For once, Museveni, you should know you have been given hot air because Nobert Mao and the Secretary-General didn’t consult the party structures before signing a cooperation agreement – DP’s Attorney General Nalukoola Luyimbazi.

“The Democratic party reserves the right to enter into an agreement with any legal entity for peace, democratisation, development and order which the beleaguered zygote in Kamwokya can’t foresee. They are now up in arms against an agreement which they even don’t know its content. DP members are not complaining” , says DP Stalwart Hon.Laker Moses.

Uganda’s opposition, especially those DP lovers are up at arms against Mao’s DP and M7’s work together pact that exposed their hypocrisy and created huge shenanigans. To actualize the pact, Hon. Mao was appointed Minister for Justice and constitunal affairs.

36 years, six sham elections as you call it yet you participate, war, revolution, and elections you plan for won’t bring change, you rejected Ipod dialogue, apart from getting to leadership positions and seeing youths jailed and die, Ugandans suffer yet you party after party. If Mao is wrong, what is your solution?

The pact recieved mixed reactions from Ugandans but condemnations from opposition.

I think Mao didn’t invent a new normal, but zeroxed DP tradition. From 1954.- DP has been a party of dialogue and peace. Mao did what Dr Semogere did and Hon Ibingira in the post independence in parliament when they opted to join UPC government. Whatever their reasons, I think we must for peace purposes, understudy democracy in Uganda.

In 1961, DP Ben kiwanuka was elected PM but gave up when unholy alliance with kabaka yekka brought in UPCs Dr obote, but for peace, DP gave up.

In 1986 Dr. semomogere led dp to NRM, and sadly left members like Dr. Kazibwe, Prof Bukenya, Kasamba Mugerwa and many others to NRM. To hushly condemn Hon Mao is to admit our hypocrisy. To me history will condemn hypocrites who pretend to be holy and time will prove them wrong.

I am a mentee of Mao who served as his legislative assistant in six parliament and as elected national spokesperson of DP. This made me know him. He believes in truth and justice. He hates corruption and believes in personal integrity. Mao promised Acholi to run for two terms in parliament, he left when still loved. To me, Mao is not a traitor or bought but loves Uganda more. I am sure the NRM is happy for a big catch and his detractors, but I think we must use wisdom to understand him.

conclusively, the moral questions are, who is the only hope and messiah for uganda? What can bring constructive change in Uganda, where we have peaceful transfer of power like kenya or Tanzania? Do we have opposition? Dr. Besigye whose wife works with government at night? Bobi wine? Lukwago, the Lord Mayor who can kill to be mayor earning over 30 million shillings monthly with no replacement? Or Betty Namboozee, in parliament for two decades earning over 20 million shillings monthly and many others? They can afford birthday parties for wives and children but look at suffering Ugandans. Ugandans, wake up. I understand why President Museveni has been in power for long and all talking of Muhoozi project. If Muhoozi, Mao, Bobi wine, Winne Kizza and many others can reboot Uganda, why not?

To me, the best way is a national, transitional government. In the 21st century, Bush war can never succeed, in Uganda demonstrations or the Arab like spring styles might not work. We saw revolution in Sri Lanka, but a dream here.

The ruling class in Uganda cannot make fiscal mistakes. In sri Lanka they failed to pay debt. While in Uganda we have money, though we lose 500 billion shillings yearly on corruption. American government gives us up to 950$ million dollars yearly for health and other development.

35 years of NRM, has seen both patriots and vilains. Patriots who shed their blood and vilains who engaged in aquiring ill gotten wealth with untamed appetite and those massacaring the constitition.

President Museveni, a lover of a monolithic government makes any agreement of parties working together suspicious. Remember he vowed to end opposition in Uganda. By the way, opposition ended on the Mao’s , Okulu Epak, Cecelia Ogwal etc. They had a cause. Today, we have money makers and scammers. In fact, president Museveni will be remembered if he conducts his transition well. Uganda is at take off. With his recent strategy, and if we as Ugandans can open our eyes, we will smile now and after president Museveni .

