Col Kizza Besigye, in a veiled statement, has predicted that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is aiming at clipping wings of “someone” who is deemed powerful in Bukedea region.
8 officials of government including the RDC of Bukedea Wilberforce Tukei and DPC SP Charles Okoto were on Monday arrested by State House Anti-Corruption Unit on Museveni’s orders.
Museveni directed the Unit’s head Brig Henry Isoke to swiftly probe the election violence in Bukedea, arrest and prosecute the perpetrators.
In his letter, the President decried of criminal activities orchestrated by government officials during the LC5 by-election which was won by the NRM candidate Mary Akol.
As chairman of the party, Museveni hailed the victory and all those who worked tireless including the Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon Anita Among, NRM vice chairman Eastern Region Mike Mukula and others to ensure the party wins the election.
A few days later, Museveni authored a letter expressing dismay over the criminality unleashed against one of the contenders Steven Omagor.
Museveni said Omagor was attacked on the nomination day by government officials who stole his shs 163 million.
Museveni likened the violent events in Bukedea to a “movie.”
A week after the directive, 8 security officials are behind bars.
Commenting on the arrest a day after, opposition leader Col Kizza Besigye, who worked for Museveni as a personal doctor and later served under his government for over a decade before he broke ranks said the purge in Bukedea is targeting a very powerful government official.
Besigye further said that the President always has a habit of silencing those who want to grow wings around him.
“When Captain Mukula came out and said that he wanted to stand for party chairman, he was sent to prison for corruption. When Bukenya started speaking otherwise, he was also sent to Luzira for corruption,” Besigye said.
Without mentioning names, Besigye said that equally Museveni is targeting someone powerful in Bukedea but is using the election violence as a facade.
