during the earlier interview and knew that I would carry out this task well).
I was therefore removed from the recruits’ camp to the High Command on assignment. We had slightly better facilitation and food. My tent was behind Kigongo’s, which was next to the CHC. I found Kigongo to be very amiable and he treated me as his son especially in terms of grave scarcities. He once had a small piece of soap – he cut it into half and gave it to me. He made sure we shared the little food he would get.Angry Tinye, snoring Otafiire
One day after training David Tinyefuza (now General Sejusa ) walked past us and we casually said hello while seated since he was an Old Boy and forgetting the earlier advice from Silver Oyera on familiarity. We did not know that when someone senior passes you, you stand up and salute. He then ordered that we go to endaaki (prison) and forgot us there the whole day till someone reminded him that we should be released.
We were in total concealment and had to maintain total silence but unfortunately Kahinda Otafiire who was the National Political Commissar and was living at the High Command used to snore quite a lot. The CHC joked that he should be arrested for breaking concealment rules. The snoring stopped when he lost weight. Otafiire would also sit by the fire, remove his trousers and wave them above the fire so that lice could drop off into the fire. You could hear the lice pop in the fire like popcorn.
Saleh shoots himself
On February 21, 1983, we engaged in ferocious skirmishing with government forces at Bukalabi. Salim Saleh was wounded (shot in both arms) in the fighting, and we lost eleven combatants. Saleh was treated by Dr Besigye. The battle had not been well planned, reconnaissance had not been done well and in fact a foreign journalist was in the camp and I fear they had wanted to impress him. As Saleh was recuperating, Tinyefuza succeeded Saleh with Julius Chihandae as his deputy.
This was not the last time Saleh was shot.At one time he shot himself in the leg during a drunken spur and was treated by Dr Ronald Batta. He was later charged with attempting to kill a Member of the High Command (i.e. Himself!). On another occasion under that influence, the CHC asked him about the strange scent on his body and Saleh said he had rubbed himself with a traditional herb to treat scabies to which the CHC said “ Kanihaano ogu” meaning what a terrible herb. Despite his personal weaknesses, Saleh was a superb commander.
Kigongo attempts to escape
Life in the bush was becoming incredibly harsh. Medicines were so scarce that people were dying of scabies, the enemy had squeezed us, there was lack of salt and food, and women like Janat Mukwaya had lost their breasts because of malnutrition and had ran bonkers.
It was at this time that Moses Kigongo planned to escape. I was still his ADC. One day as I was arranging his tent, I saw a passport and became suspicious. I decided to quietly inform CHC. He could not believe it and asked me to bring evidence and so I brought him the passport. I had hoped all this discussion would be in confidence.Kigongo was immediately summoned by the High Command. He denied he was trying to escape and said that he had no passport. I was then summoned and asked if Kigongo had a passport. I confirmed that he did. I was then asked to leave so I did not know what transpired thereafter. I was very embarrassed to have given Kigongo’s game away because we had become like father and son through these difficult times in the bush, but I knew that if he had escaped I would have gotten in trouble. I had also expected and hoped that the CHC would handle the matter without involving me.
My relationship with Kigongo from then onwards went downhill. He was distant and cold with me, though he did not say anything about the matter. I had expected to be immediately removed from his service but this was not the case.
When we later captured Kampala in 1986 he told me “My son – do you know I could have been executed because of your treachery” to which I replied “Mzee – if it was not for me, you would not be Vice Chairman of NRM today”.
War takes toll on Museveni
When the final attack on Kabamba was in the offing, the CHC summoned me to Galamba in Busiro. I passed via Lukola and proceeded with Julius Chihadae to Galamba. CHC had earlier spread a rumour that the final attack on Kampala was imminent. When other comrades saw me they believed the rumour since I was the one in the farthest detach.
I saluted CHC and he asked me how Kyamusisi was. That was all he had to say. He was actually going to attack Kabamba and not Kampala. He was using the tactic of moving to the east while targeting the west. After I returned to Kyamusisi, Saleh continued with his group to Kabamba which they successfully attacked on 1st January 1985.
The CHC had meanwhile joined me at Namawugulu Forest for some days with half of the group that was due to reinforce incase of any eventuality. I ensured that he was well looked-after and provided with the necessary food and information.
When I took him food one day, I found that he had left the Forest without even leaving me a message. Museveni had decided to go and meet Saleh. However, at Bulenga he fainted from exhaustion during the process of walking from this area to team up with the force that had overrun Kabamba and was now returning with lots of ammunition. He eventually caught up with the Saleh’s at Birembo.
About 10 years later, the government organised Heroes Day in Kyamusisi. I was not invited. In his book “Sowing the Mustard Seed”, Museveni mentions Kyamusisi – but not Kazoora who he had sent there to organise it. Was he trying to re-write history?
