Thursday, February 13, 2025

A Critical Reflection on Uganda’s Political Opposition Groups and the Need for a Pan-African Transformation

Major General Mugisha Muntu, while he may be harboring good intentions, listening to his thoughts reveals an elitist bourgeoisie approach to leadership. His reluctance to actively engage in grassroots mobilization, despite his desire to govern, shows a significant disconnect. He believes that simply instructing others to take action in what he calls building of structures without personally doing the groundwork is enough. This is evident in his constant rhetoric about organizing while his party, the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), shows little to no evidence of meaningful action and structure building.

The political opposition in Uganda is still far behind President Museveni in terms of actual political organization and planning. This speaks volumes about their lack of a clear, actionable vision for the country beyond the removal of Museveni. Without a concrete, long-term national plan, the opposition’s infighting could easily become a source of national instability similar to Libya and South Sudan if they ever come to power. Museveni, though controversial, maintains a degree of stability, and his removal by an unorganized opposition could spell disaster for Uganda, the East African region and greater African Continent.

The frequent comparison of Uganda to Kenya by these bourgeoise elites is also highly problematic. While many intellectuals in Uganda admire Kenya’s political landscape, it is not because Kenya’s elites have transformed the country but have succeeded at subjugating the masses through divisions and in many cases operating like regional war lords, comparable to China before Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party Unified the Country. Uganda’s Elites envy the grip Kenya’s bourgeoise have over the masses. The reality is that Kenya is hardly a model of success when measured against even the most basic Pan-African standards—be it economic independence, foreign policy, or sovereignty. Uganda’s intellectual class is completely misguided in seeing Kenya as a model, focusing more on the bourgeois control than the true transformation of society.

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana’s First President and father of Pan-Africanism on the Continent), Dr. Milton Obote (Uganda’s first Prime Minister and Later President) and Kojo Bastio (Former Ghana Minister of Foreign Affairs)

The real missing element in Uganda’s political landscape is a strong Pan-African force. Uganda, like many African nations, cannot achieve true independence and development if it remains disconnected from the broader Pan-African vision. This is where the Revolutionary Economic Forum (REF), along with the African Continental Unity Party (ACUP), must step in. Their aim should not be to merely take power for personal gain or to engage in the hollow bourgeoisie rhetoric of democracy, but to genuinely transform Uganda as a vital, integral part of Africa’s collective future instead of looking at the country as a small island, which it is not, a huge mistake that majority of the African petty neoliberal-copying politicians continue to impose on the African people.

Uganda needs a leadership that does not seek power for its own sake, but for the true transformation of the country into a solid, united African state. The current political forces lack this vision, and it is up to movements like REF and ACUP to fast-track the Pan-African agenda within the region, placing the country on a path toward genuine, long-lasting progress.

LONG LIVE AFRICAN UNITY GOVERNEMENT TO BE
—Kwame Gonza
Rotating Chairperson, African Continental Unity Party (ACUP)

Kwame Gonza
Kwame Gonza
Kwame Gonza is A Pan Africanist member of the African Continental Unity Party (ACUP), a Mechanical Engineer and the Pioneer of the Africa Railway Triangle Network Master Plan (ARTNMP) which aims to Connect the Whole African Continent. He is a Geopolitical analyst who has been a guest on SABC News South Africa, Press TV Iran, TV Africa Ghana, Oromia Broadcasting TV in Ethiopia and Channel TV Nigeria to Comment and advice on the future of Africa and Pan African Issues.

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