Habibi, you can easily tell that what befell Eddy Mutwe crossed a line and broke a cord in many. Most of the negative responses to that fundraiser fall back to how Eddy Mutwe was - and still is being - inhumanly treated.
Yet, if we believe the court, all that was because Eddy Mutwe “stole a jumper”, but if we believe Museveni’s son, Eddy Mutwe’s actual sin was not knowing Lunyankore. So he stepped in to “teach him”.
From my reading history - and this is not to justify anything he did - Idi Amin actually had enough reasons to be paranoid. With Kenya harbouring Ugandan dissidents, Sudan hostile to his regime, Tanzania not only harbouring dissidents but rebels who tried to overthrow his regime less than a year into power in September 1971; and powerful nations like Israel, Britain, Apartheid South Africa, and America all openly calling for his overthrow, sanctioning his regime, or working in other ways to undermine it, it is easy to see why he acted with such brutality to fight off the “enemies of Uganda and imperialists” against his regime.
Yet, for the most part Mr Eddy Mutwe was a normal citizen. A bodyguard, and a barber, with a known address living in Kampala. He went about his business normally on a daily. If the police summoned him, most likely he would have turned up to answer questions. Yet, the decision taken at a high level was to abduct, hold him incommunicado, torture him, make jokes about it on Twitter, and share pictures to prove it all. It’s really hard to justify any of this from a rational viewpoint. Not even Jamil Mukulu was treated so inhumanly despite being a suspected mastermind of an internationally recognised terror group.
Anyway, Allan Paton warned us in “Cry, the Beloved Country”, “My greatest fear is that one day, when they turn to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.”
It is obvious that some Ugandans have been pushed so much that they have turned to hating. What is not clear is how many they are. Hopefully, the Rubicon is still ahead; yet to be crossed. Maybe a meter away, or even inches, but one can hope that it has not been crossed - at least not yet…
#FreeEddyMutwe
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisonersUg
RM @RepGregoryMeeks: Reports of torture and intimidation against Ugandan opposition figures, including Bobi Wine and Kizza Besigye, are alarming. Such actions violate human rights and suppress political dissent.
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Security has arrested several opposition MPs ahead of today’s plenary session, following chaotic scenes in the House earlier, which left some MPs injured. #NTVNews
Today, we once again commend our warriors for their precision—specifically on enemy territory. This is what fundamentally changes the situation—our ability to bring the war back home to Russia.
Another arsenal in Russia has been hit, and it was a significant one for the occupiers. I am grateful to all our warriors in the Defense and Security Forces of Ukraine who were involved. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, and everyone else who took part—great job.
There’s also commendable work by the Security Service of Ukraine on yet another Russian military depot. This one held Russian tactical missiles and guided bombs—all the tools Russia uses to terrorize our cities and positions.
We are achieving this thanks to our capabilities and our weapons—without the means our partners can provide, which could significantly accelerate the end of this war by destroying Russia’s offensive potential. If we could direct all our precision to defend Ukraine—if we had enough missiles and permissions that our partners can provide—the overall situation in this war would be much better for our security, and for the security of everyone in the world who doesn’t want to live in the conditions of such aggressions as this Russian one.
We are convincing our partners and will continue these discussions next week—Ukraine needs full long-range capabilities. Not just our own drones and missiles, which currently lack sufficient range, but everything the world can offer to protect against Russian terror.
138 athletes in 17 sports—each one of them expanded the geography of Ukraine’s victories at the Paralympic Games in Paris, bringing Ukraine an incredibly inspiring result of 82 medals—22 gold, 28 silver, and 32 bronze.
I am grateful for their strength and the ability to rise above any circumstances. I also thank the entire team of Ukraine—everyone who works with the National Team, who provides help and support. I thank their families, every coach, and everyone involved. Ukraine is proud of them.
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19 NATO Allies and three partners gathered in the 🇳🇱 Netherlands to test the ability of commercially available counter-drone systems to operate seamlessly together. 🇺🇦 Ukraine participated for the first time, alongside members of the private sector and research community
Ugandans have known for a long time now that those in power work for their own good; not the common good. That’s why their healthcare, education etc is provided by exclusive institutions/ systems from the rest of population.
We must blame ourselves for failing to stop this for more than 3 decades. The sooner we stand up and fight for our survival, the better the chance to survive!
Clip in Luganda language.