Kizza Besigye, former President of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), has denied allegations that he abandoned the liberation struggle.
The former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party president, Dr Kifefe Kizza Besigye has rubbished allegations that he bowed out of the liberation struggle.
Besigye made the remarks while appearing on NBS TVs morning breeze programme on Monday. He said he has heard and read related statements indicating that he is no longer part of the mission to oust President Museveni.
However, he raised that he is only silent but thinking very deeply about a lasting solution to end the NRM dominance which he says has only brought pain to Ugandans.
“My keeping quiet is not because I have deserted the struggle, it’s because we have to think a little deeper and more seriously about how to get out of this,” Besigye said.
“My views about cabinet and government are well known. Mr. Museveni has not changed for 35 years, all these other people around him have changed but the executive authority. It doesn’t matter who hangs around him, they have no authority. Executive authority is the president.”
Besigye in addition, raised that as he was coming for the programme, he received advice from a section of some Ugandans on social media to stick his conversation only on COVID-19 related issues and nothing to do with politics but reminded that politics circulates all sectors of the economy.
The former presidential candidate cited the health sector for example.
He said much as health does not seem political driven, if the government does not empower the sector then more and more will continue to succumb to health-related complications.
“Now that the confusion of politics is over, we need to get together to see that our money is able to do what we can’t do for ourselves. Health care and management of a pandemic is a matter to be managed by the government.”
“As I was coming here, people were saying “Talk about COVID-19, not politics” That’s the utmost foolishness we talk about. There’s nothing more political than health because health is a common good,” Besigye noted adding that Ugandan citizens ought to deal with problems happening in the country.
“The biggest problem I see is simply having masses of people that are not thinking. That is why we have a regime like we have doing the things it’s doing for 35 years and we are simply lamenting.”
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