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Last Thursday, president Museveni bashed Moses Karangwa, the Kayunga NRM Chairman, who now wants to upgrade to become party vice chairman for central region. Museveni who was chairing the vetting of CEC contestants, told Karangwa about the land grabbing allegations minister Aidah Nantaba who is also Kayunga woman MP, had been making against him.
He also told Karangwa about a more recent petition that was delivered to state house by real victims of his land dealings in Kayunga. Museveni told the meeting that the matter was being taken seriously which is why he had tasked general Nalweyiso to investigate the same. Museveni informed Karangwa that Nalweyiso will be summoning him to a hearing meeting where he will have to meet his accusers face to face.
Sources say that Museveni deployed Nalweyiso because the Kayunga police and RDC’s office had all failed to tackle land grabbing in Kayunga most likely because they fear that Karangwa can use his money to cause them to lose their jobs, get demoted or transferred.
The president’s statements have since been interpreted to be a vote of no confidence in rich man Karangwa who is campaigning to get elected the NRM chairman for Buganda by NRM delegates at Kololo on Wednesday.
The president’s comments have swayed many delegates to realize that Karangwa won’t be the suitable person for the position of NRM chairman in Buganda. Delegates from western Uganda have been the most swayed because for them, they still believe in the president a lot because he is their son. Once he sends out a negative signal against anyone, that person politically suffers rejection because the son of Kaguta still has firm grip on his party.
Most of the delegates from western Uganda have shunned Karangwa and are keeping their safe distance away from him because of their own self preservation. Many of them have bought big land and set homes and businesses like schools etc in Buganda especially in the metropolitan area of Kampala, Mukono, Wakiso, Mpigi, Mityana and Luwero.
They are fearing that the relationship between Museveni and Mengo can once again become hard to blossom in case someone not very friendly to Buganda kingdom becomes NRM chairman in the central region.
Buganda kingdom has been clear on the attributes a person they prefer must have and Karangwa, who refuses to denounce renegade Kayunga-Bugerere king Ssabanyara, clearly doesn’t fit that description which the Katikkiro of Buganda has been putting out through Mengo media platforms.
Mayiga says they would prefer someone who recognizes Kabaka Mutebi and doesn’t tolerate renegade kings like Capt. Baker Kimeze the Ssabanyara of Kayunga Bugerere and Ssabaruuli of Nakasongora.
During the CEC campaigning time, some of the contestants have gone to Bulange to assure the Katikkiro about their readiness to use the CEC position to strengthen relations between Mengo and NRM but Moses Karangwa, who kingdom officials hate for refusing to be clear on the Ssabanyara issue, hasn’t bothered going there at all. This shows that to, him Buganda kingdom doesn’t matter and that the officials at Mengo can go and hang.
This Mengo factor, coupled with what the president said last Thursday at the CEC meeting, have combined to cause most of the delegates from western Uganda to keep away from Karangwa whose election victory they believe will only create hardship for them and the ruling NRM party in the central region.
They would like to see the good relations of Mayiga era to be strengthened because it has brought to them prosperity and peace of mind as they go about their private businesses within Kabaka’s territory.
