After Dr. Kizza Besigye was arrested by Uganda’s brutal armed men in uniform, I began shaking with fear. My knees knocked against each other, tapping a rhythmic pattern. And then I whispered to my companions who had come with me to march to the Electoral Commission under the leadership of the People’s President as earlier planned.
“Let us sacrifice today. Follow that black van that has taken him away!” I whispered.
We drove down the dust path from Kasangati to Kira, and then on to Nagalama Police Station. And then we spotted the black arrest van popularly known as ‘akamotoka ka Besigye’ leaving. We followed it at a safe distance. It made several stops as it sped back to Kasangati. When it got to the trading centre, the black vehicle turned into the Kasangati Police Station. We headed back to the People’s statehouse in Kasangati where I met and chatted about the revolution with five amazing comrades. They assured me greatly.
Afterwards, I returned to Nagalama Police Station, where journalists were encamped. Military and police were heavily deployed. Several reinforcements of red-tops, and UPDF soldiers were brought. Some carried John Rambo’s gun with a long round of bullets. Others had Arnie Schwazeneger’s big mouthed gun. A few had just batons, leather canes or AK47s. Many looked hungry and unhappy.
I was delighted when emmissaries from the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights came to see the People’s President. They were kept waiting and later allowed in to see him in the place of detention. I wonder what human rights mean in this rogue regime. What do human rights mean to Museveni or to UPDF or to UPF or to all the other pseudo-militias running around our land as scaremongers in uniforms? Does Kizza Besigye have any human rights? Do FDC members and supporters have any human rights? Does any Ugandan have any human right?
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