{UAH} Paul Kagame Given Full Powers to Pass Laws For Rwanda

Edward, 

Glad that you referenced to Animal Farm book. A major question asked is, "Are all revolutions necessary?" As noted in the book, from dissatisfaction, conspiracy, overthrow, purging opponents, open abuse of power to bankruptcy of resources and ideas taking the country to lower levels than they found, full circle, you ask, are all revolutions necessary? 

Take for example Rwanda as a case study. The revolutionary forces are busy recreating the same conditions that forced their parents and grandparents into exile in the 1950s and are also repeating the same mistakes that their predecessors made, yet they continue to comfort themselves that no force can ever remove them power again! 

I am afraid, if they do not accept to work with one another as nationals of one nation, it does not matter whether it takes 40 years, as long as there is lack of equal opportunities, fortunes will be reversed! 

Not all revolutions are necessary. 

Peter Simon 

On Thursday, July 2, 2020, 'Dr.Edward Kayondo' via Ugandans at Heart (UAH) Community <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com> wrote:

I don't even want to think of what will happen then. We all know what happened when revenge boiled in the crock-pot before in this land, my hope was that the seeds of revenge will die off within this generation, one wonders if that will ever happen though. I still believe it can.
For now, i hope and pray that President Kagame finds ways for all citizens of Rwanda to enjoy a piece or more of that beautiful land.

The size of the country wouldn't be an issue if the people are one. After that gruesome change in power, there was need for some level of "authoritarian leadership" to craft a foundation for a new era. The problem is that the fruits of that "authoritarian leadership" period tend to push leaders further into grandeur visions which tend to mask their initial gracious feelings. I can do more with my current power, I can even make us better, nobody else can becomes the dominant feeling. At this moment the leader becomes bigger than life and has to be protected from those he leads, from those who empowered him and the reasons he or she became. The Animal farm effect kicks in. Your conversations transition from those in the bush to those in the palaces. The Limo replaces the bike and you are further protected from your people by those who benefit under you. You no longer have time to listen to the peasants stories, you start reading prepared reports about what they need, you no longer listen to their voices you try to silence them.
That's the moment when beauty becomes the beast, that is a bad moment for any leader, that's when silent thoughts gain momentum and creative.

We need peace in this world.

Eddie, MD

On Thursday, July 2, 2020, 07:08:50 AM EDT, Gwokto La'Kitgum <janjaweid@gmail.com> wrote:

We saw such "Full Powers" take Uganda on a rough ride in the 70s under a man who would render any living thing headless for addressing him as Mister except Field Marshal IAD blah blah blah

Rwanda's decline is almost certain when Supreme Leader PK leaves or departs bcos next Supreme Leader will  either be a non- visionary or corrupt presidente run amok at looting Kagame developments dry

Small African countries such as Rwanda, Burundi, Lesotho, Swaziland, Gabon should look at transitioning to City States. Entire countries settling for wealthy City States.

On Wed., Jul. 1, 2020, 10:51 p.m. 'Dr.Edward Kayondo' via Ugandans at Heart (UAH) Community, <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Wow.
Silent thoughts drift towards a quantum Empire, but that never ends well.
Silent thoughts generate and compound creative vibrations from silent masses.
I am no fan of Silent thoughts.

Eddie, MD

On Saturday, June 27, 2020, 06:56:50 AM EDT, 'william Ekwelu' via Ugandans at Heart (UAH) Community <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com> wrote:

The Chronicles| Kigali. Rwandan Parliament will no longer have any role in the establishment or disbandment of government agencies, once a new amendment bill becomes law.

Both the Chamber of Deputies and Senate have endorsed a new bill that takes away their power to pass laws establishing or removing government's business oriented institutions. The House voted through the bill earlier, and late May the Senate also did the same.

In the bill awaiting Presidential Assent, these powers have been transferred to the President and Finance Minister. As set in the bill that the changes come into force after two years, it means from 2022, moneymaking and investment oriented agencies like RwandAir, RDB, WASAC, REG and many more – are solely the responsibility of the President.

Under the new changes, the President can wake up any morning and set up a government agency. With the same power to disband any agency as he sees fit without any separate review.

Opponents of the bill, whose voices were swallowed by the overwhelming majority, indicated that they feared the concentration of power in hands of one arm of government, the executive.

Instead, Parliament will only be left with possibility of knowing what happens in some of those agencies from Auditor General's reports.

The Genesis of these new momentous changes emanated from cabinet through the Labour and Public Service Minister Fanfan K. Rwanyindo. Government wants to amend a 2016 law governing public institutions.

In her explanatory note, Rwanyindo said the existing legal regime was curtailing government's ability to implement its plans quickly.

"The enactment of a law takes a long process from its initiation to publication whereas Government policies, programs, strategies like National Strategy for Transformation (NST1) require an accelerated implementation by public institutions," she said.

"Thus the establishment of public institution by a law does not respond to the need of accelerating the implementation of Government policies, programs, strategies and quick service delivery."

The old law creates cumbersome entities operating both as commercial and non-commercial like RSSB. In the new law, institutions like RSSB may be broken up into separate entities, so that there are solely money-making agencies and ones with no mandate to make money.

Going forward, there will be two categories of government autonomous bodies; Non-commercial public institutions and State owned companies.

Some of the existing bodies concerned with the new law include the Rwanda Convention Bureau, Rwanda Cooperation Initiative, water utility WASAC, power utility REG, RSSB which manages pensions and health insurance, the National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB), RwandAir and many others.

Under the existing status, if President Kagame wanted to set up a new agency, he has to seek law establishing it from Parliament. Also, if he wanted to reorganize any such agency, he also needed parliamentary approval.

For example, in future if the President is not happy with national carrier RwandAir, he can simply decree disbanding it. Legally, he will not need to ask anyone as the new law allows him.

Not all Parliamentary involvement has been removed though, according Green Party leader and lawmaker Dr Frank Habineza. Together with his party colleague Jean Claude Ntezimana, they were the only two MPs who voted against the new bill.

Habineza told The Chronicles this Thursday that Parliament's role "will be minimal", noting: "But the Auditor General will audit them, then from that Parliament will do oversight."

***The Chronicles***

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