The leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, has criticised the actions and crimes committed during President Museveni’s government equating him to the notorious dictator, Idi Amin.
Kyagulanyi accused Museveni of seizing power in an unconstitutional manner through a war that resulted in the deaths of numerous Ugandans.
Recently, President Museveni rejected a request from Kaps Fungaroo, the former Obongi West MP, to establish an institute in memory of former President Idi Amin Dada saying the former president committed numerous atrocities which can’t allow him to be recognised.
Fungaroo had written to the Minister of Education and First Lady, Janet Kataha Museveni, asking for the ministry’s consideration in licensing the institution.
Kyagulanyi questioned Museveni’s credibility in condemning violent and illegal power grabs when he himself has engaged in similar actions.
He cited various instances of mass killings that have occurred during Museveni’s tenure the 1989 Mukura massacre, , the 2016 massacre in Kasese, where over 150 citizens, including women and children, were brutally murdered, as well as the November 2020 massacre in Kampala.
He criticised Museveni for condemning Amin and past regimes for their actions such as panda-gari but claimed that Museveni’s regime has continued this practice using mini-vans (Drones) to abduct citizens.
Kyagulanyi pointed out that, despite Amin’s flaws, the present government has committed even worse acts.
