.@antonioguterres is closely following recent developments in #Uganda.
He notes with concern reports regarding the detention of political and civic actors, including cases in which the whereabouts of some individuals have not been clearly established.
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They treat us as subhuman.
They kill our people for fun
They rape our sisters and brothers.
They torture us on camera.
They abduct us without remorse.
They tear families apart.
They drive people into exile.
They push others to commit suicide.
They rig elections with impunity.
They mock us and post humiliating images of our comrades in captivity.
Then they ask us “What will you do about it?”
But when we remind them, that they too are mortal, and that pain has a way of returning to its source, they suddenly remember the language of ‘morality’.
Go and preach that fake morality to Yasin Kawuma’s mother.
Preach it to the children of Johnbosco Kibalama., Eddy Mutwe or Waiswa Mufumbiro.
Preach it to the family of John Ddamulira and to the countless other victims of the Museveni family.
Don’t try to weaponize ‘morality’ to shield injustice and brutality.
It won’t work with this generation!
Yes, we believe in morality, but silence in the face of injustice is not morality. It is complicity, it is hypocrisy!
"I have only come to define Uganda's story to the world. I was earning more at the BBC than what is being offered at Media Centre. I am here to tell the Ugandan story." — Alan Kasujja, Executive Director, Uganda Media Centre
If you've never met a giant clown, here's your chance.
Alan Kasujja spent 13 years at the BBC World Service hosting flagship programmes and by his own framing
"telling Africa's story with credibility and depth."
He came home, took the government job, and the first thing he offered the public was a salary comparison and a saviour complex. Not a story. A résumé.
Here's the irony that should embarrass him into silence:
While Kasujja was busy positioning himself as Uganda's great narrator, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces took to social media to publicly claim that security forces under his command had eliminated 22 members of the opposition NUP, labelling them "terrorists," and expressed hope that Bobi Wine would be next.
The Same CDF, has abducted the fromer Lord Mayor and lead lawyer in the Besigye Case and bragged publically about it.
His tweets have triggered US Senate sanctions, a reevaluation of security partnerships, and a full-blown diplomatic crisis between Uganda and Washington.
And the Uganda Media Centre ,the institution Kasujja now leads, the one he left BBC money on the table for said nothing.
The man who declared "we cannot win in silence" chose silence at the exact moment Uganda's story was being written for the world in the worst possible way.
So what Uganda story exactly is he here to tell?
Because Muhoozi was out here writing it in real time in ALL CAPS, on X, for free ,
A journalist of Kasujja's stature would have something to offer if he were, say, building an African news organisation that tells Uganda's story on its own terms like what Al Jazeera did for the Gulf.
Instead, at the Media Centre, he'll spin stories to make the NRM happy.
That's the Monitor's words. Not mine. But they land.
You didn't leave the BBC to tell Uganda's story. You left the BBC to manage the government's feelings about Uganda's story and at a bigger fee
There's a difference. A giant one.
Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year ✅
United Players' Player of the Year ✅
FWA Footballer of the Year ✅
Premier League Player of the Season ✅
That's our Bruno 🐐
Walking through the compound that houses the Kasubi Tombs, the main path leads to what should be an entrance. But it ends at one of the layers of thatch covering the 25-foot structure known as Muzibu Azala Mpanga. It looks like a giant basket turned upside down. If it weren’t for the rows of shoes laid neatly outside, you’d never know there was a way in. https://t.co/VWEBuVooHC
Next week's program!
Tomorrow, we begin the week with a visit to revered elder, the venerable titular head of Muslims in Uganda, Prince Kassim Nakibinge at Kibuli, before heading to Makindye West and Makindye East for our rallies. We're very grateful to him for accepting our request to visit him. It was a great honour beginning last week with a visit to Bulange - Mengo.
#ANewUgandaNow
Ugandan Presidential candidate @HEBobiwine and his political party @NUP_Ug represent an idea that will no doubt outlast the current Ugandan leadership.
No amount of violence, even killings, can stem the tide. In fact, the show of violence is not a representation of strength but rather a tacit admission of weakness and inability to win the election if the field were leveled.
To those being used as instruments of coercion, the enablers of such unlawful conduct, the time of reckoning will come. State protection is transient.
It is not too late to follow the law, act with restraint, and avoid bloodshed. An election can not be prosecuted as though it were a war or an end in itself. The country will live long after us all. Let’s make a better country for our posterity.
To my brother @SirDanMagic1, you overcame an attack during the previous election cycle; you will overcome this, too. Your blood, like that of countless others, will not be spilled in vain.
Once again, I urge police/ security agencies to keep law and order in a non-violent and non-partisan manner during this campaign period.
It's unrealistic to ban processions of supporters. Political rallies are not prayer meetings to which worshippers go calmly. Political rallies are about excitement. And with Uganda's public transport (bodaboda) it's unrealistic to expect supporters to move to campaign venues quietly. Ensure supporters don't harm others, but let them be.
Bullets; tear gas; dogs! These make the Pearl of Africa bleed! CPM
Trinity of terror
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