Dr. Sam Mayanja’s recent op-ed ruthlessly exposes the Mengo establishment as a bastion of arrogance and delusion. This elitist cabal clings desperately to an outdated sense of entitlement, demanding the restoration of “Ebyaffe” as if the rest of Uganda exists merely to serve their imperial whims. Their refusal to integrate into a united Uganda is not just a roadblock; it is a calculated assault on the nation’s unity, designed to perpetuate their parasitic grip on power and resources at the expense of every other Ugandan.
Mayanja unmasks the sickening hypocrisy of Mengo’s leadership. They whine about the loss of their so-called “special status,” conveniently ignoring that this status was built on the exploitation and dispossession of ordinary Ugandans. Their fixation on the 1900 Buganda Agreement is not just misguided; it is a malicious distortion of history. This agreement was never a pact between equals but a colonial noose, designed by the British to keep Uganda fractured and submissive, all to serve Mengo’s insatiable greed.
Mengo’s leadership revels in a grotesque myth of self-importance, casting themselves as the divine custodians of Uganda’s destiny while in reality, they are nothing but relics of a tyrannical past. Their relentless demands for “Ebyaffe” are a thinly veiled attempt to reassert their tyrannical control over Buganda’s resources and people. This is not about justice or restitution; it is about power—naked, ruthless power—and a desperate bid to claw back relevance in a Uganda that has rightfully left them behind.
The grim truth is that Mengo’s obsession with their long-dead glories is a cancer on Uganda’s stability. By insisting on their outdated notions of exceptionalism, they are not just sowing discord—they are actively poisoning the nation. Their refusal to surrender the privileges of the mailo land tenure system and their stranglehold over Buganda’s political landscape only serve to deepen the rift between Buganda and the rest of Uganda.
Uganda cannot afford to indulge Mengo’s malignant, elitist fantasies any longer. What this country needs is unity—a unity that transcends the poisonous legacy of Mengo’s outdated, exploitative agenda. The Mengo establishment is a relic of a dark past, and it’s time for them to be consigned to the dustbin of history. Uganda’s future depends on it.
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