UGANDA: How Gen. Aronda & Kiyonga solved Museveni's "more complicated paths" puzzle

HOW GEN. ARONDA AND KIYONGA SOLVED MUSEVENI'S "MORE COMPLICATED PATHS" PUZZLE.

"AGE LIMIT BILL
I want to salute the 317 MPs who defied intimidation, malignment and blackmail and opted for a flexible Constitution to deal with the destiny issues of Africa instead of maintaining Uganda on the path of unimaginative, non-ideological, neo-colonial status quo. By so doing, they enabled us to avoid the more complicated paths that would have been required."

Museveni's New Year Message - 1st January 2018.

After he duped his M.Ps to rubber stamp his life presidency by passing his Age Limit Amendment in November 2017, Uganda's Military dictator congratulated them through the above new year message. However, many gullible Ugandans have been and continue to be puzzled by what he meant by being saved from taking the "more complicated paths." The answer to that puzzle lies in the plain statements that he made earlier himself and through his then Army Chiefs and the then Minister of Defence.

In January 2013 amidst the heated parliamentary debates over Museveni’s secretive oil sector, the then Minister of Defence, Cryspus Kiyonga threatened that the army would take over in case of a political stalemate. He said that the army was watching and that if there was a possibility it could reassert itself should the politicians continue not showing seriousness that they can solve the country’s problems.

Shortly after, Museveni convened the regime MPs caucus retreat at Kyankwanzi where he re-echoed his Defence Minister’s earlier threats.
He said; “…. if this confusion in Parliament persists, the military would not allow it.”

A few days later on 23rd January 2013 the then army chief, Gen. Aronda addressed the press at the army headquarters at Mbuya in Kampala. He made it categorically clear that;

“…. the message was deliberately sent out. I can’t do more than what they (Museveni and Kiyonga) said. The message was well taken for those who it was intended. Stand warned. Stand advised. Should you not change course, other things may be brought into play.”

In September 2015, at Mt. Lebanon Church in Mukono Municipality, the then army chief, Gen. Katumba Wamala warned politicians during the Presidential elections campaigns. He said; “…. some politicians have started using threatening statements in a bid to incite violence and cause turmoil during the 2016 elections but the army will deal with them appropriately and they will be crashed.” He went ahead to urge Ugandans to “vote wisely” during the Presidential elections, saying that “some politicians are liars who just want to satisfy their ambitions.”

In 1996, during the Presidential election campaigns, Museveni made it clear that he would not just hand over power to anybody even if they won the elections. Gen. Ssejusa reinforced him by declaring that he too would not salute Dr. Ssemogerere if he was to win the elections. On 14th January 2015, in Rukiga county, Museveni publicly stated that he won’t hand over power as long as he was still energetic and has control of the army. The then Army Spokesman, Col. Felix Kulaigye reinforced that assertion thus; “And I want to say this, if you threaten the constitution of Uganda, then the military has to take over. It is our obligation as the military to protect and restore the Constitution of this country; in that we shall not watch people threatening the Constitution.”

During the sham process of public consultations for the Age Limit amendment, through his Minister of Investment, Evelyn Anite, Museevni made it clear that it's the army that had a final say over the matter.
She said; “…. we don’t go looking for support. We are the party in government. We have the support of the Magye (army).” This followed a threat by some Members of Parliament to block the regime’s scheme to remove the constitutional age limit that would allow Museveni to rule Uganda till he dies. Indeed, in September 2017, Museveni sent soldiers to Parliament where they beat up M.Ps before the said Bill was passed.

From the a foregoing, there is no doubt that his "MORE COMPLICATED PATHS" puzzle meant nothing else other than USE OF THE SECURITY FORCES TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER.

INFORMATION IS POWER AND THE PROBLEM OF UGANDA IS MUSEVENISM