Many people are baffled by the way president Museveni has survived coup de dat in his over 26 years of reported despotic leadership. Museveni has been so luck over the years because even when many of his soldiers have reportedly killed innocent civilians, and people mobilize to oust him, he survives and rules again. President Museveni has narrowly survived a number of rebellions including the LRA, Force Obote Back, ADF and PRA rebels.

Recently our media team had a discussion with one of the senior political analysts in Statehouse and he told us that Museveni has survived having a coup de tat against him, chiefly because he sidelined right from the early days all the officers that were the right candidates for such a coup.

Some were slapped with false charges then blackmailed into pardon and given lousy assignments like diplomatic service and kept away from mainstream armed forces. He identified some of the sidelined officers as Col. Julius Chihanda, Maj. Gen. Matayo Kyaligonza, and Col. Ahmed Kashilingi among others.