Tinyefuza’s Escapades
In September 1984, some senior officers had wives, mistresses, girlfriends and concubines in the camps. However, when the enemy squeezed us, the High Command ordered that all non-combatant women should leave immediately except Salim Saleh’s Jovia and Pecos Kuteesa’s Dora. This selective application of the rule infuriated Tinyefuza and some other officers including Henry Tumukunde who were both recuperating from gunshot wounds.
Tinyefuza had a concubine and he insisted that his concubine would stay in the bush just like Dora and Jovia. Tinyefuza also accused the CHC of favouritism and sidelining some fighters, and of being a dictator. Many people were not happy with the selective application of the rules.
At that time we were still living under concealment and we would only move with weapons at night. Hearing of Tinyefuza’s behaviour, for the first time in a long time, the CHC moved with RPGs and LPGs in broad daylight. He said he had come to quell a rebellion and that he was ready to break Tinyefuza’s legs into pieces. Tinyefuza was arrested and suspended from the High Command and spent some time in incarceration (endaaki) for defiance and disobeying the High Command’s orders. He was released in March 1985.
Facing off with Kasirye Ggwanga
While UNLA was still in disorganisation because of the 1985 coup, Saleh told me to continue reconnoitring Mityana. I found that most of the forces had withdrawn. It was only Mityana Police station that was armed. The Federal Democratic Movement for Uganda (FEDEMU) had been operating in the outskirts of Mityana towards Kampala, but their operations had been clumsy and cruel. They harassed wanainchi, stole and raped. I therefore began by disarming Mityana Police Post and put the guns in a land rover that I had.
After that a tall FEDEMU Commander who was wearing a cowboy hat came swaggering up to me and introduced himself as Kasirye Gwanga (now Brigadier), claiming that he controlled the area. He had previously belonged to Kayiira’s UFM.
FEDEMU was trying to claim some space after the Obote coup. I advised Kasirye Gwanga that I was advancing towards Mityana town and it was up to him to either cooperate or be annihilated. He immediately backed down and swiftly retreated. The next time I would see him was after we had captured power and he was part of us. With FEDEMU dealt with, we marched to Mityana to a thunderous welcome.
Links to Rwanda & meeting Prince Mutebi
In October 1985, Kabarole District was fully liberated, following on from Bundibugyo, which had been liberated earlier. Kabarole was the base of the first NRM interim government with offices at Muchwa and with Abbey Mukwaya as its first Special District Administrator (SDA).It was at Buloba that Kyaligonza told me that the High Command (HC) and the National Resistance Council (NRC) had decided to form an interim administration and that I had been appointed Special District Administrator for Kabale (which included Kisoro at that time).
Kabale was strategically significant in that it was bordering Rwanda. We therefore made arrangements with the Rwanda government to ensure that our people were able to use the country as a transit without let or hindrance. Initially President Habyarimana was not friendly to us because he knew that a good number of our soldiers were Rwandese of Tutsi origin. We knew that Habyarimana had agreed with Tito Okello and Zed Maruru that they could attack us from the rear. We therefore had to monitor Mirama Hills, Katuna and Bunagana borders. He later agreed to work with us as he had no alternative.
Kahinda Otafiire, who was the Western Regional Commissioner, found me in Kabale and told me that CHC had instructed that I go with him to Rwanda to meet with President Habyarimana. We desperately needed cattle medicine as many cattle were on the verge of death. I wore a suit for the first time in five years and drove to Kigali with Otafiire. We returned from our negotiations with Habyarimana with the required drugs and Kahinda distributed them.
While in Kabale, Prince Ronald Mutebi (now Kabaka) arrived from Rwanda with John Nagenda. I took them to Kasese and handed them over to Amanya Mushega who in turn took them to Fort Portal to meet CHC. I also did the same for Samson Kisekka. He was very impressed to find a smart, eloquent guerrilla leader. He rose to the rank of Prime Minister and later Vice President before he eventually fell from grace to grass. He died on October 25th 1999.uganda.uk.com
Dr. Milton Obote lands at Bushenyi, western Uganda to a heroes welcome returning from 9 years of exile in Tanzania. This was after he had successfully led a combined political and military organisation with the help of his host Julius Nyerere that saw the defeat of Idi Amin’s (Libyan, Saudi & initially Anglo-Israeli) backed regime that had overthrown his democratically elected government on January 25th 1971 while he was attending Commonwealth Conference in Singapore and, where he was the official spokesperson for both the Mulungushi Club and the Front Line States campaigning for the end of apartheid rule in Azania (South Africa), Zimbabwe and Namibia.At that Summit, they had successfully managed to get majority member States to demand that they would pull out of the British Colonial body unless London stopped arms sales to the Boer regime and, withdrew recognition of Ian Smith’s regime in Harare. Ted Heath, the British PM was not amused and said so but most importantly, they had a plan – already worked out at Kampala – hence Amin, whom they called a ‘gentle giant…’.
