We've been notified of the abduction this evening of our comrade Blood Mo from Iganga. Onlookers say many armed operatives came to where he was and whisked him off to an unknown destination thus far. And the violations continue😠
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisonersInUganda
Very pleased to welcome back comrade Olivia Lutaaya from detention. Olivia has paid such a heavy price for simply believing that Uganda deserves better. Out of the 6 years of @NUP_Ug, she has spent 5 years in detention at various times over trumped up charges. Despite the grave persecution she has endured, she is still committed to what she believes in.
Welcome back comrade! Uganda will be free.
Violently abducted.
Slapped with fabricated charges.
Detained without trial.
Robbed of a clear electoral victory.
Denied bail to attend to his sick wife.
Denied bail to bury his wife when she passed.
His Election Petition dismissed.
How much must one man endure for daring to disagree with a regime?
Stay strong, brother. One day, everything will be alright.
A short while ago, I spoke with our comrade Olivia Lutaaya and welcomed her back from the long period of unjustified detention. I am glad that her conviction has not been diminished by the criminal regime's persistent persecution. I assured her that the immense sacrifice she, together with other comrades, have made for a better country will never be in vain.
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Today, we converged at St. Bruno Sserunkuuma Catholic Church, Kasenge, for a requiem Mass in honour of the late Hon Charles Matovu, former MP for Busiro South.
May his gentle soul rest in peace.
Regarding abductions and unaccounted-for persons, I’m glad that some colleagues from NRM are also speaking out, because injustice affects everyone regardless of political affiliation.
#KeepingTheGovtInCheck
On a very sad note, Hon Charles Matovu, the immediate former MP of Busiro South, who has been trying to reclaim his stolen victory in court has died.
He passed on after a medical challenge that he got abruptly this week.
We shall avail more details about this very sad incident in due course.
Habibi, remember this 2021 video of Anita Among saying she would be deputy speaker for ten years and speaker for another ten - making it 20 years of her? In the end, she was deputy for one year, & speaker for 4 years making her tenure as speaker and deputy the shortest since 1998. Her reign was shorter than Kadaga, Oulanyah, and Ssekandi.
Thing is, you can't even predict what Uganda’s politics will be like in two months from now. It is determined by thousands of factors, hundreds of people in & outside Uganda at any one point. Gaddafi, & Mubarak had elaborate plans for their sons to take over - let alone their grandsons - none did.
In the DRC, Kabila planned for Tshisekedi to take over after him, even elevated him from third to first - now the man got him sentenced to death! In Botswana, Ian Khama made his Vice President Matsisi take over months before elections, only for Matsisi to get him running to exile in South Africa. It was even worse for Dos Santos who ruled Angola for 40 years, then made his friend & former security minister president. That friend turned on him, that he went to exile and died a miserable man. Meanwhile, the man is now going after Dos Santos’ children ill-gotten wealth and power. Each of these men did things to keep their influence and power for decades. It didn't work.
Thing is, I wouldn't be so surprised if in two years or so from now, we have a new president who isn't Muhoozi. Of course I wouldn't be surprised - in the same vein - if people like Ssebunya, Jordan, Kabanda and others started saying other things. Like how they were joking, or pretending. Like the old people say, no one is tall enough to see the future - it should be even harder to see the future in a poor third-world nation with a history of turbulent politics. Let alone predict it for generations.