First and foremost, Moi, at least to many, appeared more like a genuine politician with whom one can reach an understanding. Indeed Moi can be counted upon to uphold "Gentlemen" agreements.
Museveni, on the other hand, is a GUN man who believes in violence, Tanks, APC, Artillery, Mamba's, Bazooka, AK47, Helicopter gunships. The man from the Bush has been fighting wars from day one. How the G& can negotiate with such character is, I am afraid, incomprehensible...but then I might be wrong...may be over the years the man has gone through some kind of political metamorphosis especially now that the man has droped army combat Uniform
Matek
Opposition to Form Coalition
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The Monitor (Kampala)February 16, 2004
Posted to the web February 16, 2004
Mwanguhya Charles Mpagi & Isaac Mufumba
Jinja
Seven opposition groups met here at the weekend and agreed to form a coalition to fight the Movement government in the 2006 general elections.The secret meeting at Crested Crane Hotel that ran from Friday to Sunday attracted representatives from seven opposition groups popularly called the Group of Seven or G7.
A statement issued yesterday after the talks said: "We have recognised the need for co-operation in our search for genuine multiparty democracy in the country and agreed that that co-operation should be enhanced and formalised.
"A key opposition official who attended but declined to be named told The Monitor: "It is part of a series of strategic meetings we shall hold countrywide to dislodge the dictatorship."The G7, which is currently involved in talks with government about the roadmap to multiparty politics in the run-up to the 2006 general elections, includes the Democratic Party, the Uganda Peoples Congress, the Reform Agenda, The Free Movement, the National Democrats Forum, the Conservative Party and the Justice Forum.
Kenyan lessons?
An official at the talks said the coalition, while still subject to modifications, is likely to resemble the National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) that brought Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki to power in December 2002, ending Mr Daniel arap Moi's 24-year reign.
The recommendations from the Jinja retreat, which was attended by mainly middle-cadre leaders, are to be tabled before a summit of senior opposition officials to discuss and possibly adopt.Terego MP Kasiano Wadri, who attended the meeting, called on his fellow politicians in the G7 to swiftly identify a candidate to contest for the 2006 presidential elections under the banner of the coalition.
In 1996, DP, UPC and CP formed the Inter Political Forces Committee that jointly backed the candidature of DP chief Paul Ssemogerere for that year's presidential election.He lost to President Museveni, who won by more than 75 percent of the vote.
"The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the state."
- Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels - Hitler's propaganda minister
