Many said he had miscalculated by ordering Mpuuga to return the 500m & apologise to the nation. Many criticised him for not covering up for his own. At such a great personal/political risk, H.E. Bobi Wine took a clear stand against the corruption in Parliament!
Kudos @HEBobiwine
Fortunately, I can call many of Gen. Muhoozi’s people my friends; @AndrewMwenda@kasujja@qataharraymond, etc, all very brilliant people. could you please be honest enough to tell him he cannot fight corruption while abusing processes, while undermining institutions, while openly and publicly appointing speakers and deputy speakers of parliament, while fronting people that have also been involved in the same corruption you’re praising him for fighting. Thank you 🙏
Matthew, I supported you through your darkest days and I know intimately, the cruelty of prison. I’ve been there too. I respect the pain behind your words.
But I strongly disagree with the message you are sending.
Your imprisonment followed a criminal conviction. You served a sentence for a crime you pleaded guilty of. Citizens who are jailed for voting, organising, protesting, or holding dissenting political views are not “causing trouble” — they are exercising constitutional rights. These are not, could never be, comparable situations.
To suggest that people should withdraw from civic life to avoid prison is to normalise repression and shift responsibility from an abusive state onto its victims. That is neither fair nor just. Matthew, I ask you to reflect more on this.
Fear is real. Prison is brutal. But history teaches us that surrendering rights because the cost is high only guarantees more injustice, not safety.
I stand for peaceful civic participation, for courage without recklessness, and for refusing to accept political imprisonment as inevitable or deserved. Think again. @MattKanyamunyu