{"id":107384,"date":"2025-08-19T18:42:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T18:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gen-nalweyiso-says-democracy-they-fought-for-is-being-diluted"},"modified":"2025-08-19T19:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:56:43","slug":"gen-nalweyiso-says-democracy-they-fought-for-is-being-diluted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gen-nalweyiso-says-democracy-they-fought-for-is-being-diluted","title":{"rendered":"Gen Nalweyiso Says Democracy they Fought for is being Diluted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Uganda\u2019s first female three-star general, Proscovia Nalweyiso, has warned that the democracy secured through their sacrifice is being undermined, citing recent political developments and internal wrangles within the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).<\/b><\/p>\n

Appearing on the Sanyuka Morning Express show on Monday, Nalweyiso said: \u201cThis is the democracy we fought for, but some people are now diluting it. We all see how far we have brought our country, yet what we sacrificed and struggled for is being undermined by these individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n

She argued that Uganda\u2019s democratic space should not be interpreted as weakness but rather as an opportunity for all citizens to freely participate in politics.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is being allowed to do as they please. Let anyone who wants to contest go ahead and do so,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Nalweyiso pointed to the recent NRM primaries, which were marred by violence, bloodshed, and loss of lives, as evidence of growing challenges within the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only challenge with the NRM primaries is that everyone who participated in the election expected to win,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

During the recent NRM primaries, violent clashes, vote rigging, and disputes over results left several people dead and dozens injured, raising fresh questions about the party\u2019s internal discipline.<\/p>\n

President Museveni himself admitted that the rot was not limited to the grassroots, acknowledging in a candid remark about his own State House administration that the system had become \u201crotten\u201d and in urgent need of cleaning up.<\/p>\n

Despite the tensions, the general insisted that President Museveni still commands strong public support.<\/p>\n

\u201cUgandans still love President Museveni. In 2011, I went with some people to move around the country, and when they returned, their views had changed based on what they had seen,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

Nalweyiso also turned her attention to the opposition, urging the National Unity Platform (NUP) to address Uganda\u2019s issues domestically rather than abroad.<\/p>\n

In a direct message to NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, she said: \u201cMy son Bobi Wine should lead the country from here. Let him not run to America to report; instead, let him remain and lead from here while raising those issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Proscovia Nalweyiso is a veteran of the National Resistance Army (NRA) liberation war that brought President Museveni to power in 1986, where she served in the women\u2019s wing of the rebel movement and rose through the ranks of the military.<\/p>\n

She later became the first Ugandan woman to attain the rank of lieutenant general, the highest rank ever held by a female officer in the Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF), and currently serves as the Senior Presidential Adviser on Defence and Security.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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