U.S. Embassy Backs Mengo On Federo
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The Monitor (Kampala)
November 5, 2004
Posted to the web November 4, 2004
Robert Mwanje
Kampala
The United States embassy has backed Buganda Kingdom in its demands for a federal system of governance, saying it is more efficient and development oriented.
The embassy officials reportedly declared this during a sensitisation workshop on federalism at Nsambya on Wednesday.
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The Buganda Youth Minister, Mr Kabuuza Mukasa, said the US embassy Public Affairs Officer, Mr Michael Gonzals, said the American government supports federalism since US governance has embraced the same system.
"We have been backed by the US embassy on federo. They recommend federalism for Uganda," Kabuuza told The Monitor recently.
Officials reportedly said federalism would work best in Uganda because it would develop every part of the country equally.
The issue of federal governance stirred up Buganda Kingdom when the government recommended in its white paper that Buganda should be a municipality instead of a federo state.
This comes after talks between the government and Mengo officials crumbled after misunderstandings.
But efforts to get Gonzala for a comment failed as his phone was off.
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The government spokesman, Dr. Nsaba Buturo, said the question of federalism would be decided by Parliament after consulting the people.
"The embassy is free to give us views about what happens in their country, but not telling us what to do. It's Ugandans to decide," he told The Monitor by telephone.
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