Stella Nyanzi Criticizes President Museveni for Declaring August 29 a Public Holiday, to Hold National Prayers for “God to Deliver Uganda from Covid-19”.

Verse 1:

Instead of giving doctors and nurses masks, gloves and sanitizers,

He made today a National Day of Prayer.

God please deliver us from dictator Museveni.

Will doctors protect themselves with prayer?

Will they wash away the virii with prayers?

Verse 2:

Instead of building more isolation units with beds for the infected,

He made today a National Day of Prayer.

God please take away dictator Museveni.

Will patients of COVID19 be quarantined in prayer?

Will they sleep on prayer when ill?

Verse 3:

Instead of sustainably securing food to feed hungry unemployed Ugandans,

He made today a National Day of Prayer.

God please liberate us from dictator Museveni.

Will starving families eat prayer?

Will mothers fill our cooking pots with prayer?

Verse 4:

Instead of freezing interest on the loans of Ugandans locked down for months,

He made today a National Day of Prayer.

God please defeat dictator Museveni.

Will banks accept prayer from imprisoned debtors?

Will money lenders take prayers instead of chopping off the fingers of late borrowers?

Verse 5:

Instead of mediating between landlords and tenants,

He made today a National Day of Prayer.

God please remove dictator Museveni.

Will landlords pay prayers to their loan givers?

Will tenants shelter themselves in prayer after eviction from the rentals? 

Verse 6:

Instead of availing education to poor children locked out of classrooms,

He made today a National Day of Prayer.

God please teach dictator Museveni a lesson.

Will children study prayers instead of lessons?

Will teachers take prayers instead of salaries?

Verse 7:

Instead of arresting the brutality of police, army and LDU officers,

He made today a National Day of Prayer.

God please beat up dictator Museveni.

Will civilians shield themselves from state violence with prayers?

Will victims of state violence nurse our wounds with prayer?

Verse 8:

Instead of accounting for the billions of shillings accrued to prevent COVID19,

He made today a National Day of Prayer.

God please impoverish dictator Museveni.

Will Ugandans survive the COVID19 deprivation with prayer?

Will the corrupt thieves of public funds be punished through prayer?

Verse 9:

Instead of removing himself from the forthcoming elections,

He made today a National Day of Prayer.

God please take the life of dictator Museveni.

Will regime change come through prayer?

Will Ugandans liberate ourselves from his dictatorship through prayer?