Daily Monitor Should Apologise to Anne Mugisha as she’s done nothing wrong

Anne Mugisha is former FDC envoy( whatever that brings on anyone’s bank account)

I don't wanna jump on anybody's horse at the moment before we get all the facts right but i kind of sympathize with Anne Mugisha on the accusations that he used a 'sweetener' to get endorsement from Museveni for a UN job in Somalia. First of all, Anne has not rejoined NRM as some people seem to insinuate. She got a job with UN and she needed to be cleared by State House and this is so normal and procedure. What did you,guys, expect her to do? Turn down the job or go on welfare in USA where she used to live? Welfare can give you money but it cannot give you job experience that will move you ahead economically. Selling drugs on the streets can get you more money than welfare but it cannot give you experience that you can put on a job application. And if you decide to sell drugs all your life, that life can be very short. FDC was not gonna pay her bills, was it? She is a single mum, as far as i know, and she needed money to support her family.

She temporarily came back to Uganda to get on a wheel but things did not work out for her as she expected. She gave a shot at a parliamentary seat- first in Nakawa before she moved to Mbarara, and it did not pay off. She then got a job with some law firm in Kampala, i believe, as she was also working for FDC but it seems things did not work out for her. Was she expected to beg on streets or what? It was also obvious that FDC had started looking at her as a liability rather than an asset. You see, Kampala is not a joke! One needs to be street smart to survive there.

Then came Giles Muhame's Chim- unfair- reports about her going back to NRM because of some disagreements she had had with the founders of the A4C group on Facebook. I think that was the time she decided to tactically cut her loses and decided to get a job with UN. Anyway, the thing about UN jobs is that they are not permanent. So, people should not read much into Anne's job because i cant see her staying away from politics forever.

May be, if she had been bought shs.400m as Museveni reportedly did with UPCs big 4: Henry Peter Mayega, Hajji Wegulo, Chris Rwakasisi, and someone else whose name has gone out of my head, it would have been fair enough to look at as a traitor. But this is not the case. She applied for a job and she got it on merit. Then came the hurdle of getting clearance from Museveni. She then humbled herself and did what was necessary because she knew there was a possibility of Museveni denying her the chance to get this job, like he did with Olara Otunu( for UN Sec General), Honorable George Kanyeyihamba( for AU job), UAH's George Okello( for AU job) and several others.

UN jobs have always been controversial especially when famous people apply for them. For instance, Bill Clinton was accused of buying the UN job when his then administration reached an agreement with Congress that would enable USA to pay $1 billion in back dues. Some people said that he was preparing to take over from Kofi Anan who was the Secretary General then. They said that he was doing it the hard way. They said that he could have followed Reagan's lead and made a $2 million speech to Japan for services rendered. In the end, Bill Clinton also settled for expensive speeches & Bill Clinton Foundation rather than the UN job itself.

Museveni , on the other hand, was quoted by newspapers in Kampala saying that he was not interested in UN jobs and Mo Ibrahim $5m award because he's so damn rich and also couldn't identify anyone with a vision to take over from him. He said that he was a revolutionary whose salary is usually collected by his wife, who also happens to be an extremely rich lady. So, i guess they may end up donating it to poor Abbey at some stage.

Personally, i think we should not read so much into Mugisha's job. I even don't know why the Daily Monitor decided to make a meal out of it. It is insane! Totally insane!!!! They should apologize to Anne Mugisha immediately for intruding into her personal business, i think. But i think UN and other international organizations should review this policy as it looks like total blackmail to me. Probably, a guy like me don't stand a chance for such a job because of my patriotic articles against some elements in NRM.

May be, we should move UN headquarters to China if the Americans don't want to fix this for us when they are still superpower. If the United Nations moves to China, China will reap enormous financial and political power benefits, and will become the communications center and power broker of the future, while. America will become isolated from the rest of the world, and drift into a more agricultural state. How about that for promoting 'blackmail'? The Americans themselves call this: “giving as much as you get” and sometimes, “if you're going toss mud pies, don't whine when you get hit'.

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Abbey Kibirige Semuwemba