Besigye: "Museveni must be kicked out of office"

Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) strong man, Dr Kizza Besigye has said that President Museveni is illegally occupying the office of the President of Uganda.

Besigye insisted that he clearly won the 2016 general elections and that he is the one who was supposed to be the office which is now occupied by the National Resistance Movement chairman.

Besigye made these remarks while appearing on NBS Television's Morning show dubbed "Morning Breeze".

"I was charged with treason but still insist I won the 2016 elections. Mr Museveni is illegally and illegitimately in the office of the president. We’re talking about a situation that has empirical evidence. If the 2021 election is going to be the type of elections we’ve always had, people should warm up to it differently," Besigye asserted.

Asked if he will be on the ballot in the 2021, Besigye said that the country needs to deal with Museveni even before the general elections.

He said that this is not a struggle for Besigye but a struggle for everyone.

" We’ve been living under the control of guns for so long, that’s why this struggle shouldn’t be trivialised to the struggle of Besigye. It's for everyone. Ending rule by guns isn’t going to happen through a throw of a piece of paper in a box," he said in part.

Besigye likened Museveni to a dictator who uses fear and bribes to divide, rule and control information flow in the country so as to keep power.

"Dictators and people who dominate others use four tools; fear, bribes, divide and rule as well as controlling information and propaganda. Forces that try to fight the regime are being infiltrated and that’s how the government survives," Besigye noted.

Besigye said that the country needs to reclaim the country and then plan on how the country will manage that power.

" We must reclaim the country. Once we have the power, we can organise how that power is managed and create rules. By the grace of God, we shall take action to regain our freedom,"