Yoga Adhola’s politics is poisonous to UPC unity*A no nonsense Ugandan, Mr Komakech, has called the bluff on Yoga Adhola's tribalistic and poisonous campaign of hate, pathological lies and slander. Yoga adhola always just makes up "facts" as he goes along. It is all pathetic.
Anyway, who ever expected relief? hey hey !! But now this news is good indeed. But Comrade Komakech, the 1980 election was stolen by Obote and the British, etc..... **DP or the Catholic Church was in no position to either steal any election, or organise war.** It is Obote who brought the mercenaries of Executive Outcomes ( formerly the assassin battalion for apartheid South Africa), he also brought in the British mercenaries of Sandline International. ( the so-called British military training team ) These mercenaries were working for both Obote, and at the same time supplying weapons to, the guerrillas of Museveni and Cardinal Nsubuga. This slaughter of Ugandans was a British-Protestant project that had nothing to do with us Ugandan Catholics. And the same mercenaries have never left. They just stayed and formed Oil companies, (Tullow, Heritage Oil and Gas). They also have stolen our oil-fields Ask Elly Karuhanga. He and Bunyenyezi were recruited even before NRM came to power. ======================* By Morris D. C. Komakech (email the author <javascript:void(0);>) Posted Friday, January 8 2010 at 00:00 In Summary In politics, one should know when to throw stones because every politician is guilty of political sins. The majority of the voters of today know this fact very well considering their spiteful experiences with state inspired corruption, terrorism, land grabs, nepotism, poverty, unemployment and the intolerance of the regime to dissent among others This is a rebuttal to Yoga Adhola’s piece titled “Otunnu should not lead UPC” that featured in the Sunday Monitor of January 3. In that article, Adhola presented disputable facts about the character of UPC presidential candidate Dr Olara Otunnu in a deeply contemptible manner. He objected the candidature of Dr Otunnu for the party leadership on many accounts; one, being that Otunnu committed a historical political sin by participating in the Okello Lutwa military junta that deposed the democratically elected UPC government in 1985; the other allegation that fumed with sheer malice is that Otunnu was the mastermind of the said coup. What we know is that at the time of the coup, Otunnu was in New York. What we also know is that Otunnu has confessed on many instances that Dr Obote remains his mentor. Otunnu also confessed that he consulted many times with the Obote before joining the military junta and also while at the Nairobi peace talks. Based on these facts, it would be ludicrous for Otunnu to have personally masterminded a coup against a man who made him by appointing him Uganda’s Permanent Representative to United Nations. First and foremost, I must assert that Adhola and people of his age and mindset are free to exercise their democratic rights to oppose or support any candidate vying for any party leadership. However, what baffles one is the current undertone in Adhola’s harsh judgment and criticism of Otunnu. Many UPC stalwarts and historicals know exactly what transpired in the UPC government in the period that preceded the said coup. There are facts that must be tailored in to that situation so as to provide a fairly comprehensive appraisal of the situation, notwithstanding the reality that the 1985 coup is inexcusable. Nonetheless, it is unfair to somehow load the responsibility of either averting the coup or perpetuating it entirely in the hands of Otunnu. One wonders what role Adhola played in this coup and why he was not instrumental enough in averting it and why he does not explain the role of the Catholic church and DP elements within and outside the government. Related Stories - Predictions of political activities in 2010<http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/-/689364/823850/-/akpyy5z/-/index.html> - Parties must build strong alliance<http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/-/689364/828276/-/akmn13z/-/index.html> I will not embark on the merits and demerits of the coup for that is the epicentre of diversionary politics. I strongly believe that what UPC and the opposition groups need right now is new lease of life in the political equation, and I believe that Otunnu’s decision to offer himself to this process is one of the best things to have happened in UPC in 24 years. Fundamentally, we all agree that UPC needs to indulge in self reflection; to recollect especially on many unanswered questions. Why did the party suffer coup twice; why has Museveni ruled Uganda for 24 years? What should be done to bring all the other factions back to the fold while recruiting new members? While Adhola has not shied away from advancing vengeful and divisive politics, he has also promoted tribal hatred and such primitive vices openly against the Acholis. In essence, the basis of his objection to Otunnu’s candidature is laded with tribal bigotry that he has publicly professed in various online fora. I believe that UPC as a party of collective goodwill can ably rise above such daunting trivialities so as to mobilise all its resources to once again liberate Uganda from tyranny of the NRM. The problem with the current stalled debates in UPC is that it is not about ideology or possible future growth. It’s about selected ills of the past. This debate is carefully crafted to slow us down and kill our morale. By analysis, such conflicts are deemed primitive and we must sail away from such destructive tides. In the current debate, I foresee that the so-called ideologues are spilling their political hangover from the 70s and 80s into our future. They are holding us hostage to their unresolved personal differences and limitations. Yoga and his ilk are tapering off in the evenings of their lives while we are in the early mornings. They must realise very quickly that the current problem of UPC and Uganda is not the 1985 coup and that the largest voter population in Uganda today in their 20s and 30s are not interested in those dark past. These groups are inspired and hopeful about change. In politics, one should know when to throw stones because every politician is guilty of political sins. The majority of the voters of today know this fact very well considering their spiteful experiences with state inspired corruption, terrorism, land grabs, nepotism, poverty, unemployment and the intolerance of the regime to dissent among others. If we were to spend our time lamenting only about history, then our future would stall. It is time to critically examine the potentials and resources within our party. We should usefully invest our time in rebuilding our party and mapping out a discourse for reclaiming our country from waste. *Mr Komakech is a Ugandan political analyst and social critic based in Toronto, Canada * mordust...@yahoo.ca
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