The constituent assembly (CA) faced the question of
what Ugandans should do, if a rogue abused Uganda`s primary law that they
painstakingly deliberated up on, similar to Milton oboe prime minister`s
abrogation of Uganda`s independence constitution.
The CA`s robust response which I suspect originated
from the NRM`s notational chairman, was that such an abuse should be restated.
The actions of two individuals that symbolized the
patriotic resistance against constitutional abuse were of Dan Kamanyi and Omubiito
Sebastian Kitayimbwa Mumiransanafu. Both died recently. My superstitious
beliefs asure me that both received a warm welcome at heaven`s gates, from sir
Edward Mutesa and St. Peter for when Obote in May 1966 dispatched col. Idi Amin
to attack the lubiri, kamanyi a son of a minister and kitayimbwa, the Saza
chief of mawogola, forfeited life comforts, to resist extra-constitutionality.
The 1966 crisis, predates the 24 may Lubiri attack.
It is traced to obote`s extra-constitutionality. Yet ironically, he has a key
framer of Uganda`s independence constitution without which he would never
become a prime minister Executive.
For it allowed the Kabaka to engage in politics and
made mengo Bulange an electoral collage to appoint Buganda`s members of
parliament, both of which enabled Obote`s coming to power. Then Uganda was a
parliamentary democracy. Unfortunately, Obote selectively interpreted this
constisution. Abiding by it, when it suited his political interests. Say when
he accepted its promulgation, in order to become a prime minister and abrogated
it when his government got a vote of no confidence in February 1966, through
the famous Daudi Ocheng motion!
By early 1965, the Uganda peoples congress kabaka
yekka (UPC-KY) coalition was collapsing because obote had organized a local
referendum in the lost counties as a result of which two counties
democratically returned to Bunyoro from Buganda. In turn mutesa disbanded KY and
encouraged the party members to join UPC
as to directly engage in its internal politics.
Mutesa coordinated with his political allies within
the UPC supremos Grace Ibingila, George magezi, balaki kirya and mathias ngobi.
This led to the obote factions losinginternal party
elections in late 1965, in bunyoro, ankole, busoga, Buganda and bukedi
consequently, obote unilaterally suspended the elections.
In turn, mutesa inta alia conceived and sponsored
the daudi ochieng motion to constitutionally unseat obote, who convened a UPC
parliamentary caucus meeting on January 31, 1966, which decided to oppose the
ochieng motion. However , three days later, on February 4, the daudi ochieng
motion received overwhelming support in a parliament dominated by UPC.