Africa has no shortage of brilliant plans for development, food sustainability etc. The point is that without a conducive political environment that is accommodative of differences whether of political philosophies (political parties) or regional (federalism) no amount of economic planning will have an effect because instability or political agitation will make all of it moot. In the ensuing vacuum, or chaos, politicians will continue to rob the country's treasuries without abandon. There is no accountability and it's hard to enforce it because the system itself lacks accountability, and has no legitimacy. It is not rooted in people's minds, not even the elites. One can write about the most beautiful plans until Christ comes back, but without a political system that is deemed fair and legitimate by key segments of society, they will all come to naught. Before the colonialists came, all the communities in Uganda to! ok care of their own affairs as will be the case under Federalism. The only thing lacking was a unified Federal (Central) government. Federalism will allow each region, along with the central government, to implement good economic plans. Provided accountability systems and proper checks and balances are put in place, our country will prosper under a federal system that enables each region to implement parts of a grand vision. One should have faith in all regions of Uganda being capable of managing their own economic affairs without much reference to a unitary center.
http://www.federo.com/Pages/faq.htm
By: M. Kibuka
6th February, 2003 7:44 AM
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