{UAH} Museveni and Mbabazi should both retire now
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Because of its immense beauty, the civility of its people and many other natural endowments, Uganda was described by Winston Churchill as the "Pearl of Africa".
Churchill said that Uganda was very fortunate compared with her neighbours in that it had more promising potential and appeared poised for rapid economic growth and development. But chronic political instability and erratic economic management reduced Uganda to one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world.
Some 28 years since President Museveni and the NRM came to power, Uganda is still poor. Sadly, Museveni and Amama Mbabazi, who have been part of this problem, are busy plotting to continue inflicting pain onto Ugandans.
Therefore, I don't think a person who supported the lifting of term limits is qualified to lead this nation to prosperity; and for Museveni, what new thing does he expect to offer this nation which he wasn't able to give after 30 years? There are so many leaders among the 35 million Ugandans. Give them a chance.
Kennedy Kabonge,
kabongek@yahoo.co.uk.
Ugandans, too, must embrace independence
I was impressed when I watched the independence series on NBS TV. After 1962, Ugandans used to celebrate independence like it was Christmas day! Colours of the national flag were decorated around shops, roads and even people wore clothes showcasing our national colours.
Today, it is only a few streets around Parliamentary avenue and Entebbe road that are decorated. Above all, people go about their business like it is any other day! In the USA, people even have flags in their compounds on July 4. Why can't we emulate this here?
Where is our patriotism?
This is our country, and independence celebrations are not only for the NRM. As Ugandans, we have reason to celebrate October 9. No foreigner is going to celebrate Independence day for us! This day should be used to forget our party affiliations and unite to find ways of addressing the challenges facing our country.
Hildah Nakyejwe Kembrene,
Kampala.
Mbabazi is not honest
The problem with former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi is what I would call revolutionary dishonesty. This includes inter alia, lack of openness, exaggeration of one's contribution to a revolution and covert plotting against your comrades in the struggle.
In such a situation, one thinks that he/she deserves more recognition than others. Although it is wrong to belittle or underestimate Mbabazi's contribution to the struggle against bad governance, it is equally wrong to overestimate his contribution.
We should know that there are many other Ugandans who made significant contribution to the struggle in various capacities. While it is his right to contest for the highest office in the land, it borders on dishonesty for him to imagine that it is necessarily him who should be next in the "queue"
Mbabazi has been part of the top leadership of this country since 1986. It has been a winning team, with Mbabazi playing in various positions from time to time. Therefore, apparently, it amounts to dishonesty for Mbabazi to start challenging Museveni's leadership now when both of them should be thinking of transferring the leadership mantle to the younger generation.
When Besigye could no longer trust Museveni, he came out openly to challenge his leadership. While I do not personally subscribe to his methods and approach to politics, I salute him for his resolve to come out openly to provide an alternative leadership.
Indeed, he amused me with his political gymnastics on television when he described Mbabazi's dishonesty that whenever Mbabazi would be asked about his presidential ambitions, he would reply: "I will not stand but I can also stand."
I strongly believe that it is not too late for Mbabazi, as a utility player of the NRM team, to reconcile with his captain. If there is no reconciliation, the team will miss Mbabazi's services, but will not miss the trophies because some other good player will fill his position.
Stephen Gunura Bwengye,
bgunura@yahoo.com
A tale of the 2014 political fiasco in 2058
It is September 2058. I am in my mid-70s, retired and living in Pajule. As I go to a nearby town to check if the newspapers have arrived from the city, I offer a lift to some school children.
One boy asks me an intriguing question: "What is a political fiasco, Mzee?" "What about it?" I am taken aback by his question. "The teacher said we research about it," he says.
Honestly, I am perplexed, but I have to say something thus: "In 2014, there was a political party called National Resistance Movement, which I can relate to a smart phone.
The user of that phone was called Museveni, the then president. The phone had an operating system called Amama and many applications such as Todwong, Tumwebaze, Anite, Obua, Ogwang. One day, the applications swayed Museveni that the operating system had been corrupted by a virus and that the sooner he dealt with it, the better. Contented with the applications, the user uninstalled the operating system.
Soon, an opportunity presented itself for the applications to showcase their usefulness and uselessness of the just-uninstalled operating system. The phone user had then travelled to New York for a UN convention and the applications started organising to welcome him back.
Some 70 ministers and a crowd of one million Ugandans were anticipated to turn out. But when the president landed with his wife, a handful of ministers were at the airport and another 7,000 Ugandans were at the mayor's gardens waiting for him.
The percentage failure of the applications on ministers' turnout was 90 per cent and that of perceived supporters was 99.3 per cent".
And for the children, "that was a total political fiasco then!"
Peter Okecho Julius,
Kampala.
Parents should escort children to school
There are many children seen on the streets of Arua municipality riding bicycles to school. Some of them do not even understand traffic rules, and use the wrong side of the road.
Recently, a primary four pupil of Awindiri primary school in Arua municipality was knocked dead by a speeding NGO vehicle. Parents need to escort children to and from school to avoid such risky hazards.
Muzamil Alamiga,
Arua.
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