Denis Duke Uganda

If Anita Among had done this 3 days ago, maybe she would have survived whatever she’s going through. What she has posted today is what the powers that be wanted but Anita adamantly refused.

She thought she could go against father and son because of the influence she has at parliament. But she forgot one thing, they kept her because they needed her then.

When Joshua Baraka sang Ebirungi bijja nebigenda, Anita should have listened twice. But because she doesn’t understand Luganda well, the message passed her by until she found her self in this ongoing mess.

With the sanctions on her name, Anitah is a gone case.

For God and my country….

The Fall of Anita Annet Among: Why Jacob Oboth-Oboth Is the Main Contender — and Why Norbert Mao Is Out!!!

Until barely a month ago, Anita Annet Among looked politically untouchable. Within the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), everything appeared settled.

Between 27–29 January, the NRM’s Central Executive Committee (CEC), chaired by Yoweri Museveni, met at State House Entebe and resolved to retain Among as Speaker and Thomas Tayebwa as Deputy Speaker for the 12th Parliament.

That decision was reaffirmed on 20th February, forwarded to the NRM Parliamentary Caucus, and formally endorsed by Museveni on 4 March, ahead of the scheduled 25 May Speaker’s vote.
By all conventional standards, this was a done deal.

So how did Anita Among lose out?

The Short Answer: Kyankwanzi

Everything changed at Kyankwanzi.
From 7–14 April, the NRM held its retreat-cum-induction at Kyankwanzi. This was the turning point — and, politically, where Among miscalculated.

Two things had happened, beforecand during the Kyankwanzi retreat: the sudden Speakership bid by Norbert Mao and
A visible shift in Museveni’s threat perception.

The abrupt entry of Mao into the race unsettled Among’s camp. Mao actively courted power brokers, including visits to Salim Saleh in Namunkekera and outreach linked to Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

Sensing danger, Among reportedly fell back on a style of politics that had worked for her at constituency level — raw mobilisation, intimidation, and money politics. How did she become unoppossed in Bukedea Woman's constituency? By bribing her opposers to withdraw from the race and bribing the voters and race organizers in Bukedea. She was declared "unopposed." It is this patronage strategy, she was utilising at Parliament.

At Kyankwanzi, her enthusiastic supporters crossed a red line.

When Museveni began addressing the retreat, pro-Among MPs disrupted him mid-speech, loudly signaling allegiance to her. In NRM culture, that is not just indiscipline — it is a direct challenge to the fountain of power.

Among had successfully built a personal power centre within Parliament. But the moment it appeared capable of publicly disrupting Museveni himself, it ceased to be tolerable.

Museveni’s Pivot: From Tolerance to Alarm
Museveni had long tolerated corruption and excesses in Parliament — as long as they posed no threat to his authority.

Kyankwanzi changed that calculus.

In his speech, Museveni issued a thinly veiled warning, stating that anyone bribing MPs for Speakership votes would be “disqualified."

Corruption suddenly became central to the narrative — not because it was new, but because it had become politically dangerous.
At that moment, Anita Among ceased to be an asset and became a potential rival power centre. We all remember, the work she had done to have Museveni elected. But when she crossed-line, begun talking strong and showing, power and invisibility- her duck was cooked.
That is where her fall began.

Why Norbert Mao Was Never an Option

Ironically, Mao emerged from Kyankwanzi politically visible — but strategically doomed.
The regime does not trust Mao.
He is intelligent, calculating, ambitious, and openly presidential in outlook. His past manoeuvres inside the Democratic Party (DP), particularly how he neutralised internal rivals to retain party control, are well understood at the centre.
Museveni is many things — but naïve is not one of them.
Entrusting Mao with the third-highest office in the land would mean empowering a man capable of independently mobilising, negotiating, and pivoting against the regime if circumstances allowed.
That risk is unacceptable.
So Mao was quietly ruled out.

Why Jacob Oboth-Oboth Emerged??🤭🤭🤭

It is after Kyankwanzi that Jacob Oboth-Oboth resurfaced as the compromise choice.
His credentials align neatly with Museveni’s needs:
He is NRM to the core
Previously entrusted with sensitive defence-related roles
Has no visible presidential ambitions
Lost the Speakership race in 2021 to Jacob Oulanyah, and again after Oulanyah’s death to Among — making him experienced but not threatening

Comes from the same region as the outgoing Speaker, easing regional balancing concerns
Crucially, Oboth-Oboth represents continuity without concentration of power — exactly what Museveni prefers.

That explains why sections of political actors from the same region have already begun shifting to endorse him.
Bottom Line
Anita Among fell not because she lacked numbers, but because she appeared to challenge Museveni’s supremacy

Norbert Mao was never trusted enough to be allowed near the Speakership.

Jacob Oboth-Oboth fits the regime’s ideal profile: loyal, predictable, and non-threatening
In Museveni’s system, competence matters — but loyalty and controllability matter more.
Kyankwanzi merely revealed that truth, brutally and decisively.

Museveni is going to use the corruption card against Anita Among to cover the power struggle and bury Among alive.

Writes, Mukaabya Walugembe
You are welcome

Someone Just said Mbu, the $10M recovered by URA last month belonged to AAA - Egesa Ronald Leonard😳😳😳🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️