Just last week, regime apologists were questioning the decision of the US to place Uganda on Level 4 Do Not Travel Advisory! We LOVE OUR COUNTRY, but those who rule over us are the enemies of our country. See this video and you may think you're watching a scene from a war front. But this is Kisekka Market, in the middle of our capital. How do you persuade people to visit a country that behaves in this manner? Heavily armed thugs in plain clothes terrorising people in broad daylight! No wonder ordinary people thought they were armed robbers! And yet, these are the regime operatives who have been given the licence to terrorise, abduct and murder without consequence. How can ordinary citizens distinguish between criminals and security operatives when there's no difference in how they conduct themselves? We must all aspire to build a country where security forces behave with utmost professionalism.
Nothing describes best what Hon. Miria Matembe is going through, than the title of her own book, "The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Betrayed."
To imagine that she was a member of Uganda's Constitutional Commission and helped draft a Constitution with a Bill of Rights, and that she's now missing or on the run for her expression is beyond disbelief. Wherever you are, Aunt Miria, as you're fondly called, know that Uganda stands with you and that the sun will rise again.