Uganda: How Museveni Has Created Another Museveni Out of Besigye

opinion

Whether knowingly or unknowingly; fortunately or unfortunately, President Museveni has perfectly cloned himself. It is an evolutionary process that has lasted 15 years. The sad fact of the story is Museveni doesn't recognize a Museveni in Besigye neither does Besigye realize that he's evolved into a Museveni.

The more Museveni has continued to escalate violence against Besigye, the more he's moulded a version of his later self. And it's been a self-reinforcing scenario. A scenario where Museveni applies more force to correct the image he sees in Besigye, only to further magnify that image, then more force applied and the cycle continues. Here's the challenge, Museveni doesn't like what he sees in Besigye. However, were he to sot down and reflect, he would realize that he's not fighting against Besigye, he's fighting against himself.

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