*Fellow Ugandans Re: ON INSTITUTIONAL RENEWAL.
Putting the personality of Hon Betty Kamya aside and looking at what she is saying, i.e.* ............. separation of powers, .......... a legislature independent of the executive........ Uganda’s Constitution and Parliament are President Museveni’s home playground, where rules of the game are tilted in his favour. .........the real struggle is the independence of parliament............ *My two cent contribution is, to seek change through institutional renewal or crafting new institutions, thus rendering the guns irrelevant. I agree with Hon Kamya's desire for revamping the Constitution. It's been more than twenty years since the last Constitutional Conference. ** Indeed as suggested by Hon Betty Kamya, the most effective and best tool for us to control the Head of State whether it is President Museveni or anybody else is going to be institutional. Waiting for the emerging of the "good man" is** a naive game we have played for far too long. ** There also was a proposal from** Gen.Caleb K Akandwanaho Salim Saleh (rtd), to form an institution comprising of our former Military Commanders.** I strongly support this. In South Africa, on retirement, former Defence Chiefs are given Diamond Mines. We could still pay our retired Defense Chiefs on condition that they continue to alert us, as an Institution of Retired Military Chiefs, on issues of National Security, and to be on standby to liason with our neighbours for collective Security. For how long are we to let the vacuum to be filled by British, American, French Interests? The Sovereignty of African countries is being lost every passing day. Again this is not about the personality of any of the Generals i.e.. Saleh, Mugisha-Muntu, Katumba, Odong, Kale Kayihura*,* etc.... but the Institution of Retired Defense Chiefs.* *Last year Mr Mugisha-Muntu was bragging that he is not afraid of bullets. When Ugandans rubbished that approach now his song has changed from "going to the bush" to its not an option on his mind. It is a wellcome change of attitude though he still has to answer for burning Uganda's children in railway wagons. ( The CIDA white man here in Ottawa told us that the burning of children stopped simply because all the railway wagons had been finished. - Canada was in the planning of replacing the wagons with a fleet of new ones). My other problem with Mugisha Muntu is that he hardly has any Education. His Makerere diplama in Political Science is simply inadequate these days. It could explain why he has not articulated any substantial policy option - except that he is "not afraid of bullets". Instead of striving to build an Educational System to make us masters of our country in the 21st Century, our Ministry of Education is cutting back programs, for narrow bugdtary considerations. We have to expand the teaching of Maths and Science, not cutting back. Science and Maths are in very rapid change. New fields of Computational Biology. A far more interesting Physics from which computers have cleaned menial computattional drudgery leaving just the nectar. ** For the sake of our children the Ministery of Education needs more investiment, a big shake up and a kick in butt too.*** * At one time our discussion fora, like UAH, etc... were raging with tribalistic **demagogic **debates. ** We have to expose Snake Oil salesmen of "some tribes in Uganda being bad genes".* * We also have to be vigilant, never allowing our fora to be highjacked as conduits by foreign interests to undermine our country. Thank you for your time. Mitayo Potosi. Toronto. ===================================================* On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Herrn Edward Mulindwa <[email protected]>wrote: > John**** > > ** ** > > Betty Kamya was a politician, she stood and the people rejected her, why > is she still in active politics? > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Richard Mukasa <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, February 16, 2013 5:37 AM > *Subject:* [UAH] SPEAKER REBECCA KADAGA IS FACED WITH DEVEL'S > ALTERNATIVES- George Okello**** > > **** > > > --- On *Sat, 16/2/13, george okello <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: george okello <[email protected]> > Subject: [UAH] FW: SPEAKER REBECCA KADAGA IS FACED WITH DEVEL'S > ALTERNATIVES! > To: "Ugandans At Heart" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected] > upc" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, 16 February, 2013, 12:49**** > > > Subject: RE: SPEAKER REBECCA KADAGA IS FACED WITH DEVEL'S ALTERNATIVES! > Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:45:41 +0000 > > Thanks for this Beti, > > I knew Kadaga briefly when she was working at Obol-Ochola's law office in > Kampala, because I used to go there to see Omara Atubo, but she hardly > noticed a very engaging young law student. Later on when I moved to London, > and my organisation was a participant in Commonwealth Parliamentary > Association general meeting as observer, again she refused to recognise me > although the late Attorney General Ayume did. > > The Kadaga I knew at the time did not seem like a politician at