𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐤e𝐲 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐅 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Museveni has rewarded his criminal UPDF officers with promotion to senior ranks, even when the whole world expected them to be investigated and prosecuted for the killing of hundreds of innocent Ugandans mainly from opposition camps like National Unity Platform (NUP).

 

The lineup of promotions reads like an ICC criminal indictment list. Prominent among those promoted is Brigadier Kayanja Muhanga (now Major General) and older brother to Andrew Mwenda, his senior propagandist, to have coordinated bloody security operations in Kampala during the just concluded elections. He was in charge of operations that cracked down on opposition protesters and killed close to two hundred innocent Ugandans.

 

Another rewarded criminal officer, Brig Keith Katungi who was the overall commander of Military Police especially the Kampala metropolitan area during the bloody crackdowns has also been rewarded with the rank of Brigadier, from Colonel. The dreaded military police (or the red berets as they are known) was heavily involved in the killing of opposition supporters and journalists before and after the elections. It is the same dreaded military police that was caught on camera beating up journalists who had been assigned to cover Robert Kyagulanyi’s petition presentation at the UN human rights office in Nakawa.

 

In the apparent token of appreciation promotions, Museveni promoted a total of 33 Colonels to the rank of Brigadier as a reward for a ‘job well done’ after securing his power and preventing his retirement. Maj Gen Dick Olum and Michael Ondoga were among those promoted to the rank of Brigadier. The pair were in charge of northern Uganda, where they used brutal force and secured polling stations to allow for ballot box stuffing in favour of Museveni.

 

After it became clear that Museveni would not win the elections in a free and fair environment, he mobilized the UPDF who played a key role in the dastardly scheme, brutally frustrating opposition politicians before, during, and after campaigns. They also secured polling stations to allow malpractices like vote stuffing to go unscrutnised.