BOTTOM LINE : Bobi Wine: Is it the beginning of the end of Museveni’s era?

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Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu’s major popularirty, both at home and abroad, provides food for thought for President Museveni to start contemplating his retirement from the presidency. But, will he? After Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, burst onto the scene from the blue, Museveni’s long-time administration was caught off-guard. The manner and speed with which the Kyaddondo MP claimed prominence shocked and left the administration shaking in its boots. The musician-turned-politician seems hell-bent on writing history.

At worst, like his counterpart in Libya, Muamar Gadaffi, Museveni has turned Uganda into his private estate. This has guaranteed him the ownership of Uganda. Thus, Museveni doesn’t think there’s a time his textbook autocratic and corrupt rule will come to an end. I don’t know if Museveni believes even in death. After being in power with absolute power, it seems, power has corrupted Museveni absolutely. Indeed, absolute power corrupts absolutely. However, Museveni needs to understand that his overstay and other allegations his rule faces have poisoned Uganda so much that whoever comes and takes on him will be welcomed and supported. This is why Bobi Wine is seen as a breath of nova caeli in Uganda’s political milieu. This reminds me of an anonymous Zimbabwean who, during the toppling of Robert Mugabe said that even if a duck had come to Zimbabweans promising to topple Mugabe, they’d have supported it.

Now that the die is cast, chances for Museveni’s rule to start crumbling are on the agora. Faced with the youth who want true not cosmetic changes, Museveni is forced to unleash his military apparatuses to intimidate them and thereby create more anger and angst. Essentially, Museveni is playing in the hands of his enemies. By arresting Bobi and other opposition MPs, Museveni was offering the ammos to his enemies. The more he’ll kill, the more he’ll embolden Ugandans to shun pseudo fear and get out opposing him. This will have domino effects on Museveni’s aging regime. What Museveni needs to know is simple. Ugandans are tired of him. He too is tired of them though he wants them to let him stay in power. So, too, Museveni is tired. Like Gadaffi, Museveni may be caught off guard so as to go down quickly and unexpectedly.

BOTTOM LINE : Bobi Wine: Is it the beginning of the end of Museveni’s era?

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