29th March 2021: A Tweet from Bobi Wine on 29th March – another story of abduction and torture with a short video by “Ronald Segawa, a young man who was abducted and tortured in the most horrendous manner, for simply doing a video in support of our party ahead of the election. Thankfully he’s now recovering and able to tell what happened.”
In a speech I watched last week on YouTube, Bobi Wine asked, “What is our way forward as Ugandans? We have said, for NUP, we are:
- Servant leadership;
- Committed to non-violence;
- Engage all democratic peace processes as peace activists;
- Inspire communities to refuse to be intimidated;
- Continue to celebrate our identity as Ugandans;
- Continue to reclaim and demand justice for our stolen [Presidential] victory;
- Demand release of all prisoners of conscience and investigations of mysterious deaths of religious leaders after calling for justice.”
“All we need is justice. All we need is peace. We need honest dialogue and speaking the truth at all levels. It is a constitutional right for us to speak, to act, to participate. We must go back to the drawing board. It is incumbent on all of us to do our part, peacefully.”
18th April 2021: “Yesterday we concluded a two day retreat in Jinja for NUP leaders (NEC, MPs, District Chairpersons & Mayors). It was time well spent as we reflected on our party, the just concluded elections, and how we ought to operate as leaders.”
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- Bobi Wine addressing the Retreat
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- Participants
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- Bishop Zac Niringiye addressing the Retreat. He retired as Assistant Anglican Bishop of Kampala Diocese in 2012 so that he could dedicate his time to advocate for peace and social justice. What does that say about the Church of Uganda that he had to retire in order to be a peace and justice activist?
Bobi Wine said the retreat ended with these seven resolutions:
19th April 2021: Bobi Wine issued “This statement regarding the announcement of visa restrictions by US Secretary of State, on Ugandan officials who illegally interfered with the recent election, rendering it neither free nor fair.”
When will the UK Government act in the same way – and hopefully go even further?
CROSSING CULTURES, FINDING FREEDOM 