From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: INSTITUTIONAL BREAKDOWN AND ANARCHY IN UGANDA Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 07:26:16 EDT
> UGANDA PEOPLES CONGRESS
> NATIONAL SECRETARIAT
> KAMPALA
>
> PRESS STATEMENT
>
>
> INSTITUTIONAL BREAKDOWN AND ANARCHY IN UGANDA
>
>
> 1. Last week the UPC returned to policy options and extensively articulated
> the rule of law in a secure environment and decried the chaotic moribund rule
> in Uganda. UPC pronounced itself on the concrete courses of action that
> urgently needs to be taken in order to put our country on a democratic track
> where the rule of law is not only a custom but indeed a sacred value.
>
> 2. The misery, despoliation and hopelessness in the country is now the
> worsening way of life among majority of the population. Our people live by
> chance, in some cases survive by accident and die by design.
>
> 3. The UPDF which was supposed to be the constitutional institution mandated
> to provide security for the people of Uganda and their property has never
> been set. This is because article 210 of the 1995 constitution which is the
> basis for raising a National professional army, has never been operatonalised
> through enactment of an enabling law.
>
> 4. Typical of outlaw regimes the NRM/A government has instead of creating a
> national army as required by the Constitution continued to create a host of
> illegal organisations allegedly to man our security. Among these are:
> a) Local defence Units - (LDU)
> b) Reserve Force under Salim Saleh and his illegal 4 billion projects.
> c) Kalangala Action Plan (KAP)
> d) Operation Wembley (VCCU)
> e) Popular Intelligence Network (PIN)
> f) Special Investigation Bureau (SIB)
> g) Presidential Guard Brigade (PGB) as a personal army of Lt. Gen. Yoweri
> Museveni
> h) Arrow Group
> i) Amuka Group
>
> 5. All the above groups are state funded without any legal regime to govern
> the recruitment, training, promotion, deployment, command, discipline,
> remuneration and discharge. This is no different from the primitive war gangs
> under the war lords of Somalia, Sierra Leone, Liberia. No wonder the President
> of Uganda continues to behave like an ancient warlord by camping on the battle
> grounds with a lot of pride. As the President camps on the war front there
> are reports of hundreds of Arrow group tribal militia men being killed
> alongside hundreds of civilians. One wonders whether there is a deliberate policy
> to depopulate Acholi, Lango and Teso and other tribes believed not to support
> Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
>
> 6. The institutional breakdown and anarchy has also embraced the education
> sector. Several "universities" have been established without regard to the
> law on higher education. There are illegal scholarship schemes operated by
> none other than the President himself in what is conveniently called state house
> scheme. This dubious scheme is carried out in total secrecy.
>
> 7. The above resolve by the NRM/A regime to mismanage education has had far
> reaching effects
> � Cheating is now common and acceptable in universities.
> � Standards are continuously falling - where University students suffer
> severe written and spoken problems.
> � Senior four drop outs are now being enrolled for degree courses like the
> case at Kampala International University, nursing course
> � There is a total abandonment of Makerere University to the whims of
> private sponsorship where money is the driving factor replacing quality education.
> � Useless courses are being introduced by the day without any manpower
> planning.
>
> 8. Having deplored the scandalous and dubious mishandling of the military
> organ of government and the education sector, we now turn to Prof. Sempebwa's
> Constitutional Review Commission which is another institution that has been a
> waste of taxi payer's money.
>
> In a press statement of 18th August, 2001 we pointed out that the review
> process was fraught with numerous limitations and in that vein we decided to
> address our concerns on the contentious provisions in the constitution to the
> people of Uganda and not the Sempebwa Commission.
>
> We sighted four major reasons why we could not address our concerns to the
> SCRC namely:
> 1. The unilateral appointment of the commissioners.
> 2. The timing of the appointment
> 3. Terms of reference
> 4. Reporting arrangements. We made a detailed presentation of our views in
> a pamphlet circulated in March, 2003.
>
> 9. Dr. Kiyonga's outbursts as reported in the Saturday Monitor newspaper of
> August 23rd 2003 vindicate the UPC position that dates 2 years back.
> According to Dr. Kiyonga, the submissions of the Constitutional Review Commission
> which he now calls a mere consultancy will have to give way to the views of
> cabinet that is more knowledgeable
>
> It is therefore time that the people of Uganda believed us now that
> Kiyonga's Federo promise is the latest supply of Hot air by the NRM/A. government.
> The proposal of federal units that do not collect taxes is laughable.
>
> In the UPC Memorandum on the Constitutional Review to the people of Uganda
> we articulated and advocated federal system complete with each federal unit
> given powers to collect taxes among other functions.
>
> 10. In the story "Kiyonga confirms third term" New Vision Saturday August
> 23rd, 2003 Kiyonga again vindicates our earlier suspicion that the SCRC was a
> major step in the drive for life Presidency of Lt. Gen. Yoweri Museveni. We
> warned the people of Uganda and the donor community of Museveni's long-term
> imperial designs. The scraping of article 105(2) on term limits for the
> Presidency now vindicates us.
>
> 11. The Institutional breakdown in Uganda has hit unbearable levels with
> terrible consequences whereby:
> � The country is sinking further into anarchy characterised by the rule of
> warlords where law and order have no place in governance.
> � The nation risks total disintegration similar to Somalia, Liberia and the
> former Ugoslavia.
>
> 12. THE WAY FORWARD
>
> Government must stop vilifying the sober and nationalistic voices of
> Archbishop Odama and other religious leaders and the peace loving Ugandans who are
> warning against the suicidal and fratricidal misuse and misdirection of
> innocent Ugandans, as is the case of tribal militia like Arrow group and Amuka
> group.
>
> It amounts to not less than human sacrifice for a government to encourage
> the use of ill equipped and ill trained tribal war gangs against an experienced
> and hardened rebel force that has puzzled a whole national army for close to
> two decades. The UPC calls for: -
>
> � An urgent national conference to pave the way for a negotiated settlement
> of the political crisis in the country rather than gamble with tribal warfare
> and genocide.
> � The African union and the UN should be invited to jointly rescue Uganda
> from this crisis like they have done in Liberia and other places.
>
> Danger lies in delay, the people of Uganda must rise up now and reject being
> eaten by the hyenas while they still breathe.
> For God and My Country
>
> Dr. James W. Rwanyarare
> Chairman
> Presidential Policy Commission
>
> 27th August, 2003
>
>
>
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