02/08/2025
Dear Ugandans,
I bring you revolutionary greetings from the Republic of Liberia, in solidarity with Pan-Africanism.
Before I proceed with my message, let me allude to a few facts:
Uganda’s GDP is $64.28 billion, and Liberia’s is $5.17 billion. This means Uganda’s GDP is $59.11 billion higher than Liberia’s.
You can find the IMF’s report on Uganda’s GDP here: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/profile/UGA
Liberia’s report: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/profile/LBR
Uganda vs. Liberia real GDP growth rate is 6.1% : 5.3%, making Uganda’s GDP growth 0.8% faster than Liberia’s.
Uganda has a higher literacy rate than Liberia — the ratio is 79% : 48.3%.
Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/literacy-rate-by-country
Uganda has a larger population than Liberia. The ratio is 45,935,046 : 5,250,187.
Sources:
https://www.ubos.org/Uganda-profile/
LISGIS,https://www.lisgis.gov.lr/censusreport/thematic/ThematicReportOnPopulationProjections.pdf (p. 7)
Liberia gained her independence on July 26, 1847, while Uganda gained hers on October 9, 1962. This means Liberia is 115 years older than Uganda.
𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭:
In Uganda’s nearly 63 years of independence, His Excellency President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ruled for 39 unbroken years (since January 1986). President Museveni, who was just 18 years old when Uganda gained independence, is now nearly 81. In 2025, it is difficult for dissent to be expressed publicly in Uganda, even though the President himself came to power through dissent.
Is it that you, Ugandans, do not think or believe that there could be a better president besides 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢?
Fellow Africans, as you go to elections next year, I implore you to abrogate the dictatorial spirit and welcome in a fresh idea of governance and democracy. Uganda has helped train hundreds of Liberian public officials and diplomats. We hold your country in high esteem. Your great universities cannot be teaching one thing while you, the people, are doing quite another. Democracy must promote free speech and freedom of political assembly.
Your son, your brother, and your fellow countryman, 𝐊𝐘𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐈 𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐔 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓, aka Bobi Wine, has long committed himself as a dedicated alternative to the democracy that the majority of you yearn for. Many have been wounded, and many have died at the hands of Museveni’s goons while supporting Bobi Wine. He himself has been arrested, harassed, humiliated, and jailed for the struggle to let democracy flourish in the great Uganda.
𝑮𝒐 𝒚𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒔 next year, and send a very strong message to President Museveni, his son, and his partners in the oppression of the opposition community — that Ugandans have endured enough of their misrule. Doing so democratically is the best and only way.
𝐆𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 and retire President Museveni once and for all. He played his part when the days were dark for Uganda. And Ugandans have rewarded him handsomely by allowing him to rule for 39 years. It is now time that he hands the gavel to another leader who will bring fresh ideas to State House.
May God bless Uganda to continue being a land of hope in East Africa.
𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐚!
William S. F. Cole
Monrovia, Liberia
