NRM Historicals say Museveni has betrayed the core principles and aims that took them to the bush

Having realized the dangers being posed by his war-time comrades, also known as NRM Historical s, as they start to actively withdraw their support from his dying presidency, dictator Museveni has sought to neutralize and weaken their capacity to politically engage with the wider Ugandan population by denying them political space in any manner or form. In his mind, Museveni is haunted by the fear of his former Comrades aligning with the country’s political opposition in a bid to topple his regime.

And so, within the NRM party, Museveni is not only deploying divide and rule tactics, making the so-called young generation loyalists (mainly hand-picked yes-men and yes-women) to frustrate the political ambitions of the bush war fighters. He is also actively using the NRM party Electoral Commission, headed by Tanga Odoi, to rig the Historical s out of politics all together.
The daring and cryptic statement made by the chairperson of the NRM electoral commission, Tanga Odoi, that “…NRM historical s should ‘go and hang’,” (http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/672410-go-hang-tanga-odoi-tells-nrm-historicals.html) is believed to have been made with the full endorsement of Museveni himself.
This public denigration and humiliation by Museveni of the men and women whose sacrifices in the Luweero Triangle bush war enabled him to come to power, follows increasing criticisms and condemnation from many Historical s against what they see as Museveni’s ran-away dictatorial tendencies and his fanatical quest for a family-centred, rather than people-centred, political hegemony.

For many of these NRM Historical s, the last straw has been the sole-candidacy quagmire, as well as Museveni’s increasing flirtation with the idea of ‘one-family’ politics and the repulsive ‘Muhoozi-project’, that was defeated earlier on. This, in addition to the cacophony of many other misplaced political machinations and maneuverings by the dictator, which have led to increased political strife and instability in the country.

As a result, many of Museveni’s former comrades-in arms, have decided to turn their backs on a man they perceive to be power-hungry, and is seen to have betrayed the core principles and aims that took them to the bush in the first place. A number have joined the struggle to dismantle the Museveni regime, following in the footsteps of the likes of General David Sejusa, the Chairman of Free Uganda (FU) and National Coordinator of the Platform to Rescue Uganda (PRU). Other war-time fighters, like Colonel Kizza Besigye are already in the thick of the battles for a new democratic Uganda without Museveni.

Deceptive message of ‘Inter-generational transition of Power’ – Museveni’s real motive is to consolidate power in his own hands and those of his family:
In an attempt to hoodwink Ugandans to support his continued stay in power, Museveni has gone into over-drive offering carefully selected loyal youths ministerial jobs and high-ranking positions in state house, as well as in the police, army and, most especially, in the Special Forces Command (SFC), which also acts as the presidential guard, and is commanded by none other than the President’s own son, Brigadier Muhoozi Kaneirugaba.

Ministerial jobs have gone to fanatical proponents of the sole-candidacy drive, like Frank Kagyigyi Tumwebaze, who is famed for carrying out special missions assigned to him by Museveni meant to destroy any signs of democratic opposition within or outside of NRM, and Evelyn Anite, the young lady who knelt down at the now famous NRM Party Kyankwanzi meeting to beg the party’s caucus to endorse Museveni as the sole candidate for the post of flag-bearer in the 2016 elections.
NRM top party jobs have been awarded to the likes of Richard Twodong and Justine Kasule Lumumba, who are being rewarded for stifling any signs of democratic practice within the NRM party and for spreading the gospel of ‘Museveni-sole candidacy’ across the country.
The falsity of this seeming ‘inter-generational transfer of power’ concept lies in its fake core principles, which so evidently point to nothing but ‘absolute loyalty’ to Museveni’s vision of forcefully extending his stay in power as he sets out to create a ‘Museveni family dynasty’ in Uganda.

All these youthful political, military and security functionaries can only qualify for office if: they are a hundred percent loyal to Museveni, fully supportive of his sole-candidacy as flag-bearer of the NRM party in the 2016 elections,they are behind the ‘Museveni Family-Project’ as regards to who can inherit the presidency should anything happen to Sole Candidate in the years to come,they are frenetically opposed to any form of democracy in the politics of Uganda.
These attributes, even in the eyes of a 10 year old child, do not represent any real intention, on the part of Museveni, to transfer political power from the older generation to the young generation, in a way that is inclusive of all Ugandan citizens.

No wonder, then, that Museveni’s own former war-time Comrades are up in arms against these dangerous political game plays by Museveni. After all they know the man better than anyone else and have observed him at close range as he diverted from every single principle that the bush war was about.
NRM Historical s brought Museveni to power – They have a Patriotic duty to remove him:

The NRM Historical s have indisputable reason to feel betrayed by Museveni in a political journey, where, instead of establishing a lasting and sustainable democratic dispensation, he set out to consolidate power in his own hands, and continues to entrench power in hands of his own extended family. The Luweero Triangle bush fighters feel even more betrayed and pained when they realize that they created the Monster who is now terrorizing and destroying the Ugandan nation at will.

In a recent public communication to his fellow NRM Historical s, General David Sejusa, the Chairman of Free Uganda (FU) and National Coordinator of Platform to Rescue Uganda (PRU) was brutally honest when he reminded his colleagues that they, the NRM Historical s, brought Museveni to power and now they have the patriotic duty to remove him and save Uganda from total destruction.
By the look of things many Historical s are heeding General Sejusa’s call.

By Dr Vincent Magombe, Secretary Free Uganda Leadership Committee, and Press Secretary FU. Also Head of Diaspora Mobilisation, Platform to Rescue Uganda (PRU)]
   

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