𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈

Dear President Yoweri Museveni,

At the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2025, an event dedicated to envisioning a sustainable future, you stood before a global audience with a unique opportunity to showcase Uganda’s readiness to tackle pressing challenges like climate change, renewable energy adoption, and sustainable agriculture.

Instead, you veered off course, delivering a disjointed history lesson that transported listeners to “1900” and beyond—a time far removed from the urgent realities of today.

What could have been a moment to position Uganda as a forward-thinking nation ready to lead in sustainability became an exercise in self-indulgence. You spoke of colonial economic structures and the early days of Uganda’s interaction with the world, bypassing the purpose of the gathering entirely.

The audience had assembled to discuss innovation, collaboration, and solutions, but your speech reflected a leader more intent on glorifying his version of history than addressing the future.

Particularly perplexing was your relentless attack on former leader Idi Amin. Referring to him as “an illiterate colonial sergeant,” you dismissed his tenure outright, ignoring aspects of his leadership that, despite his many flaws, contributed to promoting Ugandan economic independence.

This irony is not lost on the world—coming from a leader who has held onto power for nearly four decades, using authoritarian means to maintain control.

By 2025, it is no longer a secret that Museveni – you have never undergone any form of military training which also explains your behaviour, mannerisms and attitudes (if you know- you know).

Don’t be fooled- being the face of FRONASA which later became NRM does not in any way make you a soldier. We have seen revolutionary movements led by civilians like Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane – founder of the the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO), Julius Kambarage Nyerere – the founding member and Chair of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) party, and of its successor, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), Laurent Desire Kabira, Comrade Robert Mugabe or even Nelson Mandela (May their souls continue to rest peacefully).

The main difference is that you are a civilian who claims to be a soldier yet you have never shown interest to be trained.

You’re a cunning and treacherous power-hungry criminal. Thus, you have no moral authority whatsoever to undermine a highly trained elite special forces Para-Commando at the level of Idi Amin Dada (Rest in Peace).

As for your speech, it wasn’t just a missed opportunity; it was emblematic of a much larger issue. Uganda’s potential is immense, yet it remains stifled by a leadership that prioritizes personal legacy over national progress.

The country’s natural resources are exploited with little accountability, political dissent is silenced, and young Ugandans—who hold the keys to innovation and resilience—are denied meaningful opportunities to shape their future.

For a leader who rarely travels abroad in recent years, this was your chance to demonstrate that Uganda is a willing and capable partner in sustainable development. Instead, you showcased an outdated obsession with history and a failure to embrace the challenges and possibilities of the modern era.

Uganda’s youth, the true custodians of the nation’s future, deserve leaders who inspire with visions of innovation and resilience, not divisive rhetoric or echoes of the past. At a time when the world is looking for hope and collaboration, you offered neither.

It is time to ask: when will Uganda be freed from the oppressive echo of its history? When will its voice rise above the constraints of a single individual’s ego and embrace a collective vision for progress?

President Museveni, Uganda’s future hangs in the balance. The world is moving forward—will you let Uganda move with it?