I think you are insidiously mis-stating the facts when you say 'buganda
asked for Kampala and Uganda Revenue Authority", as usual your statements
are designed to incite and divide rather than unite and heal. Given the
nonchalant attitude of the other regions on the issue, it appears Buganda
has been forced to go it alone. Anyway i am not in support of federalism
because Buganda is pushing for it, rather i see it as a remedy to most of
our global problems as a nation such as, tribalism, nepotism and despotism.
This ought to be the focus, not killing the issue just because you have an
axe to grind with Buganda and Museveni and in the process throwing away the
baby with the bathwater. For even allowing the dialogue to start the
government should be applauded, their motives irrespective. Netters can you
remember another government in Uganda where dialogue on national issues was
so broad, free and unsensored, both at home and abroad? Where you have free
expression of ideas from both sides of an issue without feeling that your
life was in eminent danger? If that isn't progress then i don't know what
is.
From: "Mulindwa Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ugnet_: Re: ugnet_: 'Federo' is a fantasy
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 06:23:18 -0400
Mwaami Musaazi
You are using a wrong terminology here, what we have in Uganda today is not
a negotiation of federalism, it is a Buganda attack on all national
institutions for her own benefit. An act that Ugandans have vehemently
refused. And I will give you examples (1) Mengo asked for Kampala which it
knew was Uganda's capital and built by Ugandans. When Ugandans refused it
Mengo said if we do not get Kampala we do not take that federalism (2) They
then asked for Uganda Revenue Authority, the government said No, Mengo
responded that with out it they do not want federalism. And I can go on and
on with such examples of unrealistic requests. Can you tell me one instance
where Buganda's request was refused and Mengo moved on? The formula is
either give us this or we are out of here.
Secondly I do not even think that Buganda has a right to negotiate with NRM
on how to install this federalism, in fact the smart thing NRM should have
done would have been to send Buganda back to Mengo and ask them to
negotiate
with other units, then all of them to come back to Uganda government with a
finished document, for there is no way Uganda government can negotiate with
pieces. But NRM would have done that if it was interested in putting real
federalism in Uganda, what NRM wants today is Buganda's vote for the sad
term, and if giving them a half baked federalism is the bait, so be it.
Remember you are dealing with very shrewd people.
Lastly some of us are wondering whether NRM has even the authority to
negotiate the fate of our nation. Remember they came to power by force of
arms they were never elected to come to power, and since then they failed
to
even turn into a political party, we still have a Resistance Council which
to now we do not know who elected it, running our nation. And that Council
understands its limitations that is why you see that they do not make
national decisions which will be internationally recognised, for they know
that they will not. An example is the failure to establish a Uganda Army.
For they know that they can not commission officers. How can they turn a
nation from Unitary to federalism? Those are questions Mengo should have
asked before they claimed ownership on Uganda Revenue Authority. But hey it
is all a fantasy!!
Be well
Em
The Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"
Groupe de communication Mulindwas
"avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
----- Original Message -----
From: "emmanuel musaazi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: ugnet_: 'Federo' is a fantasy
> Whoever was responsible for this editorial, does not understand the
concept
> of federalism. First of all how does he know that the final federal
system
> agreed upon will take the shape he is outlining (talk about puting the
cart
> before the horse). The final system will depend on negotiations which
will
> involve a lot of tradeoffs and compromises, it's not about 'winner takes
> all'. Secondly, the Primeminister does not have to be the Kabaka (there
> doesn't even need to be a prime minister). Federalism will help spread
> development around the country, new city capitals will spring up and
along
> with them jobs, institutions of learning and investements. Federalism
will
> also help to reduce the concentration of power at the center which will
on
> the long run enhance democracy. As for taxes, well a tax sharing and
> allocation formular will be part of the negotiations, this is why i said
> that the more the number of regions involved in the negotiations the
better
> for the whole country. Right now everybody is only hearing the Buganda
> proposal because other regions have not formaly and in an organized
fashion,
> put forward their proposals. The other regions should stop wining and
come
> with ideas, that is what democracy is all about, isn't it, democracy
lovers?
>
>
> >From: "Mitayo Potosi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: ugnet_: 'Federo' is a fantasy
> >Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 17:35:19 +0000
> >
> >Editorial : newvision 26/8/2003
> >
> >'Federo' is a fantasy
> >
> >CABINET HAS decided to push for the lifting of term limits for the
> >presidency and a return to federo.
> >
> >However, a representative of the Buganda kingdom has responded that the
two
> >issues should be delinked.
> >
> >He is right. The two issues are both too complex to consider together.
> >
> >In particular the restoration of federo, or a federal kingdom, is
risky.
> >
> >Firstly, the dominance of the Buganda kingdom at independence created a
> >political imbalance that destabilised the country.
> >
> >Secondly, a federal kingdom is not the most progressive form of
government.
> >As head of state, the Kabaka will appoint chiefs, ministers and
officials.
> >What will happen to the authority of democratically elected LC5 and LC3
> >officials?
> >
> >Thirdly, is an additional layer of administration in Buganda even
> >necessary?
> >
> >Fourthly, this administration will have to be funded either by local
> >taxation or by increased taxation by the central government. If the
central
> >government pays, a peasant in West Nile might ask why his tax payments
go
> >to the Kabaka of Buganda.
> >
> >Fifthly, how many Baganda truly want federo? Many elected LC officials
> >favour loose cooperation under a charter, as Busoga is attempting, but
> >oppose the idea of an administrative federal kingdom.
> >
> >Federo has become a fantasy, a dream for a return to the 1950s and
1960s
> >when people were more prosperous and society more orderly. But it is
> >impossible to turn the clock back. If the kingdom returns, Baganda will
> >still find themselves in today's Uganda where the world coffee price is
> >lower than the 1960s and KCC cannot fix the roads.
> >
> >It is not worth changing the Constitution for the sake of an illusion.
> >
> >Published on: Tuesday, 26th August, 2003
> >
> >Email this article to a friend.
> >
> >
> >Mitayo Potosi
> >
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