Nyar
But Mugisha Muntus real name is Muntonyera, just how many Mulindwas are
leading political parties in Kigali? You allowed Rwandese to lead you, bend
over and say please thank you master.
Geez !!!!!!!!
EM
On the 49th
Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko"
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Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 2:25 PM
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Subject: RE: [UAH] MUNTU IS WASTING FDC!
These two have their own secretes all the way from the beginning b4 you all
joined in. Ask those who joined M7 thinking they were all moving towards
the same goal. The rest is history.......!
Nyar
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Besigye <http://www.independent.co.ug/cover-story/7973-besigyes-last-chance>
s last chance
Friday, 05 July 2013 11:11 By Haggai Matsiko
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FDC leaders face tough choices on Muntu
On May 8, a top ring of supporters of Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the Forum for
Democratic Change (FDC) President held a very special meeting at an
undisclosed place in Kampala. The meeting was exclusive to strictly top
Muntu supporters because of the matter it was dealing with. Alice Alaso, the
party Secretary General and Muntu attended. This was the first time Muntu
was attending although several informal meetings of his supporters had been
going on.
<http://www.independent.co.ug/images/stories/issue272/Besigye-Muntu.jpg>
Up for discussion was Muntus image as party president but also as the
partys flag bearer at the 2016 presidential elections.
Muntus supporters were unhappy about statements party spokesperson Wafula
Ogutu had made just two days ago at the party headquarters.
Wafula had told journalists that Besigye was still the best candidate they
could offer come 2016 elections.
Besigye remains the number one
for FDC, a local daily quoted Wafula, The party has not yet decided on the
candidate, but our constitution allows Besigye to offer himself for the race
provided he is given the flag by the partys delegates conference.
This riled Muntu and his supporters who feel that he (Muntu) is the FDC
candidate for 2016.
To avoid such a situation in future, the officials resolved to hire
<http://www.independent.co.ug/cover-story/7973-besigyes-last-chance> a
spokesperson for Muntu and another for the party secretariat. The hunt is
on-going. This would kill two birdsincrease Muntus visibility in the
public and reduce Wafulas dominion over party positions.
By making such a statement, sources told The Independent, Wafula had
officially proved that he belonged to that group of party officials that
have not been very supportive of Muntu and most importantly, who still
harbour a lingering desire to give Besigye a last chance come 2016.
Unknown to Wafula, he had stoked fires compounding a crisis in FDC that was
sparked by the November polls and that have been fanned by a controversial
call for fresh party presidential elections by the truth and reconciliation
committee come 2014.
The controversy over this recommendation, sources say, boils down to a fight
in the party by Muntus supporters who are busy strategising and molding
<http://www.independent.co.ug/cover-story/7973-besigyes-last-chance> a
Muntu candidature for the 2016 polls and those who feel Besigye is still the
partys best shot.
High up in the ranks of this group are the Leader of Opposition, Nandala
Mafabi, who lost to Muntu, Jack Sabiiti, the party Treasurer and Rubaramira
Ruranga, Nandala Mafabis former campaign manager among others.
Nandala, insiders say, was meant to allow a smooth return of Besigye as the
party flag bearer. They point to where Nandala launched his campaign,
Kasangati, Besigyes home town and also the version of Tahrir square for his
supporters.
It is because of this that when Nandala lost, several top party officials in
this group did not switch their allegiance to Muntu.
<http://www.independent.co.ug/images/stories/issue272/besigye-arrested.jpg>
At the height of the Muntu, Mafabi fallout, FDC strongman and bankroller
Musinguzi Garuga had invited Nandala and Muntu for talks. It is not clear
whether Musinguzi had alerted the two officials about his intentions but the
moment Nandala, who was the first to arrive saw Muntu approaching, he stood
up and stormed out of the venue without much of a word, sources say.
For some members it was simply that Nandala was not prepared for a loss.
The problem is that when people join an election with only a view of
winning a loss is unacceptable, Party Defence Secretary, Maj. John Kazoora,
told The Independent, that is why some people even die after losing an
election.
