Traitors within the opposition frustrating liberation struggle, says Besigye

The former president of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). Dr Kizza Besigye has said there are traitors amongst the opposition seeking forces who have done everything possible to frustrate the liberation struggle.

Besigye said such people will always exist in the struggle to liberate the country but this should not derail others from fighting for change.

"During NRA war, there were many betrayers. However, once we are properly organised, with disciplinary measures to isolate and discipline betrayers, we shall be fine," he said during an online television show over the weekend.

He cited a number of reasons why the opposition seeking forces have failed to unite towards the common goal of dislodging President Museveni from power.

"What has undermined unity is elections. We still have many people who believe elections can cause change. Myself, I had same view in 2001 and 2006. I also believed the courts would work.  Elections can't liberate us," he said.

After 2011 elections, Besigye said he concluded that opposition needed a new strategy, besides elections, that will liberate Ugandans from the kind of suffering he said they have been undergoing through for the last 30 years.

"We made up our minds that elections were futile, but there are many- especially those who hold offices- who still believe elections can deliver us," he said.

He stressed that people without power don't make laws saying these are made by those with power but they have ensured that most of the laws and the constitution itself is in their failure something he said is very frustrating.

"That is why the 1995 constitution was torn apart because it was made by a CA without power. Museveni removed from the constitution what he didn't like," Museveni said.

He claimed that President Museveni was part of the commission that drafted the Uganda constitution, because he wanted his views to dominate the new constitution against the wishes and views of Uganda.

"65% of Ugandans and 97% of Baganda wanted a federal government. People’s views in drafting the constitution were ignored. People remained dissatisfied because they didn't see fairness and justice in the process," said Besigye.