Many sections of Ugandans have sounded that they have little respect for people like former Local Government Minister, Bidandi Ssali. They say that when Bidandi Sali needed to stand up for right, he chose to go for wrong.

Richard Semitego, one of Uganda’s political activists says that Bidandi’s only redeeming action is that finally he saw ‘political’ right but how many Ugandans had died miserable death because he chose to promote bad instead of good.

Bidandi, clearly a man of vast intellect, in 2001 general elections made political statements which almost made everyone to laugh. When Col. Kiiza Besigye was campaigning for president on Reform Agenda ticket in 2001, Bidandi came out with a famous advert in support of president Museveni that run in Luganda thus: Owaye, olina kowekoreede? Olina omwana, londa Museveni ajja kukakukumia (literally translated as have you done something for yourself, do you have children, vote Museveni for protection).

Semitego says that not only did Museveni failed to protect Bidandi, but he has failed to protect him from imminent death.

Bidandi Ssali wrote to government and president Museveni last week saying that he should help him when ailing rather than waiting to accord him state funeral when he has died. Bidandi Ssali served in the NRM government as local government minister for 14 years before falling out with President Museveni over the lifting of presidential term limits from two to infinity.