[UAH] NRM has failed to learn from the lessons of history

If Museveni studied history as he claims he did, then he has not learned the lessons from what causes successful political revolutions.

What is happening in Uganda is pointing in the same historical direction: the beginning of a political revolution.  Museveni government's actions including land grabbing from powerless peasants and/or those who perished as discussions about Luwero Triangle seem to indicate, locking and chasing the educated out of Uganda, youth unemployment, spending vast resources on campaigning for seats on AU, UN Security and Human Rights Councils and now president of the United Nations General Assembly instead of focusing on domestic mushrooming problems are laying the foundation for a revolution. The raising of taxes in the latest budget on those who can't afford is going to deepen and spread poverty, disease, hunger and anger.

Ugandans will in the end be emboldened and fight back as happened in the French revolution of 1789, the Mexican revolution of 1910, the Russian revolution of 1917 and the Ethiopian revolution of 1974. The Arab Spring revolutions are still fresh in peoples' mind. Governments in these countries including the Shah of Iran were armed to the teeth and had informers in virtually every home as well as strong external backing but they were not saved.

Museveni's personal refusal to support lunch for primary school children as he finally admitted when an increasing number of governments in developed and developing countries are supplying school lunch shows that Museveni isn't preparing Uganda's future for Ugandans. Lack of lunch has contributed to high rate of school dropout, forcing girls into early motherhood and contributing to rapid population growth in addition to unregulated illegal immigrants.

The unleashing of militarized police brutality on demonstrators who are exercising their rights and freedoms can only make matters worse. Because of bad policies including inappropriate economic growth poles and poor governance characterized by rampant corruption, sectarianism, cronyism and mismanagement of public funds, Uganda has sadly been declared a failed state.

To get out, Uganda needs a transitional government of all stakeholders to change the political economy trajectory from a disastrous path before it is too late otherwise Uganda will have another leader imposed on it.

Eric Kashambuzi

Secretary General, UDU