Mbale — Aspiring Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential flag bearer, Dr Kizza Besigye, has told people in Mbale that he abandoned the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) after realising it had turned into a similar dictatorship they had launched the Bush War to remove.
He said he joined the 1981-86 National Resistance Army's liberation struggle that brought the current government to power with the hope that he and his comrades would give power to the people but regretted that for 30 years, Uganda has remained under the rule of the gun, which the Bush War had intended to cure.
He was addressing a public rally at Mbale Cricket Ground on Thursday. He said without reforms, Ugandans shall remain under the NRM's grip for another term. The rally was preceded by a meeting with the FDC delegates in the district.
He said he will mobilise Ugandans to demand and achieve electoral reforms before 2016 elections.
"While demanding these reforms, the people must first understand their mandate to vote for regime change. You should not be hoodwinked by the money distributed in sacks to retain a dictatorship because the fight for regime change is to build institutions that have collapsed and the dictator is taxing you heavily and paying you peanuts to retain power," Dr Besigye charged.
He said if institutions existed, Ugandans would be able to buy for themselves whatever they want without wallowing in poverty or begging for assistance.
Responding to media reports that Parliament had voted to withdraw the electoral reforms Bill, Dr Besigye said Uganda will never have democracy and peace as long as we do not have electoral reforms.
He said those urging for the withdrawal of the election reforms Bill are unpatriotic and their intention is to bond Ugandans so they stay in power longer.
"I therefore urge you to rally behind me to demand reforms, especially those pertaining to the Electoral Commission if we are to liberate ourselves from dictatorship. We cannot have a free and fair election under the current system, which they have mapped and used to retain power since 1996," Dr Besigye said.
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