Reflecting on the 1976 incident, President Museveni noted that although the hijacking was a tragic event, the rescue operation became a turning point in weakening the grip of former dictator Idi Amin, whose prestige and fear among the population were significantly shaken by the events that followed.
Michael Phillip Lulume Bayigga, the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) party Deputy President for Buganda region revealed that the declaration of Karua as Persona Non Grata doesn’t represent Uganda as a leading actor in the East African Community, which guarantees the East Africans the freedom of movement.
The former President of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party, Kiiza Besigye, has asked whether Museveni could afford the cost of education if God returned him to childhood in his government, highlighting the need to revamp the funding of education to foster socioeconomic development.