Museveni’s victims of shootings, beatings and torture are succumbing to injuries as he reneges on his compensation pledge

A huge number of Ugandans are languishing at home and local clinics, nursing wounds and life threatening injuries  inflicted on them by Museveni’s security forces.

Many poverty-stricken households are grappling with taking care of at least a member or two, who were shot or beaten up by security forces in different parts of the country during the violence-marred elections. Most of these families cannot afford to put daily food on the table, let alone specialized medical expenses.

Twenty-one year-old Shaluwa Namukose, a resident of Mafubira ward in Northern division in Jinja city is rotting away without any help after being shot by security forces on February 18, 2021. She is just one example of innocent Ugandans shot after Museveni ordered security forces to crack down on the opposition after it became clear that Ugandans wanted change.

During one of his paranoia-driven state house briefings, Museveni pledged to compensate victims of his brutality. However, as those injured continue to succumb to their injuries, Museveni is instead adding more victims to the list, while the pledged compensation has not materialized.

Instead, the victims and their families are being made to move around government offices following up on the compensation, ending up using the little money they have on transport. In Jinja, after police irresponsibly shot at NUP supporters during a campaign rally, the Kira road police spokesperson Abbey Ngako publicly pledged to foot the bills of victims. This never happened, and when families go to the different police stations to follow up on the pledge, the commanders just hide in their offices, or bolt out through the back door.

Most of the election time victims have either died or are rotting at home because local clinics can no longer admit them due to the already huge bills accumulated. Also, hospitals and clinics already know Museveni is a conman that reneges on his pledges!

NUP leaders have tried their level best to foot the bills of some victims, but with more and more victims needing assistance on a daily basis, the challenge is insurmountable. The dictator has rubbed salt in the wounds, one can say.