We Don't Fear War - Otafiire
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The Monitor (Kampala)
July 12, 2005
Posted to the web July 12, 2005
Sam Amanyire
Bushenyi
MINISTER of Lands, Water and Environment Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire has warned the opposition that the Movement does not fear going to war.
"If we can fight those who have not provoked us, then what about those who have provoked us?" Otafiire asked.
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He was on Sunday speaking at Ruhinda SS where he was the chief guest at cerebrations to mark Heroes Day and Environment Day. He said he would not prefer war, but if that is what the opposition wants they will draw their guns.
"We want to be judged by ballots and not bullets. But if that is what they want, Iam warning them that we know both ways," Otafiire said.
He said President Yoweri Museveni will retain power if people want him "then we shall deal with those who do not want him to be President.'
He was apparently responding to threats made the previous day by former army commander Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu at the launch of the FDC office in Ishaka town, Bushenyi. Muntu had said if the Forum for Democratic Change, were pushed against the wall, they would "force their way through".
MP Jack Sabiiti had on the same day sounded similar threats that FDC has many members with military training and if Museveni became a rogue, they would be worse rogues.
Otafiire described people who defected from the Movement as failures. "If you have problems in your house, do you burn it or stay in and solve them? There is no family that has no misunderstandings and running away is a sign of failure," he said.
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He attacked Presidential Adviser Maj. Kakooza Mutale for taking a parallel line against the mainstream Movement by opposing the return to multiparty politics.
"Mutale is frying grasshoppers together with cockroaches and is scooping clean water with the mud," Otafiire said.
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