Besigyes invisible hand
But for others, the root-cause was the invisible force that was behind
Nandalas bid. This force was believed to be Besigye although he never
declared his support for any of the candidates.
To solidify this claim, officials argue that Besigye, being Nandalas close
confidant, had the ability to rein him in after he lost the election but
chose to keep quiet. As such, Nandala and his followers either kept on the
fence or acted openly against Muntu.
Finally, when Besigye appeared before the reconciliation committee, he
recommended consideration of fresh polls for party president in 2014.
Indeed when the committee released its report on June.19, re-electing the
party president was high ranking amongst their seven recommendations.
In a bid to promote interparty democracy and Party cohesion the Party
should hold a general election for all offices from grassroots to Party
President in 2014 or as soon as practicable, the six member, Laudislaus
Rwakafuzi-led committee recommended. The other members on the committee
were; Peter Sempala, Athanasius Rutaro, Stephen Okwalinga, Elizabeth Abongo
and Abed Nasser Mudiobole.
Of these, only Rutaro, did not agree with this position. Rutaro argued that
the party had to take into account the reasons why the former party
president retired early.
Besigye had stepped down to allow an in-coming president more time to
prepare for the 2016 elections. 2016 is around the corner. But while
appearing before the committee, Besigye said that the term for which Muntu
was elected was five years; the full constitutional term.
He added, however, that with hindsight he sees that it may not be
practicable because the party presidency will be hanging without supporting
institutions.
Therefore, the practical thing might be to prepare grassroots elections,
for fresh delegates and office bearers and then for party president by
February 2014, the report quotes Besigye.
Dividing the party
By recommending this, Besigye seems to have thrown a stone into a bee hive.
While the Nandala team has welcomed the recommendation, Muntus supporters
swear there cannot be fresh polls for party president.
Party SG, Alaso has ruled out fresh presidential elections as financially
untenable and politically suicidal. FDC Secretary for Legal and
Constitutional Affairs, Wandera Ogalo, also says contesting the party
presidency again at next years delegates conference would tantamount to
undermining the constitution.
Rwakafuzi told The Independent that the problem at hand in the FDC is that
each group has supporters that have failed to agree.
He finished his report on March 13 but was forced to shelve it for two
months hoping the tempers would calm down. But they could not and they have
not. And to his disappointment, his report appears to have flared them the
more.
Yet he even called on top legal and political brains, professors Fredrick
Jukko and Jean Barya of Makerere University law school to intervene and talk
to the warring parties.
<http://www.independent.co.ug/images/stories/issue272/cover-page.jpg> He
defended the idea of fresh presidential polls with the fact that the
delegates were not told that they were electing a candidate for five years.
Besigye made this position. And now Muntus supporters look at it as
Besigyes position and they are biased against Besigye. In effect, the
reconciliation teams recommendation threatens to throw the party into worse
turmoil.
Rwakafuzi was already conscious of this.
Not that this (presidential polls) will solve the problem, he told The
Independent, it can sink the party deep into conflict; therefore
ultimately, warring parties have to reach a compromise.
For him, it was also a duty of senior party leader to come and instill order
in the party. For him, the FDC problem is not big but it is bad enough that
the problem is not going away.
The recommendation now pits Besigye against Muntus supporters who are
suspicious of Besigyes game plan.
Besigye has had his three shots at the presidency; in 2001, 2006, and 2011
and failed to remove President Museveni. Muntus supporters say Besigyes
time is up. This time is for Muntu, they say.
How is it that the same person [Besigye] who made this argument is now
saying that there needs to be fresh elections? a senior Muntu supporter
said.
The election of the party president is already a fait accompli, he added
meaning they will not allow new elections.
To him, the mandate of the committee was to investigate elections and they
found nothing implicating Muntu in any wrong-doing.
He added that Muntu had been urging his supporters to tread cautiously so as
to allow a healing process and win over the support of the majority.
But there is no way anyone is going to accept that recommendation because
it is illegal, the official said, If the side against us refuses to
co-operate, we shall overwhelm them.
