Much as I do not have faith in the current
set of political parties in Uganda, the president saying that it is not yet time for political
parties in Uganda, I do not think the president said anything new. By challenging the youth to find out why
Kenya and Tanzania have had peace while Uganda has experienced wars, I am unsure whether the president opted to
ignore the political turmoil in both Tanzania and Kenya despite the absence of rebels in the two examples the president
sites. Kenya would give the president further ammunition when it comes to
political parties. We all remember the
carnage that took place in Kenya when pluralism was introduced. Political opponents in Tanzania were often rounded up and many ended up in theater staged car
accidents. To emulate Tanzania politically, the country I think has had two heads of state in 40
years…. Well, maybe that qualifies for stability and peace.
As the youth prepare to give the president
their findings, the government is said to be building
nationalistic institutions necessary for a pluralistic society.
Pluralism is not planned by the government but the political torpedo
sweeps by. Who would believe that
there isn’t a pluralistic society in Uganda
when the president has time and again of diversity within the movement and Uganda
as a nation? We have Bidandi from
UPM, Nkangi from CP and when the president named Ssemmogere as Internal affair
Minister, Kayira for energy and many more, I thought the president was realizing
the pluralistic society we had in Uganda
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Not yet time for political parties, says President
UGANDA
is not ready for a pluralistic society, President Yoweri Museveni said
yesterday, write Okello Jabweli and
Alfred Wasike.
Addressing a large audience that turned up for celebrations marking 17
years of his administration at Kololo airstrip, the President said his
government was building nationalistic institutions necessary for a
pluralistic society.
“We’ve done well with the army. We are now on the Police.
We’ve not yet tackled the Judiciary,” he said. Thousands of
people braved a downpour to attend the function. The surging rain
didn’t spare the President. With rain soaking him at his podium,
Museveni rejected advice from his aides that he steps back to the main
tent. He said as a cattle keeper he was used to rain.
Museveni’s son, Capt. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, was part of the large
Presidential Protection Unit present.
In a departure from the past, the parade Commander, Lt. Col. Albert
Kareeba, bellowed out his commands through ! a remote controlled lapel
microphone attached to the public address system.
Museveni said his government inherited a failed state where all
institutions of the state had collapsed.
“Our strategy was to build a political system where all Ugandans
would be accommodated to build the required state pillars. A system of all
winners and no losers,” he said.
He said the country’s main parties, the Democratic Party (DP) and
Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) were founded on the divisive basis of
religions and tribes.
He encouraged young people to find out why Kenya and Tanzania have had
peace while Uganda has not. He attributed the peace and stability there to
the nationalistic -minded institutions there.
Published
on: Monday, 27th January, 2003
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