By Daniel Mulungi.
Ugandan opposition leader and National Unity Platform (NUP)President Hon Robert Kyagulanyi has accused President Museveni of grooming his son to take over power.
In an interview with FRANCE 24 from South Africa, Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said he was “definitely the elected President of Uganda”. Wine, who unsuccessfully ran for the country’s top job in January 14, 2021,
He accused President Yoweri Museveni of grooming his son and of high – handed plans to remain in power forever.
He said: ” It was “just a matter of time” before the president “ends up in the dustbin of history”.
The leader of Uganda’s National Unity Platform, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu – better known by his stage name Bobi Wine – told FRANCE 24 he was the real winner of January 14, 2021 Presidential election. He criticised Western countries and the African Union for their tepid reaction to what he describes as a fraudulent poll. He claimed President Yoweri Museveni was scared of the Ugandan people, especially the younger generation.
The opposition leader said he rejected a recent offer by Museveni for dialogue, stressing that the president’s “approach to dialogue has been either coercion or co-optation, but not real dialogue”.
Reacting to President Museveni saying that those responsible for the killing of protesters during the last election campaign would be prosecuted, Hon Kyagulanyi called this move “hypocritical”, claiming that the president’s oldest son – Major General Muhoozi Kainerugaba – was the main culprit behind the repression. The Ugandan opposition leader added that it was clear Museveni’s son was being groomed to succeed him and make Uganda a dynasty.
Wine described Museveni’s decision to welcome temporarily Afghan refugees on Ugandan soil as a move to “clean his image” internationally after the controversial election.
He vowed to use all “legal and moral” means to oust Mr Museveni from power.”■