Having looked at six different elections termed as unfair and a sham by opposition yet they legitimize the same by participating. I see Ugandans must wake up from the slumber nightmare.

To me since, war, elections, and revolutions can not bring change, to stop the so called opposition and government from spending billions in elections that sees many dead, youths arrested and no hope, instead of cracking night deals, running for fake elections, opposition must come and dialogue now. Let’s stop hypocrisy and rhetorics giving Ugandans a raw deal .

Dr. Mwaka lutukumoi.
lutukumoifoundation1@gmail.com

By Odongo Lango

There are times when the news cycle is sluggish. Things happen slowly and random happenings seem, well, random. And such was the initial perception of the historic DP-NRM Cooperation Accord that President Museveni and Hon Norbert Mao signed. The nature and content of the political talking heads’ responses were predictable.

The political game’s patient leopard, President Museveni, has been silent within his burrow. The President was busy behind the scenes, working his magic, like a swift river whose surface is typically deceptively quiet in the middle. Political actors who were unaware and preoccupied with the whims of the latest banner headlines were caught completely off guard. The president appears to be finishing his encirclement maneuver on the opposition, precisely as he had previously predicted. But the president doesn’t wage a war of annihilation. He surrounds his adversaries covertly. He keeps an unblinking gaze on them. He then pounces in when they are entirely at ease.

If I were to hazard a guess about the old man’s political chess game, I would say that he is slowly setting up his pieces in order to respond to ambiguous succession problems in 2026 and later.

Center of Gravity

Consolidating a powerful, modern, and effective military capable of protecting Uganda’s territorial integrity, handling the volatile geopolitical security environment inside the great lakes, and staying submissive to civilian authorities is high on the president’s agenda. The President is making great efforts to ensure that the East African Community’s peace and security are guaranteed through a common security architecture for member states capable of thwarting existential threats to the African peoples in order to advance the Musevenian doctrine of Center of Gravity.

East Africa Integration

Second, President Museveni has a personal stake in seeing that the East African Integration initiative succeeds in creating a market that benefits the people living in member countries. The expansion of markets that promote wealth creation for African peoples is something that President Museveni is a great supporter of.

Political Stability

Thirdly, the President is putting a lot of effort into setting the stage for a long-lasting, unified, and stable Uganda that is at peace with both herself and her neighbors. Recent years have witnessed an appalling tendency in Ugandan politics that teaches political hatred, tribal sentimentality, and religious intolerance. This movement is supported by a small but vocal minority. One may interpret President Wednesday’s handshake with Mao as a calculated move to put a stop to that cancer. This strident minority may have received a few elected political positions in the 2021 election as a result of voter attitudes, but this might also be viewed as a result of the ebbs and flows of political waves. Not the norm, but the exception.

It’s the economy, stupid!

Last but not least, the Wednesday conference may be viewed in the context of establishing a stable macroeconomic climate capable of absorbing and using Uganda’s untapped resources. The plethora of natural resources that Uganda is gifted with will enable the country’s economy to roar back to life once they are mined. This includes favorable weather, productive land, oil and gas, gold, rare earth minerals, and iron, to name a few. Natural resources on their own might be a curse if they are not used appropriately, as is the case in nations like the DRC. Congo has been ripped apart by insecurity, political instability, and warlords’ blatant exploitation due to its small-minded politics. Uganda is being painstakingly protected from such curses by President Museveni.

In conclusion….
Gen. Museveni, the president of Uganda, is a political marathon runner. He hunkers and thinks about decades when his competitors are wasting their valuable political willpower by reacting to the most recent banner headlines. And when seen in that context, it is clear why the President met with Mao.

The author is from Minakulu in the Oyam District and belongs to the NRM party

President General of the Democratic Party Hon.Nobert Mao has been appointed Constitutional affairs minister by President Museveni.

The appointment comes in after a few hours when Mao’s Democratic Party entered into agreement with the ruling National Resistance Movement.

