Besigye Lauds President Museveni On Peace And Security
Former FDC President Kiiza Besigye
Former Forum for Democratic Change president Col .Kizza Besigye has in a surprise turn heaped praise on his political nemesis, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni for restoring peace to the country.
Besigye who is not known to acknowledge the positives of the ruling National resistance Movement headed by President Museveni revealed this on Wednesday in an interview.
“What Mr Museveni has at least improved is security and peace in the country. He has fought many rebels, we saw in the north where Kony had established his territories but was forced to run away, the people now have peace” Besigye said
He however faulted the President for diverting off the mission that inspired the 1981-86 guerrilla war that catapulted the NRA to power.
“I supported the intentions of the bush war which brought the NRM to power, but I am ashamed of what is going on in this leadership.” Besigye said
Besigye’s comments come as the ruling NRM celebrates its 27th anniversary.
Besigye also said corruption in the country has reached unbelievable heights, with numerous scandals coming up every day, criticizing the use of public resources by the top leaders at the expense of the poor masses.
He cited the poor people mostly in the Eastern region who have suffered to an extent of being eaten up by jiggers as the leader lives in extravagance.
Kiiza Besigye contested for the presidency three times in 2001, 2006 and 2011 but lost all to Yoweri Museveni.
The retired Colonel served as Museveni’s personal physician in the National Resistance Army (NRA), when the group waged a guerilla war in the early 1980s and held ministerial positions after the former captured power in 1986.
In 1999, he applied to leave the army after authoring a damning dossier against the government and parted ways with his former commander forming opposition pressure group Reform Agenda before the advent of FDC.
Last year he relinquished power to Mugisha Muntu after retiring from his position as FDC president.
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Is being beaten by police, killing an innocent child at one of your rallies and beating civilians and using teargas on the innocents- peaceful? Has this man lost his mind?!!!.
Where is Nandala Mafabi when you need him. The mind boggles.
Besigye is Museveni’s mole and FDC is Museveni’s trojan horse.
I don`t see where Besigye lauds the President on anything . Besigye is saying the same things that get him arrested for every week.
the intentions of the bush war was to rid banyanya of power in Uganda – read musturd seeds, and this is what took Besigye to the bush? Besigye is NRA/NRM forever, power must never be handed to another ideologue who believed in wiping out a people, he will only come to power to complete that agenda.