Shocking! Bobi wine Dismisses Museveni’s Dialogue Request to meet him
Bobi Wine responds to Museveni on dialogue, demonstrations, successor
Bobi Wine has dismissed any chances of an engagement with President Yoweri Museveni in a one on one contest.
President Museveni in a recent interview with France 24 Radio revealed that he is ready for a dialogue with the opposition. The President went ahead to assure the population that security officials involved in the demonstration that led to the loss of 50 lives will be prosecuted.
In the same interview, Museveni rubbished talk about grooming his son Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba who is the Commander Land Forces and Special Advisor, Special Operations to succeed him as President.
Bobi Wine in an interview with the same outlet French 24 Radio responded to President Museveni’s submission on dialogue with opposition, violent demonstrations that led to killings and grooming Muhoozi for President.
Clad in a red beret of the National Unity Platform NUP, the opposition leader when asked on whether he has moved on since the January 14, elections said: “There is nothing to move on from Uganda. Uganda is still under the tight grip of military dictatorship under Gen. Museveni. We went to polls when the internet was blacked out, when my entire campaign team was in incarceration. a few of them just got released under a month ago. Thousands of our supporters are still under illegal detention.”
Bobi Wine castigated the African Union and the international community in their response in the aftermath of the elections which he said were marred by atrocities.
The NUP party chief decried: “The African Union did not say a word and the international community, apart from a few statements, continue to remain silent about atrocities that continue to happen in Uganda. I am definitely the elected President of Uganda but as it is the junta that took over our country since 1986 is still the junta that is in control of our country. Of course we have to continue to fight until the will of the people of Uganda is asserted.”
On whether or not President Museveni is worried about his challenge, Bobi Wine explained: “I must say Gen. Museveni is not only worried of me but thousands and thousands of Ugandans that are yearning for change and not only demanding for change silently but are up to demand for what is rightly theirs. He is scared because he has kept people ignorant for a long time until our generation woke up all at once.”
He went on: “We must remember, Uganda has over 80% citizens that have never seen another President because Gen. Museveni has been in power for 35 years. So, yes, he is scared of our generation, and rightly so.”
Dialogue
Bobi Wine, who is currently on a vacation in South Africa with his wife Barbie Kyagulanyi, told France 24 Radio President Museveni is not interested in dialogue with the opposition.
He observed: “Well, Gen. Museveni is being the hypocrite that he has always been. You must remember he has been the same person hoodwinking with dialogue. It should be remembered right from the 80s in Nairobi. But again to show the world he does not believe in dialogue has been either cohesion or co-optation but not real dialogue.”
The musician turned politician added: “We can not talk about dialogue when we don’t have rights to express ourselves. we can not talk about dialogue when we are not free. free people that discuss not when one is under cohesion not another is asking for dialogue. Well, I said a few of our supporters. If dialogue is to be meaningful it should be for and on behalf of the people of Uganda. Not dialogue between two individuals.”
Bobi Wine, who believes the dialogue should not be between him and President Museveni, stated: “Ugandans went to polls on the 14th of January and asserted their voices and the voices have been usurped. so it is not just a matter of me and general Museveni. It is a matter of the people of Ugandan, not me and Museveni.”
Prosecuting security personal
President Museveni told France 24 Radio the security personnel involved in unlawful activities that led to the loss of lives of 50 people in violent demonstrations in September last year will be prosecuted.
However, Bobi Wine disagreed with the President: “Well, I must say it is not the first time people are being massacred under the orders of Gen. Museveni. He came out and bragged and pounded his chest about the mass murders of Ugandans. And, it must be remembered all that mass murders are being done under the command of his son Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba who is effectively in charge of the military.”
He explained, further: “So, it is rather hypocritical for Museveni to order for the mass murder of people and come out to publicly assert it on public TV that it is his son and congratulate the military for the mass murder of those people and then later come to say people will be prosecuted.”
Bobi Wine recollected: “It has been over s.”