Mao is now awaiting confirmation by the Appointment Committee to start performing his newly assigned duties.

Carry out audit of nodding disease funds – Speaker Anita Among
Parliament has directed the Auditor General to conduct a forensic on the Shs1.3 billion allocated to support nodding disease affected persons.

The MPs on Wednesday, 20 July 2022 adopted a motion tabled by Kitgum District Woman MP, Hon. Lilian Aber, urging government to prioritise interventions into nodding disease in Northern Uganda.

According to the Centre for Disease Control, nodding disease syndrome is a neurologic condition that is characterized by episodes of repetitive dropping forward of the head, often accompanied by other seizure like activity like convulsions or staring spells.

Reports of the disease emerged as early as 1998 in Kitgum district. However, thousands of cases were registered in Northern Uganda in the late 2000s.

Now Members of Parliament have called for prioritisation of interventions into nodding disease but also an audit into funds injected into the treatment and support to those affected by the disease. In March 2018, Parliament authorized government to spend shs1.3 billion for the revitalization of the intervention for nodding syndrome in Northern Uganda.

This followed a passionate drive and campaign to raise funds and support the children affected by the disease by the late Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah.

Now in her motion, Aber urged the government to ensure the appropriate use of funds allocated, fast track the operationalization of facilities disease and train personnel to intervene in treating the disease.

Aber says that the number of nodding disease affected children remains high with Kitgum having 1,449 while the mental health department which supports the children is also overwhelmed and lacks capacity.
“We request that government provides food relief and shelter to the affected family. There is an NGO, Irene Gleeson Foundation that has taken the mantle to spearhead mobilization for food items to support these families but it would have been better if the Office of the Prime Minister took on this,” Aber said.

The Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, called for immediate, medium and long term strategy to curb the disease saying the disease was seriously affecting the children.

“We need resources to go and take care of the immediate social needs of these families and their housing conditions; they have no food and they look dejected,” Mpuuga said
Hon. Anifa Kawooya, the Minister of State for Health in Charge of General Duties said that government is alive to the challenge of the nodding syndrome.

“Initially the Ministry of Health was the one receiving the budget for nodding disease but from the financial years 2018 and 2019, the Ministry of Finance sends the money directly to the districts,” she said.

Speaker Anita Among called for an audit on the funds that have already been released for the treatment of nodding disease.

Among tasked government to report to the House after every three months.

“We will have a forensic audit on the funds released for nodding disease in addition to the rest of the prayers. The Minister of Finance should also give us evidence that this money has been going to the districts,” Anita Among said.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni meets and signs a Cooperation Agreement with DP’s Norbert Mao.
The occasion was graced by both parties’ Secretary General (Richard Tadwongo and Gerald Silanda Blacks) and his (M7’s) family lawyer and son-in-law Karugyire.

Flashback
“I will never be bought with money and I can never join the government and leave my party behind,”~ DP president Norbert Mao on March 6, 2022.

Yesterday [July 20, 2022] Mao signed a ‘cooperation agreement’ with the NRM. “We’ve signed it in good faith”

“I met with Democratic Party President Norbert Mao at State House Entebbe. We signed a cooperation agreement between the NRM and the DP. I salute the DP leadership for this gesture of mature, foresighted and constructive politics.” President Museveni

Dropped presidential advisor for Northern Uganda, Abalo Lillian was On Monday Morning caught red-handed planting witchcraft Charms at the home of the Chief Justice Owiny Odollo in agago District.
The accused Argues that she was lured in the shameful act by an anonymous Boy she met from Kampala. The Boy is on the run and all his known contacts switched off.

Former aspirant for woman member of Parliament Agago Lillian Abalo Ongom arrested in the wee hour of today Tuesday for witchcraft practice at the home of Chief Justice Owiny Dollo Chigamoi, currently detain at CPS Patongo , Agago on charges of criminal Trespass.
Unconfirmed reports indicate that the suspect is a presidential advisor.