Moses Karangwa was becoming too powerful and more popular within Kayunga district. President Yoweri Museveni is the one who had propelled Karangwa to his current status in society. He had done so by repeatedly defending him against allegations of land grabbing and promoting him politically, at every other turn.
Karangwa had used his closeness to the President and NRM boss, Gen Museveni, and politically branded himself, culminating into his bid in respect to NRM Deputy Chairman for Buganda region. President Museveni, who had previously backed and defended Karangwa as being a good, a loyal NRM cadre, and a victim of intrigue within NRM, and hate from the opposition, alas, turned around during the high-level NRM’s party internal elections.
The alpha and omega NRM Chairman suddenly exploded and subjected Karangwa to a harsh tongue lashing than never before. Museveni branded Karangwa a notorious land grabber, accusing him of soiling the NRM. In a suspicious change of heart, after scolding Karangwa and putting him out there before the NRM big people to dry and laugh at, Gen Museveni praised Nantaba as an excellent NRM cadre.
Museveni went further to offer his apologies to Nantaba for having previously chided her for fighting a notorious land grabber in reference to Moses Karangwa. Museveni’s spies at the NRM’s internal elections had briefed him about the huge funds Karangwa had reportedly ferried to the venue’s meetings, and how he had spent the same and bought voters to elect him as his deputy for Buganda region.
Now, President Museveni’s desired candidate was Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo, who lacked the kind of funds Karangwa was reportedly boasting of. The Chairman badly wanted Kasolo to be his deputy for Buganda region and devised tricks of promoting Kasolo’s candidature. One of the tricks was to politically deflate Karangwa who had long been giving a bloody nose to Kasolo, potentially signaling his sure win.
Aware that Nantaba was a big political factor in Buganda most especially in Kayunga, Museveni decided to attack her opponent Karangwa, while praising her with the aim of appeasing her and using her to campaign for his Kasolo. Fortunately, Museveni had previously been briefed about Karangwa’s supposed land grabbing and so he decided to use that to sabotage his candidature.
Karangwa was smart enough since he never allowed Museveni’s rant to spark a pushback from him. He was absolutely aware that his political opponents were in possession of data on his controversial land dealings and therefore, did not want them to turn the same over to the party chairman to base on the same and further malign him.
In fact, Karangwa henceforth knew very well his opponents had taken the day and that Kasolo’s victory was a fait accompli. When he spoke later, he prudently avoided Museveni and attacked Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka as the one who had plotted his downfall by branding him a Munywanda.
He knew Museveni would at some point in time defend his nationality since they are recognized as Ugandan nationals by the 1995 Uganda Constitution. Apart from praising Nantaba, Museveni since appointed her to fight acts of land grabbing in especially Kayunga district with the view to scuttle Karangwa’s support.
As the two foes go for each other, Museveni, who is a master of divide and rule will be a winner since both camps will be at his mercy, especially in terms of cash and political support. Furthermore, the fight will likely leave each politically exposed and therefore much weaker and very easy to use to fight Museveni’s personal wars.
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- Mr. Stephen Kasozi Muwambi is a seasoned crime investigative writer, majoring in judicial-based stories. His two decades’ experience as a senior investigative journalist has made him one of the best to reckon on in Uganda. He can also be reached via [email protected]
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