Though it isn’t well known even credited not only for its bravery and shrewdness but also services, a plover–––the only creature that can make croc’s mouth its palaver–––has a big lesson to teach to those facing the same fix. The plover’s the only creature that fears no croc’s callousness, ravenousness and viciousness. It comfortably enters croc’s deadly buccal cavity and cleans it without any panic. In Uganda, president Yoweri Museveni’s been in power for over three decades. He’ll soon commence his journey into the fourth. That’s never augur well with the majority of Ugandans. Mr. Museveni isn’t alone. In Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, the situation is the same. Paul Biya, and Teodoro Obiang Nguema have been in power since 1982 and 1979 respectively after deposing Ahmadou Ahidjo and Francisco Marcias Nguema respectively. The trio above shares some nexuses. They all toppled their predecessors and clung unto power without necessarily delivering on the promises. Further, they’ve ignored term limits though stipulated in their constitutions not to mention cannibalising power for their private ends.
To unseat Museveni, many have tried many tricks to no avail. Of all who tried to help Museveni go to retirement, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bob Wine’s daringly though not successfully given Museveni the run for his money. He forced him to display his brutality. After trying to snatch the morsel from his fangs, Museveni, through hijacking and sometimes killing many of those who seem to be in his way showed his true colour namely, callousness and disregard to human rights. For the first time, Ugandans started to learn new things such as drones, disappearances and torture that used to be Amin’s work-tools.
Now that Museveni is in his fourth decade, Ugandans need a plover that must valiantly clean croc’s mouth. They already have one. What they don’t know is that they’ve one Bob Wine as their plover shall they stand behind him. This said, Wine also doesn’t know he’s but a plover that can turn croc’s mouth his palaver if he underscores the following facts:
Firstly, he must persist without giving in or up. The work he’s already done to pave the way to power is big. Thus, he’d keep his amber burning to see to it when time to dislodge and dispose Museveni, he must be on the top of the game. If he persists, he’ll win where Dr Kiiza Besigye , FDC president, failed. Indeed, he’ll reap what Besigye and he sowed after a long scruffle.
Secondly, Wine needs to accept and play a plover’s role to the crocs. He must not sit and wait. Instead, he must, by hooks and crooks, up the ante and strategize to eat in NRM’s turf. If anything, this is one of the guiles that helped Museveni to flat Wine. He ate in his turf. Therefore, instead of treating the NRM as his sworn foe, Wine must start to devise the methods by which he can plant his proxies in it. He must befriend those he thinks can see the light and partake of the second liberation.
Thirdly, Wine must underscore and understand that politics is like a chess game. To realistically ‘clean’ the croc’s dirty mouth, Wine doesn’t only need to be on the top of his game but also to be ahead of the game. Museveni will be 82 years old in the next charades, sorry, elections. Haile Selassie (Ethiopia), Felix Houphouet-Boigny (Ivory Coast), Drs Hastings Kamuzu Banda (Malawi), Alpha Conde (Guinea), Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe) and Abdoulaye Wade (Senegal) are the only Africans who were presidents in their eighties. Of all, it is only Conde who’s still in office. Thus, at that age, Museveni will be mentally and physically frail to withstand the hardships of maintaining power. Socially, he’ll be boring and tiring. He’s been in the game for too long. Thus, he needs someone to help him see the light. And this is none other than the one who’ll act like a plover.
In sum, if Uganda and Wine need a plover, they’ve one, Bob Wine. As for the croc, who cares about or needs to have it? Uganda needs a plover in the palaver.
To unseat Museveni, many have tried many tricks to no avail. Of all who tried to help Museveni go to retirement, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bob Wine’s daringly though not successfully given Museveni the run for his money. He forced him to display his brutality. After trying to snatch the morsel from his fangs, Museveni, through hijacking and sometimes killing many of those who seem to be in his way showed his true colour namely, callousness and disregard to human rights. For the first time, Ugandans started to learn new things such as drones, disappearances and torture that used to be Amin’s work-tools.
Now that Museveni is in his fourth decade, Ugandans need a plover that must valiantly clean croc’s mouth. They already have one. What they don’t know is that they’ve one Bob Wine as their plover shall they stand behind him. This said, Wine also doesn’t know he’s but a plover that can turn croc’s mouth his palaver if he underscores the following facts:
Firstly, he must persist without giving in or up. The work he’s already done to pave the way to power is big. Thus, he’d keep his amber burning to see to it when time to dislodge and dispose Museveni, he must be on the top of the game. If he persists, he’ll win where Dr Kiiza Besigye , FDC president, failed. Indeed, he’ll reap what Besigye and he sowed after a long scruffle.
Secondly, Wine needs to accept and play a plover’s role to the crocs. He must not sit and wait. Instead, he must, by hooks and crooks, up the ante and strategize to eat in NRM’s turf. If anything, this is one of the guiles that helped Museveni to flat Wine. He ate in his turf. Therefore, instead of treating the NRM as his sworn foe, Wine must start to devise the methods by which he can plant his proxies in it. He must befriend those he thinks can see the light and partake of the second liberation.
Thirdly, Wine must underscore and understand that politics is like a chess game. To realistically ‘clean’ the croc’s dirty mouth, Wine doesn’t only need to be on the top of his game but also to be ahead of the game. Museveni will be 82 years old in the next charades, sorry, elections. Haile Selassie (Ethiopia), Felix Houphouet-Boigny (Ivory Coast), Drs Hastings Kamuzu Banda (Malawi), Alpha Conde (Guinea), Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe) and Abdoulaye Wade (Senegal) are the only Africans who were presidents in their eighties. Of all, it is only Conde who’s still in office. Thus, at that age, Museveni will be mentally and physically frail to withstand the hardships of maintaining power. Socially, he’ll be boring and tiring. He’s been in the game for too long. Thus, he needs someone to help him see the light. And this is none other than the one who’ll act like a plover.
In sum, if Uganda and Wine need a plover, they’ve one, Bob Wine. As for the croc, who cares about or needs to have it? Uganda needs a plover in the palaver.
Source: Sunday Monitor today.
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