Good day, Uganda.
Today, we speak with heavy hearts.
We are more than 40 members of the Silent Majority Media Team ,the overwhelming majority of the team that walked every mile of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s campaign trail under the leadership of Mr. Moses Ssali Bebe Cool.
Many others (80) worked remotely from home.
For days, some of us have chosen to remain quiet. A few of us have come out on TikTok in solidarity with Bebe Cool.
But watching a few of our colleagues continue to take to TikTok to insult, abuse, threaten, blackmail and lie about a man who stood with us through difficult campaign days has deeply hurt us.
It hurts because we were there.
We shared the dust.
We shared the long journeys.
We shared the hunger, the exhaustion, the rain and the uncertainty.
We travelled as a team. We worked as a team. We laughed together. We struggled together.
And through it all, Bebe Cool stood with us.
That is why today, we cannot continue watching silently as the story is falsely rewritten.
Therefore, we come out today, as a united voice to set the record straight.
We speak as the majority. We speak from experience. And we speak from the heart.
- THOSE INSULTS DO NOT SPEAK FOR US
The insults, abusive language, threats and personal attacks directed at Bebe Cool and his family do not represent us.
They are not our voice.
They are not our values.
And they are certainly not the values we carried throughout President Museveni’s campaign.
We were taught to believe in discipline, respect, patriotism and unity.
We may have disagreements. We may have things that need to be resolved.
But there is a difference between demanding what you believe you are owed and destroying the dignity of someone who stood beside you.
We therefore distance ourselves completely from the insults and abuse.
A few angry voices on TikTok cannot erase the voices of more than 40 people who were there.
- YES, THERE IS AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE — BUT THERE IS ALSO A STORY BEHIND IT
We will not lie to Uganda.
Yes, 23 days remain outstanding.
We acknowledge that, and we believe money will come.
But we also ask Uganda to hear the other side of the story.
For more than 60 days, Bebe Cool paid us Shs150,000 every day.
There were days when there was no facilitation at all.
And even on those difficult days, when it would have been easy to walk away, he would still look for something from his own pocket sometimes Shs50,000 for each one of us so that we could eat, have data and find accommodation. The Shs100,000 balance for such days would be carried forward as debt and will be paid.
He gave us MiFis.
He gave us microphones.
He made sure we could continue working.
We are not saying this because we have been forced to say it.
We are saying it because we remember.
When someone has stood with you during difficult moments, you do not suddenly forget everything they did because of a debt.
Our field team leader, Mr. Abbey Kaddu, has also continued updating us through our WhatsApp group regarding the outstanding payments.
Updates were made on 26th June 2026, 1st July 2026 with the last update coming on 21st August 2026.
And Bebe Cool has never told us that he will not pay.
His position has been clear: “I will clear you once H.E. the President facilitates me.”
We choose to believe the man we travelled with.
We choose to remember the man we know.
And we refuse to call him a thief.
- WE WERE VOLUNTEERS WHO BELIEVED IN A MISSION
There is something else that must be understood.
We were not contractors sitting in offices waiting for a salary.
We were volunteers who believed in a mission.
The Silent Majority Media Team had no formal contract with the NRM Secretariat.
We travelled because we believed in President Museveni, the NRM and the message we were carrying to Ugandans.
We left our homes.
We left our families.
We left our comfort.
And we spent months on the road because we believed we were contributing to something bigger than ourselves.
So when we hear people saying that Bebe Cool was given all the money and “ate” it, it hurts us deeply.
It hurts because it insults not only Bebe Cool, but every one of us who was there.
We know what we saw.
We know what we received.
We know what we endured.
And we know the sacrifices that were made.
- WE DID NOT JUST TRAVEL — WE EXPERIENCED UGANDA
For nearly three months, we lived an experience that money alone cannot buy.
We saw Uganda.
For free.
From Luweero, where our journey began on September 30, to West Nile and Karamoja, to Kisoro, we travelled across our motherland.
We saw places we had never seen before.
We met people we would probably never have met under normal circumstances.
We shook hands with ministers, MPs, RDCs, political leaders and some of the country’s greatest mobilisers.
We exchanged contacts.
We built relationships.
We made memories.
We heard President Museveni speak live.
Not through a television screen.
Not through a radio speaker.
We sat there and listened.
We listened to his history, his vision and his message about Uganda.
For many of us, it was an experience that changed the way we look at our country.
We saw development.
We saw communities engaging with programmes such as PDM and Emyooga.
We saw ordinary Ugandans trying to change their lives.
We came back from that journey with more than photographs and social-media content.
We came back with memories, knowledge, friendships and a deeper appreciation of our country.
How do you put a price on that?
- WE REMEMBER WHO STOOD WITH US
That is why, today, we choose to remember.
We remember the person who was there when the journey was difficult.
We remember the person who helped us when there was no facilitation.
We remember the person who made sure we had the tools to work.
We remember the person who travelled with us.
We remember the person who treated us not simply as workers, but as brothers and sisters.
And because we remember, we stand with Bebe Cool.
We stood with him in Luweero.
We stood with him in the dust of West Nile.
We stood with him under the scorching sun of Kasese.
We stood with him in the coldness and rain of Kabale.
We stood with him when we were tired.
And today, when he is facing abuse from a few of our own colleagues, we will not abandon him.
- TO OUR COLLEAGUES — DON’T DESTROY BEBE COOL
To our few colleagues who have chosen to insult and attack Bebe Cool, stop.
You must not allow anger to destroy everything we built together.
Don’t allow a disagreement over money to turn into hatred.
Let us not drag families into our disagreements.
Let us not use insults.
As CDF Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has said in his tweet, stop the insults and stupid fights.
You can ask for your money without abusing Bebe Cool.
You can demand for payment without destroying Bebe Cool’s dignity.
We can disagree without becoming enemies.
- OUR MESSAGE IS FROM THE HEART
We are not saying the 23 days should be forgotten.
We are not saying people should not ask questions.
We are simply saying:
Let us tell the whole story.
Let us remember the good alongside the difficult.
Let us remember the sacrifices alongside the outstanding balance.
Let us remember the journey before judging the person who led us through it.
We were there.
We saw it.
We lived it.
And we remember.
Bebe Cool, you gave us a life changing opportunity. You stood with us when the road was difficult. You carried us when things were uncertain. You treated us as your own.
Today, we want you to know that you are not standing alone.
More than 40 of us are standing with you.
Not because anybody has forced us.
But because we remember.
And sometimes, when the noise becomes too loud, the most important thing is simply to remind someone:
“We were there. We know what you did for us. And we have not forgotten.”
We remain loyal sons and daughters of H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and committed supporters of the National Resistance Movement.
May truth prevail.
May unity prevail.
May brotherhood prevail.
May we never allow temporary disagreements to destroy relationships built through sacrifice.
For God and My Country.
Signed,
Silent Majority Media Team
In Support of Bebe Cool