{UAH} Advice to Ugandans at home and abroad

As a civic educator my job is to give you information so you take informed decisions and be held accountable and not blame those you put into positions of power to take decisions on your behalf.

To begin with remember this: When you are afraid of failure, of being humiliated by calling you all sorts of names, of disappointing your friends you will never do anything.

My philosophy is that when you are convinced that what you are saying or doing is right proceed but in a civil and respectful manner. It is better to try and fail so you can draw lessons and do better next time than not trying at all and blame yourself later on when it might be too late to make a start. In this note my advice is on the following issues:

1.     The opposition should stop pursuing electoral reforms because they will not happen on Museveni watch because they are designed to level the playing field that will make NRM lose. The current effort championed by Zac Niringiye is a diversionary tactic so that the opposition spends less time on mobilizing for 2016 elections. Zac who travels out of the country as and when he likes on a diplomatic passport could imply he is an NRM agent disguised as an activist, as some have claimed, not as a member of the opposition;

2.     When elections are approaching, NRM government shows keen interest in the welfare of the unemployed especially the youth and earmarks some money to create some temporary jobs until the elections are over and the unemployed are forgotten again. We see the youth are now among the NRM top priority program. Don't be fooled again. If you do don't blame NRM whose purpose is to stay in power by marginalizing Ugandans politically and economically;

3.     When elections are approaching that is when Buganda and Baganda become very important – a role model to be emulated by the rest of Ugandans. Every politician starts praising Baganda and wants to visit Mengo to take pictures with Mengo officials and seek Mengo and through it Baganda political support. Beware because praises are about to be showered on you.

4.     The East African community model as it is being implemented in the economic and political aspects is not good for Uganda. Uganda will be the net loser. Because Burundi and Tanzania are being cautious they have been left out of the negotiations among Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda. Ugandans in Uganda are being turned into East Africans because of many Kenyans and Rwandese that are flocking to settle and own properties in Uganda including land whereas Kenyans remain Kenyans and Rwandese remain Rwandese in their respective countries because Ugandans are not moving in the two countries for various reasons including shortage of land and skills needed in those two countries. Kenya will benefit from a larger market for its manufactured products and kill Uganda manufacturing enterprises. Rwanda will benefit tremendously by shedding its landless population onto Uganda that will create competition for land and Ugandans will be the losers because there is no political support for them.

For now these are the issues you should grapple with and take your own decisions and be held accountable. Good luck.

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