Sadly today, another ‘Nyampala’ team is at Kampala – after 35 years – on some scores including Africa’s Liberation, worse….
But, the future is possible…
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Idi Amin Dada was the third President of Uganda, ruling from 1971 to 1979. On (2nd Feb 1971) in History, Amin declared himself president of Uganda. Below are his favourite quotes1. “I am not a politician but a professional soldier. I am, therefore, a man of few words and I have been brief through my professional career.”
2. If we knew the meaning to everything that is happening to us, then there would be no meaning.
3. In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has
to make to achieve law and order.4. I am the hero of Africa
5. My mission is to lead the country out of a bad situation of corruption, depression and slavery. After I rid the country of these vices, I will then organize and supervise a general election of a genuinely democratic civilian government.
6. Politics is like boxing — you try to knock out your opponents.
7. I’m a good Muslim and I’m only interested in Islam
8. I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world
9. Although some people felt Adolf Hitler was bad, he was a great man and a real conqueror whose
name would never be forgotten10. You cannot run faster than a bullet
OTHER QUOTES:
“I am not a politician but a professional soldier. I am, therefore, a man of few words and I have been brief through my professional career.”Idi Amin, president of Uganda, from his first speech to the Ugandan nation in January 1971.
“Germany is the place where when Hitler was the prime minister and supreme commander, he burned over six million Jews. This is because Hitler and all German people knew that Israelis are not people who are working in the interest of the world and that is why they burned the Israelis alive with gas in the soil of Germany.”
Idi Amin, president of Uganda, part of a telegram sent to Kurt Waldheim, UN Secretary-General, and Golda Meir, Israeli premier, on 12 September 1972.“I am the hero of Africa.”
Idi Amin, president of Uganda, as quoted in Newsweek 12 March 1973.“Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking. I never had any formal education — not even nursery school certificate. But, sometimes I know more than Ph.D.’s because as a military man I know how to act, I am a man of action.”
Idi Amin, president of Uganda, as quoted in Thomas and Margaret Melady’s Idi Amin Dada: Hitler in Africa, Kansas City, 1977.“I do not want to be controlled by any superpower. I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world, and that is why I do not let any superpower control me.”
Idi Amin, president of Uganda, as quoted in Thomas and Margaret Melady’s Idi Amin Dada: Hitler in Africa, Kansas City, 1977.“His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.”
The titles that Idi Amin, president of Uganda, gave himself, as reported in “A Clown Drenched in Brutality”, Sunday Times, 27 July 2003.uganda.uk.com
Thus 318 widows were created, and 1,816 children were left orphans. A total of 437 people were arrested, and 187 innocent citizens were detained. Historical royal treasures worth 78 Uganda billion shillings were also destroyed. “What are you talking about? I don’t regret killing them. Those people deserved to die. 
Is this how Ugandans have embraced the culture of defeatism, to the extent where every wrong to Uganda is considered normal?? 
Patriotic Ugandans will never associate themselves with phony opposition groups, sell outs, tribal supremacists, and regime arrangements disguised as political parties or civil society.
Their dad, Sam Kutesa, is the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Father-in-Law of Gen Muhoozi Keinerugaba, First Son & Commander of “Special Forces Group” of Uganda Military.
47.0% of Batwa in the BMCA live in grass thatched houses.
The embattled Kampala woman MP Nagayi Nabillah Ssempala, rented an opponent a one Ssali Kudrah, to appear with her at NUP vetting, as away of fooling the world that the post was competed for.This was long planned from August and he paid the fellow 5 million shillings in cash, according to an inside source.
WHILE THE COMMITTEE WAS ANNOUNCING THE OUTCOME OF THE VETTING, THIS KUDRAH FELLOW JUMPED UP IN HUGE JOY, WHEN NABILLAH WAS ANNOUNCED WINNER, SOMETHING THAT SHOCKED SOME VETTING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.(this moment was captured on Video).NABILLAH IS WORSE THAT THE OTHER GUY OF NURP, WHO WAS IN COURT.
The Ministry of Health has on Tuesday confirmed 11 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda bringing the total number of infections in the country to 1,040.
Charles Rwomushana holds several titles in Uganda’s political circles; former Guild President, former CA Delegate, former RDC, former Head of Economic and Research at ISO, former Head of Political Intelligence under ISO, former State House Spy, former Head of Political Department in President’s Office, former Head of Political Intelligence at State House, former Intelligence Operative, a celebrated Political and Security Analyst etc.
Ms. Ishta Asiimwe Kutesa Muganga is now Israel’s Honorary Consul to Uganda.
and Elly Tumwine. He asked us to introduce ourselves and to tell him where we originated from.
