The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Party, based in Najjanankumbi, has warned the National Resistance Movement (NRM) against humiliating Ugandans while responding to their demands, saying it can reject the current government.
According to John Kikonyogo, the party spokesperson, Ugandans are tougher than Generation Z in Uganda’s neighbor Kenya, who are demanding the resignation of President William Ruto over the unpopular finance bill 2024.
“I don’t believe those who say that Ugandans are so weak to stage a demonstration like the Kenyans because we are tougher than Kenyans. Ugandans are just missing a good leader who can take us where we are supposed to go,” Kikonyogo said.
“Have the Kenyans removed any government in their history after independence? But here in Uganda, we have done it before—not once or twice. Do you remember the 2009 demonstration? If we had opposition leaders who wanted this government out of power, it would be,” he added.
While addressing the members of the press at FDC party headquarters in Najjanankumbi on Monday, July 1, 2024, Kikonyogo noted that the different humiliating episodes orchestrated by the ruling government will one day leave Ugandans with no alternative but to demonstrate against it.
“That’s why I have warned these people of NRM and the government that Ugandans are bitter. Just because they have not come publicly to express their bitterness yet, they will do it because they have done it before,” Kikonyogo said.
Conversely, Yusuf Nsibambi, the Party chief whip in parliament, said that what is happening in Kenya can’t happen in Uganda because of the humble social upbringing of some Ugandans, who are strongly confined to their cultural beliefs, which extremely command unnecessary respect.
He said that such beliefs have made most Ugandans docile, which is contrary to Kenyans.
Ugandans are allegedly driving a social media campaign to protest against corruption in Uganda by marching to Parliament.
