When a regime leader loses interest in the will of the people and the rule of law, just like Gen. Museveni, one of the signs to highlight this will be taking selfish decisions that would pertinently affect the citizens, without consulting the people through independent government structures like Parliament.
Museveni, in the past, has always governed Uganda in this manner, just as a father would control his home, with total disregard of what other family members’ opinions may be, selfishly taking decisions that only benefit him and the status quo as he wants it.
A case in point can be the involving of the UPDF into regional and continental wars without first tabling the idea on the floor of Parliament. In the end some of these missions have proved to be disastrous, with loss of lives involved.
Quite more disastrous to the country was the UPDF-DRC saga, where Ugandan troops, led by senior officers, were found guilty of stealing valuable minerals and timber in Congo, under the guise of keeping peace. As a result from the International Court of Justice, Uganda was condemned to pay sh1.2 trillion in reparations to Congo, with effect from 2022. This was tax payers money.
In another reckless twist, in October, 2024, Gen. Museveni succeeded in forcefully dragging Uganda into another establishment – the BRICS bloc, purely for selfish reasons.
The BRICS bloc, which originally started with autocratic and communist countries Brazil, Russia, India, and China, and later being joined by South Africa, in 2010, was established on grounds of fighting the stronger and superior powers of North America and Western Europe.
The bloc set out to formulate a new economic force to rival the west, with many interventions among which included a common currency for the member states, which would seek to out compete the US dollar and the Euro.
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