Tinye Warns Col Besigye
Dec 18, 2002
Presidential adviser on defence Lt. Gen. David Tinyefuza has warned aggrieved politicians against sounding war drums.
By Jude Etyang
Presidential adviser on defence Lt. Gen. David Tinyefuza has warned aggrieved politicians against sounding war drums.
He said Ugandans cannot continue settling political differences militarily because war will never end. Tinyefuza, an army Member of Parliament, was speaking while handing over a house in Kapeeka sub-county, Luweero.
The house was built by the army for the family of a deceased National Resistance Movement liberation struggle supporter.
Akula Kasajja was killed in a landmine explosion in Kapeeka in 1981. He is among dozens of dead NRM supporters whose families the army is building houses.
Kasajja’s family thanked the UPDF, especially chief political commissar Col. Kale Kaihura, for the initiative.
Tinyefuza’s remarks came in the wake of exiled former presidential candidate Col Kizza Besigye’s paper listing eight conditions he said could lead to war saying that conditions in Uganda were ripe for war.
“Our people cannot be subjected to this kind of nonsense (war). Every political disagreement cannot be settled through military means.
“How long shall we fight then?†Tinyefuza, clad in full army combat, asked.
Tinyefuza said the UPDF was ready to defend Uganda against any war.
“The UPDF will carry out its historic and constitutional duty to protect the people of Uganda and their property.
“So let the warning go out loud and clear that the UPDF is ready.
“All those people sounding war drums are warned,†Tinyefuza said.
He advised aggrieved politicians to seek other means of settling their grievances and not through war because it is expensive and costs lives.
He asked the people of Luweero where the Movement liberation struggle started not to listen to the warmongers.
Tinyefuza reminded them about what they went through during the five-year war to which they contributed whole-heartedly.
“You know where we came from. That talk of war is nothing new.
“We have many other problems to take care of now like construction of roads, tackling corruption and robbery,†he further said.
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Presidential adviser on defence Lt. Gen. David Tinyefuza has warned aggrieved politicians against sounding war drums.
He said Ugandans cannot continue settling political differences militarily because war will never end. Tinyefuza, an army Member of Parliament, was speaking while handing over a house in Kapeeka sub-county, Luweero.
The house was built by the army for the family of a deceased National Resistance Movement liberation struggle supporter.
Akula Kasajja was killed in a landmine explosion in Kapeeka in 1981. He is among dozens of dead NRM supporters whose families the army is building houses.
Kasajja’s family thanked the UPDF, especially chief political commissar Col. Kale Kaihura, for the initiative.
Tinyefuza’s remarks came in the wake of exiled former presidential candidate Col Kizza Besigye’s paper listing eight conditions he said could lead to war saying that conditions in Uganda were ripe for war.
“Our people cannot be subjected to this kind of nonsense (war). Every political disagreement cannot be settled through military means.
“How long shall we fight then?†Tinyefuza, clad in full army combat, asked.
Tinyefuza said the UPDF was ready to defend Uganda against any war.
“The UPDF will carry out its historic and constitutional duty to protect the people of Uganda and their property.
“So let the warning go out loud and clear that the UPDF is ready.
“All those people sounding war drums are warned,†Tinyefuza said.
He advised aggrieved politicians to seek other means of settling their grievances and not through war because it is expensive and costs lives.
He asked the people of Luweero where the Movement liberation struggle started not to listen to the warmongers.
Tinyefuza reminded them about what they went through during the five-year war to which they contributed whole-heartedly.
“You know where we came from. That talk of war is nothing new.
“We have many other problems to take care of now like construction of roads, tackling corruption and robbery,†he further said.
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