Former Kampala mayor Sebaggala tells president Museveni to retire

Former Kampala city mayor Nasser Ntegge Sebaggala, who in November last year backed President Yoweri Museveni’s 2016 re-election bid, says Mr Museveni should retire now when people still like him.

Should he retire while he still enjoys some popular support he would leave a good legacy, Mr Sebagala says.

Mr Sebaggala says Museveni who has been in power for 30 years, has limitations that God knows, and, therefore, some things he initiated will have to be completed by other people.
Though he did not mention any name from the Quran or Bible, Moslems and Christians’ holy books, the Old Testament cites, among others, Moses and Elijah who had to leave the unfinished work to Joshua and Elisha respectively.

“If I were a good friend of Museveni, I would tell him ‘you should leave when people still love you’,” Mr Sebaggala told the Daily Monitor during an interview at his home in Kampala,
Mr Sebaggala added, “Even food, if you keep it for a long time, it will expire.”
His remarks come on the heels of Mr Museveni’s statement in Rwashamaire in western Uganda that now isn’t the right time for him to leave State House.

“Those who say ‘let him go’ need to know that this is not the right time. This old man has saved this country [from state collapse]. Why would you want him to go?” Mr Museveni said during a campaign rally.

“We cannot be in the middle of a forest and you want the old man to go. This is not the right time.”

Mr Sebaggala said people who accuse him of being unprincipled should recall even Mr Museveni once associated with the Democratic Party and even Uganda Peoples Congress.

“Museveni told you he started in DP [Democratic Party]. He later joined UPC, where he was a senior officer. He came back [from Mozambique where he had gone to fight for Mozambique’s liberation from colonialism] started UPM. He failed in failed in UPM. He created NRA [National Resistance Army]. Do you want to tell me he is unprincipled? I am principled,” Mr Sebaggala said.

Source:Daily Monitor:Former Kampala mayor Sebaggala tells president Museveni to retire