Otim Patrick

Budaka ready? 👐 #ProtectingTheGains

Habibi, a @Parliament_Ug committee summoned a govt official. The official called them clowns, threatened to arrest them, and - interestingly - said he would arrest again, the already arrested MPs, if any of them cough badly after he has arrested them. Now he has called for a march against Parliament, set a date, and is even using members of the same parliament to mobilize for the march on Twitter. All this because a committee, in the course of its work, summoned him like it does everyone else. Interestingly, the speaker is quiet, her deputy is mute and even the once-strong, atapa-eating, bold-speaking man paid to speak for parliament, @ChrisObore1 who comes from the courageous warriors of Teso is silent! He is not alone: even @SabitiJoseph who speaks about everything and is supposed to be a fearless eater of nang nang, anyoya, and buffalo meat is as silent as a grave! Isn't our beloved parliament, the no-nonsense house that stood up to American president Joe Biden and her deputy Kamala Harris, despite knowing that those two had a big red nuke button in their office, by passing the Anti-Homosexuality Act “to protect African families and values” despite their protests allowing itself to be taken for a ride? Nevermind that they also remained mute when the same govt official threatened to remove the said law in order to please some unnamed people he met in Japan. If parliament is allowing itself to be a pushover like this, where will it all end? Will they keep quiet if that govt official - who has the means - says parliament is closed and all MPs should go home tomorrow? Anyway, my reading of human beings is that once they start, they don't stop. If Parliament stays silent longer, it will eventually end very badly for them in the long run… unfortunately for Among’s house, not many Ugandans think they’re worth defending. That makes it even more complicated for that house.