First Son Muhoozi Kainerugaba Sends A Tough Warning To Ugandan Gen Z’s Who Are Demonstrating Against His Father’s Regime , Parliament

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni’s Son Muhoozi Kairegugaba has come out to send a message to all the Gen Zs of his country that are planning protests against his father’s administration.

In a brief post on his X page on Saturday, Muhoozi who is a renowned general in Uganda said that no youth in Uganda more so those that support and believe in PLU are allowed to participate in any protests. He assured them that the government knows how to deal with corruption and they will do it effectively.

“None of our young people, those who believe and support PLU are allowed to participate in any demonstrations. We know how to fight corruption and we shall do it effectively.” Muhoozi said.

A week ago Ugandans tried to protest by marching to parliament to demand for accountable leadership but the protests were not very successful. Very few people turned out and most if them were arrested.

The Ugandan Gen Zs had been motivated by Kenya’s Gen Zs but Museveni dared them not to try the same on him.Meanwhile, According to most Ugandans, It was comical in an ugly crying type of way, watching police officers rough up peaceful protesters and tear up the protesters’ rather harmless manila paper placards.

The July 24 Daily Monitor front page headline, ‘Corruption Shield’ captured the grotesque irony the state finds itself in.The state, through its heavy security apparatus, barricaded parliament – the house of the people’s representatives, preventing Ugandans from reaching the house that is effectively theirs.

The optics are tragic for a regime that fought its way to power by overthrowing impunity. The march has succeeded in disrobing the regime. As one netizen tweeted, the young people are in jail while the corrupt go free.

Most people claim the regime has come off as anti-people, anti-constitution; a hard sale for anyone who supports the regime. Successfully escorting state oppression like flower girls and page boys are the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) and the judiciary whose actions or lack of actions have left these national institutions exposed.

While the police were vigorously manhandling protesters off the streets, one would have hoped that UHRC teams would be at the various police stations to ensure the rights of arrested protesters were upheld – but alas. UHRC has looked castrated and floppy; in light of the grave allegations of arrested protestors being s*xually assaulted while in police custody.

The UHRC has failed to show up for the human rights of Ugandans.How the protesters were charged and remanded has exposed further how institutions under the NRM regime are aiding and abetting corruption, the glue of NRM’s grip on power. UHRC has a lofty mandate regarding the protection of human rights; therefore, its inaction is another grave missed opportunity.

The famous saying, ‘necessity is the mother of invention’ is derived from the Greek philosopher Plato who famously wrote, “Our need will be the real creator.” To that end, the march has influenced innovative tools like the missing persons website, https://missingpersonsug.org/.

Given Uganda’s turbulent political history and today’s ‘we are playing with fire,’ this website has the potential to reach into our past and document the disappeared and forgotten Ugandans who suffered at the hands of previous regimes.

For the present and future, the website is a powerful tool in documentation – that in future, when Uganda’s public institutions can step up to the plate independently, such tools will be crucial in achieving justice and national reconciliation.