*Hallo Mr Ssemuwemba, There is a detailed report/blueprint on federalism that was authored by a wide range of us Ugandans. That document was being kept by Mr Fulgensio Lugemwa.
Mr Lugemwa had no authority at all to pass our blueprint to Hon. Betty Kamya. ** We have to ask Mr Lugemwa who gave him the permission. Mitayo Potosi. Toronto. **================* Kamya and Museveni cannot be trusted on federalism By Abbey K. Semuwemba (email the author <javascript:void(0);>) Posted Thursday, August 19 2010 at 00:00 Politics is a ‘don’t trust me’ ball game and Ms Beti Kamya decided to play this game by hijacking federalism to further her political career, without giving consideration to a lot of people that treasure federalism. If she does succeed, we will be happy. If she fails, she will probably jump on to something else to further her career. Nobody should deceive you that there are no people in Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Democratic Party (DP), Conservative Party (CP) or Social Democratic Party (SDP) fighting for federalism in Uganda as federalism is part of all these party’s manifestos. I don’t know about UPC but I’m sure there are people doing it in other parties. For instance, Owekitibwa Joyce Sebugwawo has been fighting for Buganda as far as I can remember and nobody can compare her to Kamya in this battle. If Kamya was that much interested in fighting particularly for federalism, why didn’t she join CP which has been doing it since 1980s? In Mexico, there was a man called Francisco Madero who preached federalism and every one knew that he believed in it. He continued to preach federalism even after becoming a president. Though he was murdered in 1913 before he could achieve his goal of returning “political personality” to local government, he was not like some people who preached federalism and Ebyaffe in the bushes of Luweero to further their political career, and after becoming presidents; everything just went out of the window. That’s why I personally don’t trust people who hijack serious causes because they have fallen out with their political parties. As far as I know, FDC is not against federalism. It was part of their manifesto in 2006 as it’s going to be in 2011 elections. Who could possibly be against a broader distribution of power, decision-making capacity, and economic resources—at present so centralised in the NRM regime? It’s the NRMO leader, President Museveni, who is against federalism if one follows what he has been writing or saying about Buganda and federalism in the media. He said on WBS television last year that he will never grant federo to Buganda and he is instead pushing for a regional government branded ‘regional tier’. In any case, can the division of power implicit in federalism be implemented by an NRMO government that has acquired and kept its power under shady circumstances involving fraudulent elections in 2001 and 2006? So Ugandans, trust me when I say that federalism in Uganda is still a long way particularly if President Museveni and NRMO continue to lead us. You can’t achieve it when a large number of politicians aren’t into it. There are signs that Ugandan politicians are not even aware of the need to consider what the role of federalism will be in the present situation. Everyone is just on political survival of ‘how do I safeguard my constituency’. In Mexico, because the government in power was preaching and believing in federalism, it invested a lot in educating the population and politicians on what federalism was all about. *Mr Semuwemba lives in UK* *abbeysemuwe...@googlemail.com*
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