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Speaking of being abusive, does this manhave any idea
what barren women go through? I am bothered that Museveni says these these
disparaging things about groups of people and he gets away with it? It
should not matter that he has been credited with women emancipation or
affirmative action in elective positions.
He is brute, arrogant and insensitive.
Sitefano
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Museveni slams Muntu |
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THANKS: Museveni reaches out for dry banana
leaves (essanja) in Mbale on Thursday |
By Enock Kakande
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has warned former
army commander Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu against abusive language.
âHow
could he call me a deaf man? How could he insult me that I am deaf? If he
meant that I donât listen to advice, that is arrogance on his part because
he is a failure,â Museveni said.
Museveni, while addressing a rally at
King George Memorial Stadium, Tororo Municipality on Friday, described
Muntu as a failure as the crowd cheered in the blazing afternoon sun. With
sweat running down their faces the people waved dry banana leaves
(essanja) jostled to get close to the President.
âI am the one who
brought up the young man. I made him what he is. I made him army commander
but he is a failure, he failed his duties and I sacked him.â He added that
the former army commander dodged going for further training.
Muntu,
the longest serving army commander, was sacked in 1998. Now the
coordinator for mobilisation for Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), he is
believed to be the likely presidential candidate for the new party if the
exiled Col. Kizza Besigye does not return to Uganda.
Museveni said he
sacked most of the former Movement supporters now in FDC from his
government because they were inefficient. Besides Muntu, former ministers
Eriya Kategaya, Miria Matembe and former Director of the External Security
Organisation, David Pulkol are key members of FDC.
âThese were
non-performers. That is why they are abusing and attacking the
government,â Museveni said.
Museveni said that with the opening up of
the political space, people who want to leave the Movement are free to go.
The President, who is also of the Chairman of the National Resistance
Movement Organisation, said he was reorganising the Movement to get rid of
non-performers. He said he was recruiting people to lead the Movement.
Museveni said that some people are calling on him to leave (agende)
but he cannot leave the Movement in bad hands.
The President also
warned FDC to stop intimidating the people. He said Uganda is at peace and
no one shall snatch away the rights of the people and stability brought in
by the NRM.
He described multipartyists as non-performers and equated
them to barren women.
Turning to area MP Geoffrey Ekanya the President
likened him to a bean weevil and urged the people not to make another
mistake of electing him unless he joined the Movement. Ekanya who was
present remained helplessly quiet.
Ends
Published on: Sunday, 27th February,
2005 |
