{UAH} FDC'S 'LEAP FORWARD' DRIVES MUSEVENI INTO CONFESSION AMIDST JUBILANT COHORTS

FDC'S 'LEAP FORWARD' DRIVES MUSEVENI INTO CONFESSION AMIDST JUBILANT COHORTS

Political opposition are economic saboteurs  
Since the introduction of multiparty democracy in 1996, Museveni has persistently told unsuspecting Ugandans that it isOPPOSITION politicians who have been sabotaging government developmental programs. He has repeatedly told the electorates not to vote for certain politicians whom he accuses of sabotaging his developmental programs or else they risk missing out on the national cake. He has consistently blamed the opposition politicians for failing to come up with alternative policies but they simply focus on removing him from power.

FDC's Uganda Leap Forward
On 9th March 2015 FDC the biggest opposition political party launched its policy package that they branded Uganda's Leap Forward. The well thought out Action Plan has been praised by Ugandans including members of the Museveni's regime. It aims at creating a new momentum to grow the economy, create decent jobs and expandOPPORTUNITY for every Ugandan. It comes up with concrete intervention measures to reverse the appalling situation pertaining to health, education. economy and service delivery among others. The well attended launch ceremony was characterised by a moving a moving speech by the FDC president Gen Mugisha Muntu and attended by a cross section of Ugandans including the Secretary General of Museveni's NRM. Since then the policy package has continued to dominate in the political circles.

Museveni confesses his sins
Now that Uganda's biggest opposition party has come up with a superb alternative policy package  that critically faults Museveni's policies, he has now shifted the blame game for his failures. On 16th March 2015 while opening a cabinet retreat he expressed anger at his cabinet Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and local government leaders whom he accused of corruption, negligence and sloppiness. This time he did not blame the political opposition for sabotaging government programs. He singled out Health, Education and the Economy as the key as the key areas that were badly wanting. He specifically blamed the Ministry of Health officials for not teaching people how to was their hands before eating in order to avoid contracting Typhoid fever. Yet, it lack ofCLEAN WATER, poor sanitation in cities and general poverty that lead people to consume dirty food and live in filthy environment. Of course, these are the key areas that the FDC policy agenda had critiqued him and provided superb alternative proposals thus he had been caught his pants down.

The visibly infuriated and jittery Museveni had this to say in regard to his much cherished Universal Primary Education (UPE): "We can drop thePROGRAM and divert the funds to other sectors and wait for enough funds." This was after the FDC policy agenda factually informed Ugandans that out of the 2.1 million children who enrolled into UPE since 1997, only 485703 had managed toCOMPLETE Primary Seven level leaving 1.6 children unaccounted for. The idea of UPE was initiated by former DP President Paul Ssemogerere during the 1996 elections but Museveni simply copied and rushed to implement it. Since time in memorial Museveni has been copying other political organisation's and rushing to implement them with the requisite policy backing thus disastrous consequences.

Museveni's cohorts findSOLACE in Gen Muntu
After the launch of the FDC's party policy agenda, Dr. Besigye made comments to the effect that despite the new initiative, the need to get Museveni out of power is still crucial. Dr Besigye has been at the forefront of Ugandans advocating for mass action in dislodging Museveni from power. This is what Museveni and cohorts fear most. Much as the Leap Forward polcy document is a positive move in the right direction, it is what Museveni always refers to as "Kahendekye Teita Mbogo" (mere wishing the buffallo to break its leg does not guarantee its death). Because of his militant approach and resolve, Dr Besigye has continued to overshadow Gen Muntus leadersip of Uganda's biggest political party and the opposition in general. Now that the non militant Gen Muntu has had his score cards elevated, the regime cohorts are breathing a sigh of relief in the hope that the Gen will sway away support from Besigye and avert a looming Tsunami. Their focus right now is on how best to foment and further the differences in approach between Col Besigye and Gen Muntu.

Go slow - Prime Minister cautions Museveni
During the close of the closing ceremony of the retreat, his Prime Minister faulted Museveni for unfairly blaming cabinet thus: "Mr. President I would like to report that good performance was reported in a number of sectors notably security, public administration, social development, TourismTRADE AND Industry with indications that their overall output indicators are most likely to be achieved by end of the financial year." He went ahead to advise Museveni that in future there is need for better and sufficient data to inform and analysis and projections. In otherwords, he was implying that he (Museveni) was not well informed.
Museveni micromanages everything and should carry the blame. His Ministers and other officials are mere figure heads or his personal political assistants. He prefers to appoint corrupt and inefficient officials so long as they owe personal allegiance to him. He deliberately undermines economic growth and quality education so that he can lead an impoverished and ignorant population. 

INFORMATION IS POWER

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