The events at Munyonyo have laid bare a disturbing truth — that the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), once heralded as the vanguard of national security, has now become a clumsy propaganda machine, addicted to applause and allergic to accountability. Two suspected terrorists exploded before reaching their alleged target, and before the smoke had even cleared, UPDF’s self-congratulatory lie was already trending on social media. This wasn’t a victory against terrorism — it was a PR disaster coated in the blood of Uganda’s dignity.
Col Chris Magezi, in his haste to score political points and stage-manage heroism, declared that UPDF had “exterminated” the suicide bombers. But who exactly did they kill? The CCTV footage — brutally honest and painfully clear — shows no soldier, no bullets, no interception. Just two terrorists riding behind a taxi and then violently disintegrating 100 metres from the Martyrs Shrine. Boom! Then silence. The kind of silence that exposes cowards who hide behind uniforms and titles.
The regime’s obsession with controlling the narrative is now bordering on psychotic delusion. In a country crippled by corruption, where lies are dressed in camouflage and the truth is buried under government press releases, this Munyonyo charade is more than just suspicious — it’s criminal. How dare they spit in the face of public intelligence with such obscene fabrications? The UPDF did not kill the suspects. The suspects killed themselves. Yet, the military had the audacity to dance on the ashes, stealing credit like a tomb raider looting graves.
This is a desperate government, frantically patching its torn image using deception as duct tape. The press conference at Mbuya only made things worse. Col Magezi, stumbling over his own words, claimed UPDF stopped the suspects, questioned them, and then — like a scene from a poorly directed action film — the woman detonated herself. But we saw the footage. We have eyes. There was no confrontation. No gunfire. No soldiers in sight. Just two tragic explosions followed by a state-sponsored lie.
It’s not just laughable — it’s insulting. The regime’s incompetence and arrogance are now radioactive. They expect Ugandans to believe anything they say, even when irrefutable video evidence contradicts every word. This is the same regime that has murdered opposition supporters, gassed journalists, and tortured students — now pretending to be saviours against terror? Spare us the comedy.
The UPDF, under Museveni’s iron fist, is no longer a professional army — it has devolved into a spin factory, producing lies faster than it recruits soldiers. Every press conference is a theatre of deceit, every statement a smokescreen to shield the regime from accountability. And as usual, the truth is the first casualty.
How many more lies will be told before the people snap? This isn’t just about who killed the terrorists. It’s about a regime so addicted to praise, it manufactures victories from tragedies. It’s about a government so desperate for relevance, it steals glory from corpses. It’s about the shameful weaponization of state institutions to promote a dictator’s ego trip while dragging an entire nation into a cesspool of dishonesty. We are not fools. We saw what happened. The UPDF didn’t intercept anyone. They arrived late and lied first.
Until the UPDF produces actual footage showing a soldier firing at these terrorists — and not another poorly crafted fable from the Mbuya School of Lies — Ugandans must reject this narrative with holy fury. Enough is enough. This wasn’t a military success. It was a national embarrassment — a grotesque spectacle of lies, incompetence, and desperate showboating from a decaying regime that no longer knows how to tell the truth.
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