Muntus 2016 strategy
Like this official, the Muntu supporters have built their formidable belief
in a successful Muntu bid on three factors come 2016.
They argue that Muntu will win because circumstances outside the party are
working for him. They argue that to trounce Museveni in 2016, an opposition
candidate needs to eat deep into the NRM support base and capture voters
that sit on the fence and do not vote.
These voters, Muntus camp argues, are not attracted to Besigyes extreme
opposition. Instead, they say, they would vote a moderate. As a result,
their strategy involves selling Muntu as a `moderate in whom even NRM
supporters can find a safe haven.
In 2011, voter turnout was a paltry 59%, the lowest since the first
elections Museveni contested in 1996. Of the 13.9 million voters, only 8.2
million voted leaving six million people that did not vote. Considering that
only 68% or 5.5 million voted Museveni, an opposition leader who can win the
vote of the remaining 8.4 million or 60% of all eligible voters in 2011 that
did not vote for Museveni, would trounce him [Museveni]. Muntus supporters
are betting on him.
Everybody knows that Muntu appeals to the moderates and these divisions we
see in the NRM are a big harvest for him too, another Muntu supporter says,
Dont doubt Muntus political skills, he is already working and he has an
advantage of a clean record and nobody doubts his intentions.
Even within the FDC, the official added, it is a matter of time, those
against him, will soon come knocking.
The officials added that Muntu also boasts of support from the party
advisors, who have always found it hard to work under Besigye.
Besigye had approached these senior officials before exiting the NRM and
they had poured cold water on his plans saying he was jumping out too early.
They later found themselves following him after learning the hard way.
Although they joined the FDC as advisors, there has always been that uneasy
feeling.
Kazoora also vouched for Muntu.
I have worked with both men [Besigye and Muntu] and I know what Muntu is
capable of, Kazoora said, those who say he is boring, do not know what he
is doing, I know it but it is not for the press.
Despite his strengths, Muntu says he appreciates Nandalas value.
Talents are different, he said the day he became president, Besigye is a
natural activist, let him keep doing it because it exposes the rottenness of
government. Mafabi is good at exposing corruption let him also keeping doing
that. I am also going to build the party and extend its frontiers of support
out of its current confines. This way FDC will be shooting with three
barrels of the gun.
But the last less than 240 days he has spent in office have seen these
barrels shooting at cross-purpose.
His biggest test is to reverse this and yet this test seems
un-accomplishable.
Peoples careers are at stake. While Nandala will not stop eyeing the party
president seat, Besigye who has risked his life severally, by re-starting
his protests is also strategising.
And many party faithful still relish his confrontational politics. Some
observers say he brings real life to the opposition. That is why despite
several trips and meetings with several grassroots members trying to marshal
party support including from NRM backyards in several districts, Muntus
punch is not being strongly felt.
Ibrahim Ssemuju Nganda captured this best at the height of the Muntu,
Nandala campaign. He noted that while it was hard not to like Muntu, he
[Nganda] had crossed to Nandalas side because of Nandalas methodology.
An opposition leader today more than before must be one ready to roll and
be rolled in the mud, Nganda wrote, Anyone who saw pictures of Nandala
Mafabi in shorts exchanging kicks with men in military uniform in the last
general elections knows why the whole of Sironko from LC III to LCV is FDC.
He argued that while Muntu had a richer national profile compared to Mafabi,
time favoured Nandala.
The reason Col. Besigye has remained a darling of many opposition
supporters is because he is leading from the front, Nganda added, The kind
of a situation we find ourselves in requires that kind of a leader.
According to Rwakafuzi, Dr. Besigye has tried to show a presence on the
street, whether it has worked or not is not the question. The question is
what could have worked better for FDC as a whole. He thinks the answer might
just lie in a multiplicity of approaches and collaborations. To Rwakafuzi
and others, it is painful to watch top FDC officials concentrating on
fighting each other instead of uniting their varied talents behind one
leader just two years to the national presidential elections.
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