Johnnie Musinguzi

Farmer, husband, father, friend

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@UKinUganda Your handling of visa applications is shameful!
An applicant has held back to back visas for 30 years, his doctors have written to support his application, is admitted in a hospital in your country, has paid accommodation, and you deny the visa without a phone call?

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@nbstv @TumukundeTT @TumukundeTT you are a disgrace to your profession!

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@salimo_paul 😂😂😂

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@Uganda_Expozed Depreciation?
Maintenance?
Fuel?
Service?
Staff?
Parking or premises?

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@Uganda_Expozed Rubbish!

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@UGHistory256 @RugyendoQuotes Mayombo and others not still with us must be in agony wherever they went!
@mugishamuntu and others alive can describe their pain.

[UgHistory @UGHistory256]

1994.

Parliament Lobby. Kampala.

The Constituent Assembly was debating the shape of a new Uganda when a young army captain, Noble Mayombo, rose to move a motion.

It was a small thing, on paper:

Change the name of the national army.

But Mayombo understood that names carry power.

The Name and the Man: Mayombo's Motion for the UPDF - 1994

"This is no longer the army of a resistance," he told his fellow delegates.

"It must be the defence force of a people."

The motion was simple in phrasing but profound in meaning:

That the National Resistance Army, born of the bush war, be renamed the Uganda People's Defence Forces.

Mayombo reminded the Assembly that while the NRA had fought valiantly, it belonged to a chapter of struggle.

A constitution, he argued, must speak for all citizens, not for a movement.

The army's name had to project neutrality, professionalism, and national ownership.

Mayombo's words carried weight beyond his years.

He had fought in the bush, but he understood that the new constitution was meant to bury the divisions of the past and build a common future.

By proposing the name change, he was not merely editing a document;

He was redefining the relationship between the soldier and the citizen.

The word "People's" was not cosmetic but constitutional, a signal that the guns were now bound by law, accountable to Ugandans rather than to a party.

Outside the chamber, in the Parliament lobby, seasoned journalist Bart Kakooza intercepted Mayombo for an interview.

Standing tall, the young captain repeated the essence of his argument into Kakooza's microphone.

Through radio and newspapers, his vision reached far beyond Kampala.

For many Ugandans, that was the first time they heard the phrase Uganda People's Defence Forces. It carried a freshness that suggested rebirth, a shift from partisan struggle to shared nationhood.

When the Assembly finally voted and Article 208 enshrined the UPDF in the 1995 Constitution, the moment was sealed.

The NRA passed into history, and the UPDF was born in law.

For Noble Mayombo, it was more than a legal victory; it was his signature contribution to the republic.

The image endures:

A young man in Parliament, moving a motion with conviction, then stepping into the lobby to explain to a journalist, and to the nation, why Uganda's army must belong to the people.

Mayombo's motion ensured that the army would no longer be the instrument of a movement, but the shield of a nation.

It was not just semantics.

It was a declaration that Uganda had moved from revolution to constitution, from the bullet to the ballot.

The name change may have been a small clause in a long document, but it was the mark of a mind that understood that the words you choose determine the nation you build.

What does it take to stand up in an assembly of elders and veterans and suggest that the revolution's army should be renamed for the people it serves?

Noble Mayombo was a young captain when he moved that motion.

He understood that constitutions are not just about power, they are about identity, and the names we give our institutions define the country we become.

The NRA won the war.

The UPDF was built to keep the peace.

#UPDF #NRA #Ughistory @NRMOnline @MODVA_UPDF @GovUganda @BartKakooza @UgandaMediaCent

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@coufamilytv @EriasLukwago @EriasLukwago wasn't arrested!
He was abducted!

[Daily Monitor @DailyMonitor]

🗞️A very simpe question...Where's the law?

Also inside today's Daily Monitor:

◉Museveni opens Cabinet retreat with strong anti-corruption tone

◉Judiciary too broke to hear 118 poll petitions

■That and much more in your Tuesday copy that's also on e-paper at: https://t.co/De3x3iZqZ6

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@MathiasMpuuga @EriasLukwago The constitution of the Republic of Uganda was overthrown!

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@Parliament_Ug @JudiciaryUG The Uganda 🇺🇬 constitution has been overthrown under your watch!

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@NinyeTabz The Uganda constitution has been overthrown!

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@Jamie_Namulema Their game is brute force!
It has no relationship to chess or anything that requires sophistication and finesse!

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@SEyotre @cobbo3 The Uganda constitution has been overthrown!

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@NinyeTabz Will they arrest all Ugandans @MODVA_UPDF @mkainerugaba ?

[Gir'amata🪡 @aliza_pearl]

So our new normal are things we heard about in the 70's that made some of our parents flee the country? 🤔

Who would have thhhhat!

Long Live the Revolution

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[Wafula Oguttu @WafulaPhilip5]

Gen MK , kindly get SFC to inform the country the whereabouts of comrade Sam Mugumya or take him to court.
SFC reportedly abducted him in broad daylight over six months ago and has since been held incommunicado. His old mum is greatly troubled and stressed.

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@ivymuthe @TioKauma I don't like President Samia Suluhu but she has a valid point!

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@TonyNatif This is a difficult subject
There are compensation decisions that @GovUganda conceded 30 years ago that have never been paid

[Johnnie Musinguzi @musyaba]

@JackieAkampwera Why doesn't he pay you online or by mobile for delivery?