So for what should Kadaga and Gen Katumba apologise?

Ms Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, the Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda, was quoted in the Thursday publication of the Daily Monitor as saying she would not apologise for suspending Opposition Members of Parliament.
Given the structure of phrase, I had a feeling that someone may have asked her to apologise. But of course, who am I to even know that someone may have asked her to apologise. If I were asked to advise, I would advise her not to apologise. To whom would she apologise? Would she apologise to the Parliament of Uganda? Isn’t it the same Parliament that passed a motion praising her conduct?
Would she then apologise to Opposition Members of Parliament? But I know a leader who calls them anything he likes: Nyangao (hyenas), poisonous mushrooms, etc. Plus: With the kind of majority Speaker Kadaga’s political party commands in Parliament, is there a need to apologise to these small numbers? Wouldn’t an apology to the Opposition MPs tantamount to sellout?
Would she then apologise to Ugandans? But which Ugandans? Majority of Ugandans support the removal of age limit and they thanked Speaker Rebecca Kadaga through their Parliament for throwing out the rowdy members.
Of course, stupid cynics may ask: Why is it that Speaker Kadaga, whose excellent conduct during the fateful day was the subject of a Motion of Praise, has spent most of her public appearances explaining herself? Other stupid people may ask: Isn’t it curious that Kadaga presided over a motion praising her conduct…?
Discounting those stupid cynics, Madam Speaker, we advise that you do not apologise to people unworthy of your royal apology. The only thing Ugandans would like you to do is to explain the circumstances under which strangers came to the parliamentary chamber? Even on this one, do not apologies, just explain. Or just condemn the act and ancestors will play square with Uganda.
It is justifiable that we in the NRM condemn the hooliganism of the Opposition Members of Parliament in the parliamentary chambers. But this should not blind us to the fact that the parliamentary chamber was invaded by strangers? And now that the Speaker says she was not responsible for the strangers’s invasion of the parliamentary chamber, it would be morally wrong to pass the baton to the civil Servant Sergeant-at-Arms.
In a tweet attributed to Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, he had the sense of humour to wonder whether the guy he punched was distributing ice cream. Some people said the tweet was not what they expected from the general known for being social and calm. Sensing that it was not good manners for a general to brag over a punch (even with a sense of humour), Gen Katumba Wamala called the media to explain himself. He denied that he punched someone. He cocked the punch, but he did not deliver it. After reviewing the video recordings of what transpired in the Parliament of Uganda on Thursday, September 28, 2017, ‘the team’ found that only two punches were exchanged. One was from Gen Katumba Wamala and the other was from MP Lutamaguzi.
MP Semakula Lutamaguzi punched one of the invading strangers who wanted to evacuate him. And although Gen Katumba Wamala (the suspected puncher) has denied the delivery of the punch, the punchee (in the person of MP Francis Zaake) acknowledged receipt of the said punch. It is now a case of the generals’ word against MP Zaake’s.
The strangers who invaded the parliamentary chamber may have been aggressive, but they didn’t exercise any martial muscle on the MPs. Little wonder that it is the MPs who punched.

Mr Bisiika is the executive editor of East African Flagpost.