Besigye coward, says Museveni
Jan 02, 2006
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni, campaigning in Kabale yesterday, blasted FDC chief Kizza Besigye as a coward who prematurely retired from the army.
By Henry Mukasa and Darious Magara
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni, campaigning in Kabale yesterday, blasted FDC chief Kizza Besigye as a coward who prematurely retired from the army.
Museveni, who embarked on his campaign tour in the south-western region, also attacked FDC leaders Jack Sabiiti and Augustine Ruzindana as failures who want to feed on a silver platter.
Museveni addressed rallies at Kabale Municipal Stadium and at Nyekunama Primary School near Muhanga trading centre in Rukiga county where Sabiiti is area MP.
He said Besigye had retired from the army to become a civilian and do what he had failed to do in the army.
Besigye, who faces treason and rape charges, was released from prison on bail yesterday.
He said FDC treasurer Sabiiti is an arrogant traitor and vice-chair Augustine Ruzindana a failure.
“How do we describe such a person,†Museveni said of Besigye.
Museveni, who is seeking a third term, said Sabiiti had become a disgrace to his constituents and called on voters to vote him out.
He accused Sabiiti of fuelling hatred between the Bakiga and Bahima.
“Sabiiti has three cases we accuse him of in the court of his constituents. He is bahemuka (a traitor) just like his (middle) name.
We (Movement) sent him to Parliament and he defected,†Museveni told a cheering crowd at the Muhanga rally.
“Did you send him to Parliament to abuse me? If not, terminate your contract with him. He is not doing what you sent him to do. Alina omwepanko (arrogance). He is kasiisi (spoiler). Call him Bahemuka Rweragira Kasiisi.â€
“Tell him (Sabiiti) to stop abusing me. If not, he will follow others in prison,†he warned.
Museveni, who was flanked by ministers Ezra Suruma (finance) and Ruhakana Rugunda, said, “Museveni went through the furnace and you abuse him? If you want, lick an axe.â€
Parliamentary affairs minister Hope Mwesigye and other Movement big wigs among them NRM vice-chairman for western Uganda, Brig. Matayo Kyaligonza, were present.
Museveni accused Sabiti of sowing seeds of hatred between Bakiga immigrants and Bahima.
Museveni said development had not reached Rukiga because Sabiiti failed to lobby ministries.
He asked locals to support the Government programmes by raising their household incomes through better agricultural methods like rearing an improved breed of goats and fish farming.
Modernised agriculture, he said, would help sort out the issue of land shortage. He said he had instructed energy minister Syda Bbumba to connect power to the area but all had delayed because of Sabiiti’s sabotage. He said when the NRM came to power in 1986, Kabale had no piped water, phone connection and power, all of which it now has.
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni, campaigning in Kabale yesterday, blasted FDC chief Kizza Besigye as a coward who prematurely retired from the army.
Museveni, who embarked on his campaign tour in the south-western region, also attacked FDC leaders Jack Sabiiti and Augustine Ruzindana as failures who want to feed on a silver platter.
Museveni addressed rallies at Kabale Municipal Stadium and at Nyekunama Primary School near Muhanga trading centre in Rukiga county where Sabiiti is area MP.
He said Besigye had retired from the army to become a civilian and do what he had failed to do in the army.
Besigye, who faces treason and rape charges, was released from prison on bail yesterday.
He said FDC treasurer Sabiiti is an arrogant traitor and vice-chair Augustine Ruzindana a failure.
“How do we describe such a person,†Museveni said of Besigye.
Museveni, who is seeking a third term, said Sabiiti had become a disgrace to his constituents and called on voters to vote him out.
He accused Sabiiti of fuelling hatred between the Bakiga and Bahima.
“Sabiiti has three cases we accuse him of in the court of his constituents. He is bahemuka (a traitor) just like his (middle) name.
We (Movement) sent him to Parliament and he defected,†Museveni told a cheering crowd at the Muhanga rally.
“Did you send him to Parliament to abuse me? If not, terminate your contract with him. He is not doing what you sent him to do. Alina omwepanko (arrogance). He is kasiisi (spoiler). Call him Bahemuka Rweragira Kasiisi.â€
“Tell him (Sabiiti) to stop abusing me. If not, he will follow others in prison,†he warned.
Museveni, who was flanked by ministers Ezra Suruma (finance) and Ruhakana Rugunda, said, “Museveni went through the furnace and you abuse him? If you want, lick an axe.â€
Parliamentary affairs minister Hope Mwesigye and other Movement big wigs among them NRM vice-chairman for western Uganda, Brig. Matayo Kyaligonza, were present.
Museveni accused Sabiti of sowing seeds of hatred between Bakiga immigrants and Bahima.
Museveni said development had not reached Rukiga because Sabiiti failed to lobby ministries.
He asked locals to support the Government programmes by raising their household incomes through better agricultural methods like rearing an improved breed of goats and fish farming.
Modernised agriculture, he said, would help sort out the issue of land shortage. He said he had instructed energy minister Syda Bbumba to connect power to the area but all had delayed because of Sabiiti’s sabotage. He said when the NRM came to power in 1986, Kabale had no piped water, phone connection and power, all of which it now has.