The elevation of Uganda’s Special Forces Command (SFC) to a fully-fledged service within the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) is nothing more than a despotic ploy by the power-drunk tyrant, Yoweri Museveni, to tighten his vice grip on a country he has bled dry for nearly four decades. This brazen move reeks of unrestrained nepotism, militarized dictatorship, and the shameless consolidation of power for Museveni’s criminal cabal masquerading as leadership. The SFC is no bastion of national defense—it is a monstrous killing machine serving the whims of a corrupt regime.
Let’s call a spade a spade: the SFC has always been Museveni’s personal militia, a brutal force designed to crush dissent and silence anyone who dares to oppose his decrepit rule. Draping this force in the façade of “specialized military capabilities” and “modern military thinking” is a sickening attempt to disguise its true purpose: shielding Museveni and his parasitic family from accountability. This isn’t about protecting Uganda’s sovereignty; it’s about ensuring the dictator-in-chief and his clan loot with impunity.
At the center of this debacle is none other than Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Museveni’s pampered son and a glaring symbol of nepotistic rot. His previous command of the SFC wasn’t born out of merit or skill but out of the insatiable greed to groom him as Uganda’s next oppressor. Under Muhoozi’s watch, the SFC mutated into an unhinged tool of terror, wielding violence and intimidation to prop up a regime despised by the very people it purports to serve.
The so-called “heroic” deployments of the SFC in Somalia, South Sudan, and northern Uganda are grotesque lies peddled by Museveni’s propaganda machinery. While these missions may have achieved tactical successes, they pale in comparison to the blood-soaked trail the SFC has left within Uganda. This force has brutalized unarmed protesters, murdered political opponents, and terrorized citizens into submission. The streets of Kampala have run red with the blood of innocents, all under the watchful eye of Museveni’s death squad.
The planned amendment to the UPDF Act (2005) is nothing short of legislative vomit meant to institutionalize this rogue force. By elevating the SFC to service status, Museveni is carving out a militarized fiefdom within the UPDF, undermining the military’s integrity and turning the SFC into an all-powerful monstrosity. This isn’t modernization; it’s madness. The parallels with fascist paramilitary forces of failed regimes are unmistakable and horrifying.
The cold, hard truth is that the SFC is a malignant tumor eating away at Uganda’s soul. Its rise to prominence signals the complete collapse of democratic ideals, the death of professional military conduct, and the birth of an even darker chapter in Museveni’s tyrannical rule. The people of Uganda deserve a military that serves their interests, not one that enslaves them.
Ugandans must resist the glorification of this abomination. The SFC’s transformation into a service is not a milestone; it’s a nightmare. Museveni’s regime is a festering wound, and the SFC is its dirtiest weapon. This development must not be celebrated but condemned as another nail in the coffin of Uganda’s democracy.
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