The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party Katonga faction has expressed its disappointment in President Museveni’s letter to the Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo over the sale of the Muslims’ property including the Gaddafi National Mosque stating that it shows completely capture of the state by Museveni.
The remarks were made by the Katonga faction’s Spokesperson, Harold Kaija during the weekly press conference at Katonga road offices on December 18, 2023.
Kaija said that, the country has totally been captured by Museveni and his soldiers saying that, it’s evidently visible in the way he controls institutions of government like Parliament, Executive and the Judiciary.
“We can all see how the Parliament is run, Members of Parliament are paid off to vote for certain laws that don’t favor the people of Uganda, and now it has become evident that even the Judiciary has been captured too because if the President can write an order letter to the Chief Justice then we are headed for doom,” he said.
He added that, there are no ministers, Prime Minister and Vice President in Uganda, stating that they are all President Museveni’s personal assistants.
“We all see that whichever function these so called ministers and even the Vice President go to, all they do is read the President’s speech and sit. This is making all these people personal assistants of Museveni. It’s like he is the all-knowing man and all this shows that the state has been captured already,” Kaija added.
The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) property atop Old Kampala Hill including Gaddafi National Mosque, was previously on the brink of auction. This crisis stems from a land transaction between UMSC and Justus Kyabahwa which encountered complications. UMSC sold a two-square-mile tract of land to Kyabahwa for around Ugx 3.584billion, intending to transfer ownership within 150 days. However, the land had an existing 15-year lease, leading to the failure to fulfill the transfer or refund the money which resulted in the accumulation of the Ugx 19billion debt.
