SV: {UAH} Post-Museveni Trauma Grips Ugandans

Hmm, when theproceeding perspective is wrong, the answer too shall be wrong.

So, are we looking at a "NO PARTY STATE", a "ONE PARTY STATE" or what? Why should it be President Yoweri to prepare succession? More over,to national precidency and not party leadership?

Is President Musseveni gluing himself to the presidency or is it the opposition still failing to win over him?

Noc'la gaumoy

 

"WE FORM THE CULTURE THAT FORMS US"….noc'la gaumoy.

Den söndag, 9 februari 2014 18:55 skrev Allan <barigye.rugos@gmail.com>:

For a straight two and a half decades from independence, the country waded through a spiral of political upheavals on account of struggles against bad leadership, and Ugandans in hundreds of thousands lost their lives.

It was not until 1986's advent of president Museveni and the NRM government that the country started to see years of sustained peace and stability, and a much needed room for reconstruction of the shuttered economy.

In fact, some African democracy scholars have attributed majority if not all economic and political crises on the continent to disputes over succession.

With four failed attempts to replace president Museveni through the ballot, as well as several other drastic means, tension is beginning to pile amongst many Ugandans at the thought of whether or not the country won't be plunged back into widespread violence and bloodshed, when time comes for him to give way for another leader.

Worse still, pessimists including a number of leading opposition political leaders have already ruled out the possibility of a peaceful transition.

Observers warn that the longer Museveni clings onto power, the more the chances of a crooked transition.

Author Michela Wrong states: "The challenge is not just the aging president who cannot bear stepping aside. There is also his close generals, aides and family members who don't want him to go."

In his intriguing book unveiled last Wednesday, Ugandan-American, Godfrey Mitch Sseruwagi, urges the government of President Museveni to start now and make power transition a national priority.In the fairly voluminous piece entitled "Our Greatest Fear is the Transition of Power: An Open Letter to the President", Sseruwagi proposes a constitutional Act that clearly guides the process of power transition.

"A presidential Transition Act could define the transition team: the Presidential and Armed Forces Inaugural Committees, both fundamental pillars to prepare a new president."

This, he argues, has been done in developed governments and has guaranteed orderly and smooth transition of power for generations.

Judging from Uganda's state of affairs, he reckons, a shift in administration will not be an easy undertaking.

"An ordinary politician, former military officer, civil servant or any other person entering State House can be overwhelming."

He writes: "It's impossible to prepare a president in a few weeks. Standing before new State House staff and Cabinet, I believe there must be some deliberate planning."

Describing Uganda's power transition as a national dilemma, Democratic President, Norbert Mao, at the book launch was pessimistic on chances of Uganda seeing a smooth transition from president Museveni.

He said that if the country was to come close to this, Museveni should start now by bowing out of the 2016 presidential elections.

"I can assure you, if Museveni stands again in 2016, the prospects of a smooth transition will diminish entirely."

 

Mao also sternly opposed the author's proposal to have the president crowned "Father of the Nation" at the end of his leadership.

"For a guest who has overstayed his visit, he can only be escorted to the door," he said.

"The time for Museveni to be termed Father of the Nation has elapsed because now, we can say of him what was said of Napoleon Bonaparte that he has built Uganda and destroyed it in equal measure."

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