Tinyefuza Is afraid of The Truth, Even China Keitetsi Confirms This In Her Book

By S. Sewagaba

Even China Keitetsi in her book “Child Soldier” said that Tinyefuza used to round up many Baganda soldiers and tie them on a pole and shoot them under the pretext that they were cowards. But the reason he killed many of these Baganda soldiers was because of his intense hatred for Baganda.

By intimidating Otunnu that he will be crushed if he continues to talk about the atrocities in Luwero, Tinyefuza is scared of the truth. Many Baganda lost their lives in Luwero at the hands of both Obote’s soldiers and the NRM’s soldiers. By threatening Otunnu, that he will be crushed for indulging in loose talk because he had proposed that an investigation be conducted about the Luwero massacres, only serves to arouse peoples’ suspicions that may be some of the victims of the Luwero massacres were killed by the NRM. If this is not the case, then I see no reason why Tinyefuza is becoming nervous about Otunnu’s proposition. As in South Africa we need a Truth and Reconciliation commission. Tinyefuza’s hatred for Baganda is paranoid. He sucked in his hatred for Baganda with the milk of his mother’s breast. His hatred is rooted in his envy and jealousy for the Baganda tribe.

Tinyefuza is not alone in his crusade to kill and crush the Baganda. Even a certain Minister in Museveni’s government recently praised the Banyolo for decapitating many Baganda in a place called Kibale. If we are ruled by people who have so much hatred for us, then our calls and clamouring for federalism are justified .Another one of Museveni’s Ministers said that Museveni’s government is capable of humiliating the Baganda even more than Obote did, if they want. Remember that for every action good or bad there is an opposite and equal reaction. Look at what Obote’s people have gone through for over twenty years ironically at the hands of their own people headed by Kony. Tinyefuza, if you mishandle the Baganda, your tribe will face the same fate as the Acholis and Langis have gone through. The Baganda are very accommodative people. They are swamped by every tribe on the map of East Africa. Some of the people residing in Buganda are one of our greatest enemies, like Tinyefuza. Even Obote despised the Baganda for being too accommodative of foreigners instead of thanking us. Our hospitality is always rewarded with cruelity.

The only place Baganda can feel safe in is Buganda. But even there, we are victimized in our own country. So where can we go? We are hated by everybody around. If you killed people in Luwero and you are scared of the truth coming out, then you will pay for it. Tinyefuza being the head of the CMI, I am sure there are many murders of people you are privy to. Now that the truth is being unraveled, you are becoming scared and nervous to the point of threatening Otunnu in order to silence him. Tinyefuza brace yourself for the moment you will have to stand trial. The blood of those people especially the Baganda you killed in Luwero and elsewhere, cries to God from their graves. Heading the CMI will not save you from justice. Remember, Obote, ran away one night without saying good bye to the people of Uganda. He did not have the time to say goodbye. You may not be as lucky as Obote to escape from justice.

S. Sewagaba.

We Are Heading For A Civil War, Kyanjo’s Words May Be Prophetic

By Seezi Sewagaba

The situation as it stands at the moment, with the impending general elections in about a year’s time, with all signs showing that it is going to be rigged, then all ingredients [that] are necessary to spark off a civil are in place. People are so fed up of the NRM, that picking up arms as honourable Hussein Kyanjo hinted is the only viable alternative. Museveni has underestimated the people of Uganda as his predecessor Milton Obote did. He has put his trust in the gun and even armed his tribesmen to the brink. This is going to be his undoing. In this coming civil war, three tribes are going to be more involved than the rest, namely Baganda, Banyankole and Bakiga. The remaining tribes will as usual side with the winning side. All pleas to Museveni have fallen on deaf ears. He has great confidence in the ability of his armed forces to uphold and sustain his regime. He might not be as lucky as Robert Mugabe and Muamar Qadaffi whose regimes have lasted longest in Africa’s political history.

As I said in [an earlier] article a few months ago, a civil strike can definitely cripple Museveni’s regime. Museveni’s military machine is just a paper tiger, behind which the coward Museveni hides. A determined civil disobedience or strife, sustained over a period of one month can definitely bring Museveni’s ramshackle regime down. All we need is determination and the willingness to sacrifice a few lives. All I know is that we have got a lot of allies in the armed forces and the police who are tired of this regime with its tribalism and corruption. What is needed is to set off the spark and the whole edifice will burn down.  Museveni will get more and more dictatorial and paranoid as his regime lasts in power. We have seen nothing yet about this dictatorship.

Every year parliament looks helplessly as billions of taxpayers’ money is allocated to the State House to be used by members of one tribe namely the Banyankole. Almost every weekend, lavish weddings are held by Museveni’s close tribesmen and women marrying off their daughters using taxpayer’s money. A lot of money is dubiously allocated without any rules to be followed.

People close to the President have built mansions which don’t match their incomes. The finance department of the UPDF at Mbuya is all manned by Banyankole. Even a mere clerk working there, eats daily at the most expensive restaurant in Bugolobi, a high income Kampala suburb, where a meal costs 4000 shillings. The workers in this finance department drive very expensive cars which don’t match their incomes. By comparison, the police personnel live in dilapidated houses at Naguru. Some live nine people in a room. They only survive because of taking bribes from civilians. This shows how Museveni and his tribe’s people are so selfish. I cannot see how the police personnel and many non- Banyankole soldiers in the army can fight to defend Museveni’s regime if Museveni cannot see the pathetic conditions under which they live.

People like David Jamwa who embezzled peoples’ pension funds and even went to the extent of gambling using that money in an American Casino is still at large plus Patrick Mbabazi who helped himself to ten billion of it and escaped scot-free. Museveni’s call to fight corruption is a two edged sword. This is because corruption starts with Museveni himself, before it spreads to the rest of the country. He cannot accuse others of corruption without them accusing him of the same thing. That is why Mbabazi got away with it. If we are not careful, then I am afraid that one tribe might disappear from the map of Uganda. We saw it in Rwanda, and the same scenario can be replicated in Uganda.

The killing of thirty Baganda by the security forces following the riots which took place after the Kabaka was refused entry into Kayunga, was just a dress rehearsal of the misery to come. These people though branded thugs by Museveni, did not die in vain. Museveni thinks that Baganda are expendable creatures, that is why he sacrificed many Baganda lives in Luweero in order to come to power. That is why 80 Baganda Moslems were slaughtered in Mbarara, his tribal town. The next civil war is going to be fought hand with hand. Neighbour turning against neighbour. This time the guns will not matter much. Everybody with a grudge against another person will take advantage of the chaos and lawlessness to fulfill his revenge.

All this can be averted if Museveni steps down lawfully and allows the Constitution and Parliament to steer the country into the future. Like Saddam Hussein, Museveni will not have the time to escape should his regime fall through violence. The more he stays in power, the more he endangers the lives of his tribesmen the Banyankole. During Obote’s regime, the Baganda were the hate symbol. Now the Westerners especially Banyankole are hated more than Baganda were hated during Obote’s regime. I read about a story of an Itetso girl who saw her father shot dead by a Munyankole soldier simply because he was trying to help his friend who had been wounded. The Banyankole have repeated the same mistakes Obote and his troops made.

Seezi Sewagaba.

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