Lupa-Lasaga:
You've got a nice point here with your question: What is the best strategy for bringing about federalism in Uganda? Below are my contributions towards an answer.
1st. getting all districts under "regions" together at the round table and discuss their union and how they are going to make things work in their union.
2nd. getting regions (Busoga, Bunyoro, Acholi, Lango, W.Nile, Ankole, Tooro, Kigezi, etc) to form workable settings of their governing administrations (democratic & cultural) within and around.
3rd. getting all regions together on the national table to discuss key issues of the federation. I refer you to the www.federo.com website for farther information.
4th. Democratic mult-partism in all regional states should be formed. Political parties should form branches in every region they want political participation in. Thus, DP-Bunyoro branches, CP-Acholi branches, NRM-O Busoga branches, etc...
5th. Political parties should contest in regional politics (democratic) and traditional / cultural posts should be left to be set through traditional customs and norms.
The separation of democratic politics from cultural politics should emphasized even if both kinds of politics will at one point or the other get intertwined, They'll have to be separated, written in the law of the land.
6th. Regional politics should be separated from National politics by the law of the land, even if at one point or the other they'll get intertwined, we'll have to separate them. This is the avoid what some people called Buganda politics affecting National politics. This time around things have to be separated by the law.
Continues next time.... I'm waiting for your contributions.
Zakoomu R.
Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Zakoomu,
Now, I do happen to have expressed in various fora the view that I see a
lot of merit in federalism. So, really, you're not telling me anything new.
The crucial question is, what is the best strategy for bringing about
federalism in Uganda?
vukoni
BTW, the bad news for those who are so obsessed with limiting Buganda's
role in Ugandan politics, federalism may not be the magic wand they
seek. In any case, I don't see how Buganda's demographic and geographic
preponderance in national politics will go away under federalism. For the
foreseeable future, (whether under a federal or unitary government) the
Baganda will remain the single most populous nationality in Uganda. That
reality will continue to be reflected in Uganda's political and cultural life.
And I'd really really appreciate it if you took the tim e to spell my name
correctly.
At 07:34 PM 1/24/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>Lasanga: You wrote below,
>
>"It's just that demographically and geographically Buganda looms large in
>our politics."
>
>Have you ever thought of how to put a balance to the demographic dominance
>of Buganda in Uganda politics?? My resolution to this demographic
>dominance is FEDERALISM to all regions of Uganda. What do you think, Lasanga??
>
>Have you ever thought of how to put a balance to the geographic dominance
>of Buganda in Ugandan politics?? FEDERALISM is the solution. With each
>region holding power to decide its future, geographic dominance's impact
>will be reduced. Equal federal representation on the talking table will
>over look geographic dominance.
>
>What has caused this demographic and geographic dominance of Buganda in
>our politics?? Unitarism is the driving force behind this
>unfairness. Unitarism centralizes most of gov't resources towards its
>center (Buganda). We should not blame Buganda for Uganda's bloody past,
>we should put the blame on our gov'ts that have over and over again
>refused a federal arrangement for Uganda. Federalism will make sure that
>even if one region (Buganda) is wooed by false leaders like Obote and
>Museveni, the rest of the federation (Acholi, Lango, Bunyoro, Tooro,
>Ankole, Busoga, Kigezi, etc...) are not affected to the maximum they were
>when these false leaders make/made their woo-wooings.
>
>Zakoomu R.
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