Do they have anything in common – USA Democrat Hillary Clinton and Ugandan opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye? Yes they do. They both woke up one morning, contested for presidentship in their respective countries, but lost the race.
For both, their opponent’s victory came as a shock to the world. They both didn’t contemplate losing.
Social media, in its various shapes, was an engine of communication for the Clinton, Besigye presidential bid. Much more for Hillary Clinton, she garnered the support of a long list of editorial boards.
Using Trump as a foil and a focus, Clinton hit on a voice and an argument for why she should actually be president that perhaps only she could have, and that she’d struggled for so long to find on her own. This is where they probably differed, Besigye’s tactic was to hit at the opponent more.
For some of you who have followed up the politics of Uganda and USA, you must have noticed the sharp contrast in events that prevailed before and after the transition of power for these countries this year.
Trump won 279 electoral votes to Clinton’s 218.
The democrat conceded the 2016 USA White House race to Republican Donald Trump, offering to work with the president-elect who she said she hoped would be a successful leader for all Americans.
Mrs Clinton, after the bruising election loss, urged supporters to keep an open mind towards Mr Trump and give him a chance to lead.
Mrs Clinton acknowledged the results were painful and that she was disappointed.
“Last night I congratulated Donald Trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country, Our constitutional democracy enshrines the peaceful transfer of power and we don’t just respect that, we cherish it.” Mrs Clinton told hundreds of supporters and staff at a Manhattan hotel.
“Donald Trump is going to be our president,”
With those simple words, Hillary Clinton, who thought would wake up Wednesday as the first woman president-elect ended her White House quest and likely her political career.
Back home, Who is President? Of course the one who won and took outh legally .
Forum for Democratic Change’s Kizza Besigye, a three-time presidential candidate, who has been under virtual house arrest since the presidential election in February, was charged with treason when his “swearing-in” was filmed and shared to thousands of viewers on YouTube.
Besigye disputed veteran President Yoweri Museveni’s victory in the 2016 election. Since polling day in February, his house has been ringed by police, spiked barriers placed on the road to it and visitors vetted on several occasions.
Besigye has been advocating for the rule of law and bashing the Museveni government for failing to accept an international audit of the election results.
He has created and propagated a defiance campaign despite the April 29 Constitutional ruling that barred him, FDC and their supporters from engaging in any defiance crusade.
True, Protesters across the US are set for weekend demonstrations over the election of Donald Trump, as other activists have begun work on plans to disrupt the Republican’s inauguration in Washington early next year – a case very similar to what happened in Uganda.
Notable is the fact that these protests are self driven. Hillary has not yet been reported to be leading the demonstrators.
Trump complained in a tweet late on Thursday that these are “professional protesters, incited by the media” and are tarnishing his electoral success, which act he says is “very unfair”.
Uganda’s presidential election didn’t run out of control for God. One thing is for sure, hundreds of thousands of Christians from across Uganda were in prayer for this election – same case for the USA election.
Where there is a Christian to pray, there is a God to answer. The outcome of events in these two counties had a lot of people wondering just how much of a role God plays in appointing our leaders.
Being the benevolent King, you would think that God would only appoint benevolent leaders. Luckily for us, the Bible answers this question!
Jesus answered [speaking to Pilate], “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.” — John 19:11
By me kings reign…
— Proverbs 8:15
…he removes kings, and sets up kings…
— Daniel 2:21
Then God removed Saul and made David their king…
— Acts 13:22
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