Government and security agencies are not targeting Muslims in the ongoing war on terror in the country, President Museveni has revealed.
For every terror attacks and murders of public figures in the country, a number of Muslims are always arrested in connection with the crimes. Ugandans took to social media after the two recent bombings in Kampala that have left two people dead, to advise Muslims to stay away from public places or risk being arrested.
However, while addressing the country on Thursday at State House Nakasero on Covid-19 and the security situation in the country, President Museveni argued that all those arrested or killed in the recent past were legitimate targets for getting involved in activities that are aimed at destabilizing the country and were not targeted for being Muslims.
He added that the policy of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party is not to target anybody based on their political, social or religious beliefs.
“Many of the Muslims in Ntungamo and Ankole were part of the wealth creators and not part of the parasites. Don’t involve yourselves in this nonsense of saying the government is targeting Muslims] leave the wealth creators alone. Among the wealth creators, the relationship is symbiotic; there is no parasitism,” Museveni said.
According to Museveni, several young people have been lured into illegal activities by those he called parasites in the opposition with monetary support from foreign agents like homosexuals from the United States of America.
He further noted that recent even the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF has been attracting several especially Muslim youths to join them and cause instability.
“One of the boys we are hunting for, for the attempted murder of General Katumba is known as Ubayida bin Bukenya. Imagine Bukenya of Engabi clan has now become an Arab. He had been training in the centre of Turabi in Sudan; that group destroyed Sudan. They emphasized identity. So such people are dangerous. How can Bukenya of Engabi clan be an Arab? The sheikhs need to address this,” he said.