all. She > had no political or ideological views that I can think of. I thought she > was just bent on a legal career and ultimately end up as a judge. But I > have been proven wrong. > > The problem Beti is political opportunism and how to disentangle oneself > from the giant corrupt maze that Museveni has created in Uganda so that he > can maintain and retain his reign and rule of terror. So many honest people > have been caught in this maze and the challenge for Kadaga now is to take > one of the three proposals you have made. She is never going to win any > fight with Museveni while being part of the system that has terrorized > Ugandans for the last 30 years, ruined it and made it a failed state and > in the process completely blighted the future of millions of our young > people. > > Kadaga is part of the system, and it may well be possible that when > Museveni is put on trial at the ICC, she will also accompany him to the > Hague. > > Many thanks, > > George Okello > **** > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:51:19 +0300 > Subject: SPEAKER REBECCA KADAGA IS FACED WITH DEVEL'S ALTERNATIVES! > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]**** > > Friday 15 Feb, 2013**** > > **** > > It has not been a good month for Speaker Rebecca Kadaga - what with > backtracking on recall of parliament, expulsion of journalists, stopping > OPM investigations….. and two litigations, one by her very own “partners in > crime”! I hear that women empowerment activists are planning activities to > protest that Kadaga’s woes are chauvinistic driven, by men who can’t abide > successful women. If it is true, I would advise them not to hide behind the > timeless, “sex curtain”, for the sake of a public display of solidarity, > otherwise they will be no different from Bahororo, Ateso, Acholi, Baganda, > Moslems and Lugbara, who, when it was one of their own, threw values, > morals and meritocracy to the wind! The “save-Kadaga” activism should focus > on creating an environment that can nurture the principal and values of > separation of powers, so that Speakers, male or female, are able give their > best to this country, safe in the reality of a legislature independent of > the executive! If women activists want to explain away Kadaga’s problems as > chauvinist driven, they must also explain former Speakers Wapa’s abdication > of the Speakership and Ssekandi’s apathetic tenure of that office! *** > * > > **** > > Kadaga’s real problem was naivety. She (i) got carried away by success > too early in the game leading to inability to manage her rising star. > Success is the twin of rivalry, and unless it is handled with tact, it > leaves some people bruised, which they don’t normally take lying down! (ii) > she was naïve not to realize, after twenty four years in Parliament, that > Uganda’s Constitution and Parliament are President Museveni’s home > playground, where rules of the game are tilted in his favour and where > anybody playing against him will lose the game, unless they are ingenuous > enough to lure him to a neutral play ground, where the rules of the game > are different! As part of the executive for seventeen years, Kadaga should > have worked this out, and recognized her advantaged position as Speaker of > the 9th Parliament, to turn around the status quo. Unfortunately she > lacked entrepreneurship to take the risk, so a great opportunity is lost, > for Uganda! (iii) As if that was not enough, Kadaga naively clashed with > the international community, head on, on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Now > she has three powerful foes, the international community, Museveni and the > media! (iii) Gololaism. Golola promised kickboxing watchers a great match, > but did not invest in learning the real game, part of which is to know your > opponent’s strength, now, he stands a humiliated man!**** > > **** > > Former Speakers Wapakhabulo and Ssekandi, to a large extent victims of > their time (because Museveni was still fairly popular), were smart enough > to recognize wars they couldn’t win, so they cut their losses and played > ball. But with the current political climate bustling for change, Kadaga’s > time is different, offering her the perfect break to play the game > differently, albeit with tact and ingenuity. Unfortunately, she neither > recognized nor seized the opportunity, now it seems she has only the > devil’s alternatives to choose from - either (i) eat humble pie and climb > down to Wapa and Ssekandi level (ii) re-assert herself and face a > full-scale war with Museveni (iii) resign from the Speakership and keep her > dignity! If she chooses the latter option, she will be well placed to begin > the real struggle for independence of parliament, beginning with telling > “The untold story” which Wapa and Ssekandi couldn’t tell because they > became accomplices. **** > > **** > > I sincerely hope her political career is not chasing after twilight, > because all said and done, she is made of good stuff. **** > > **** > > **** > > Beti Olive Kamya-Turwomwe **** > > President, Uganda Federal Alliance **** > > 0783 438 201 > >
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