While appearing on NBS’ Morning Breeze show, four-time presidential aspirant, Dr Kizza Besigye was asked by the host whether he was to stand for President in the forthcoming election.
Besigye said he feels hurt when people focus on his candidature than the real problem of displacing the regime.
“I am fighting this mindset of people thinking the issue right now is me standing for office. The issue is how we get out of captivity and not focus on whether I will stand for office,” said Besigye before revealing that he cannot leave the struggle when it’s halfway moved.
Veteran journalist Andrew Mwenda has immediately gone in for Besigye as he tried to punch holes in his response.
In a long thread on his official twitter handle, Mwenda tweeted saying; “Besigye is beating about the bush in regard whether he will run for president this year, sounds like Museveni! Besigye says he is in struggle to establish democracy, Museveni says he is in one to transform Uganda! The success in both is open ended! Both won’t quit.”
Mwenda said Besigye and Museveni are two faces of the same coin.
“Just like Museveni sees himself as the only person in who can transform Uganda. Besigye thinks he is the only one who can defeat Museveni. This is what being delusional means!” he said.
He added; “The problem here is not that either men are greedy for power that would be the smaller part! The problem is a highly cultivated self righteousness and an exaggerated self confidence! Uganda can exist well without either men. That is the lesson both need to learn.”