ugnet_: Re: Re: With multi-party talks on hold, let us do federo

Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:09:10 -0800 

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Muky. Edith Kyeyune,

When you get time visit www.federo.com and check out our FAQ.  A response to your worries  also follow.   

**Other UNAAnetters  should check that site out because there are some candid answers there.

  • Will federalism solve ALL  Uganda's problems?

No, federalism is not  a panacea;  it cannot and will not solve all problems. Indeed, it may sometimes create new ones or at least make them more obvious. Federalism however, has many virtues, not least letting people take more control over their own lives, better satisfying local preferences. Moreover, state governments can always utilize previously unused entrepreneurial and managerial resources and hence strengthen rather than weaken the overall level of administration and governance. "Small" may not always be beautiful, but it is more likely to reflect and yield what the local people really want.

  • > But I would like to hear more, especially how Ugandans will be identified for each >"kingdom".  For example if you are born in Fort Portal to Basoga parents, does that >make you a mutooro, for matters of identification?

 

You are a Musoga by ethnicity, but a resident of Toro who shall be eligible to enjoy most benefits available to all Toro state residents.  Should the person born of Basoga parents in Toro decide to stay and grow up in Toro, chances are that person will be eligible to run for certain offices. What those offices shall be is to be determined by the state constitution of Toro at the right moment by the people of Toro.  

 

  • >Here in the US, if you were born in California, you are a Californian.>

Strictly speaking, there is no such as a thing as Californian but American. You are born an American citizen irrespective of where and most rights and benefits are portable from state to state.  

 

The residency requirement applies to those born out of state simply because one has to pay taxes before s/he can enjoy certain state benefits [residency requirements do not apply when it comes to federal matters]. For example, one can move from CA to IL and join the federal service right away or the military but not the state militia or state public service.

 

That said, some states have reciprocal arrangements especially neighboring states and we hope that will be the case in a future federal Uganda. 

 

  • >If later you move to Georgia, you become a resident after living there for a year.  >Residency .entitles to such things as in-state
    >tution fees, state-provided scholarships etc.  To prove your residency, you
    >have to provide a mortgage note/security deed or a lease agreement; and also >power/phone bills for at least one year.  How is federo going to handle this
    >critical issue?

As of now there are no state schools in Uganda, but once federalism is fully implemented, these issues will be handled by the appropriate bodies. We can't say a priori how Toro, Buganda, Karamoja or Busoga will decide on specific issues. That is for the voters and leaders in those states to handle. Bear in mind why Federalism is being proposed: to move away from the one size fits all mentality.

 

Issues of residency have much to do with paying taxes and enjoying attendant benefits.  That is why Georgia imposes a year residency to those born outside of Georgia-you have to pay some taxes before you can start to claim state benefits. That is fair enough.  It may as well be the case in Uganda with regards to certain services. There is nothing wrong with that because it is what federalism is all about.

 

Obusingye,

 

FN  Lugemwa,    http://successisthekey.tripod.com

 

www.federo.com

 

 



Kyeyune Kyeyune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mr. Lugemwa,

After reading your posting below, I started thinking that if something is
too good to be true, it probably isn't true. How can federo be a panacea
for everything that ails our country? The only cure-all I know of is snake
oil. But I would like to hear more, especially how Ugandans will be
identified for each "kingdom". For example if you are born in Fort Portal
to Basoga parents, does that make you a mutooro, for matters of
identification? Here in the US, if you were born in California, you are a
Californian. If later you move to Georgia, you become a resident after
living there for a year. Residency entitles to such things as in-state
tution fees, state-provided scholarships etc. To prove your residency, you
have to provide a mortgage note/security deed or a lease agreement; and also
power/phone bills for at least one year. How is federo going to handle this
critical issue?

Thanks,

Edith Kyeyune


Message: 4
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 06:48:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Lugemwa FN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: With multi-party talks on hold, let us do federo

The Editor
The Monitor Publication
Kampala, Uganda


With multi-party talks on hold, let us do federo

by FN Lugemwa
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]





Working toward defining and establishing an "all-inclusive" federal system
of
governance is more pressing for Uganda at the moment than multi-party talks.
Accordingly, a federo conference is urgently needed to discuss the future of
our
country.



The specific focus of such conference, I suggest, would be to devise
modalities
for the devolution of power to, and defining the duties and responsibilities
of,
regional leaders. In short, defining a genuine and durable federal
governance
system and identifying key projects and drawing up a time-table for
successful
transition to such a system.



Ugandans need to start serious discussions on genuine federalism whereby
decentralized units would have autonomy and the attendant political and
economic
muscle in forms of powers and administrative tasks in such areas as raising
revenue.



History � and it tends to repeats itself � should be our teacher. Uganda had
parties under Obote. No parties under the late Idi Amin. None of these
two
leaders was willing to hand over power peacefully and leave town.



History could repeat itself in Uganda if there is truth to the talk around
�third term project�, �three more years,� and �the third way�.



Obote and the late Idi Amin ruled Uganda under a unitary system with
multi-parties and no parties, respectively. President Museveni has ruled it
for
almost 20 years under a one-party [movement] system. Ugandans must ask, why
did
Uganda get the same 'results' under Obote and the late Idi Amin and is about
to
get the similar 'results' under President Museveni, men with different
backgrounds and education?



The least common factor among them seems to be a unitary governance system.
It
seems like the unitary system has failed Uganda. Parties need to realize
that
without changing the structure of government from unitary to federo �
parties or
no parties--Uganda is bound to remain the same � a country riddled with
power
struggle, capable of only re-cycling leaders, and moving several steps
backwards
instead of forward.


Federo is needed to deal with the complex power structure(s) in a
multi-ethnic
society. Once the question of federo has been settled, as per both the Odoki
and
Ssempebwa Commissions, Ugandans will decide which party is fit to be the
first
custodian of federo.

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