During a prayer conference held at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds on Sunday, President Yoweri Museveni together with First Lady, Janet Kataha Museveni, made a public apology to Ugandans for things that have gone wrong under his 39-year leadership. The president particularly apologized to Buganda asking God for the favor he has when his government came to power in 1986.
The public apology has since drawn mixed reactions from the members of public with others questioning the real intentions behind this remorseful gesture from the head of state, and critics demanding that he should do much more than a mere apology. Others have however applauded Mr Museveni for taking the responsibility as a leader for apologizing to the citizens for the mishaps in his government.
In a short statement posted on his X platform (formerly Twitter), the Deputy Press Secretary for President Yoweri Museveni, Mr Faruk Kirunda said the demands being made by some people are misguided and therefore unnecessary. He writes;
“The duo apology given by H.E
@KagutaMuseveni and First Lady Maama Janet has elicited diverse commentaries with some of the reactions placing conditions for the apology to be “accepted”. Without naming individual commenters and their conditions, let’s be honest as Ugandans; the First Couple gave the apology on their own volition. Nobody saw it coming. Why then place demands on them? Only God sees everything and accepts people’s remorsefulness. Some of the demands being made on them are state responsibility. The apology was meant to extend goodwill to all as we forge a more harmonious and inclusive country. Nobody is perfect. Those giving conditions should also apologise for their own mistakes, known and unknown, then we move on. The First Couple has given an example to emulate. FK”
