Letâs stop worshipping politicians
I always endeavour to keep my self away from Ugandan politicians because there is nothing one can get out of them. Unfortunately and quite irritably, many Ugandans are steadily picking the habit of praising and worshipping politicians whom they support.
They do this despite the follies that the politicians commit. This is bad because the bad politicians tend to think that all is okay, even when they are committing crimes.
During the 2001 presidential campaigns, Dr Kizza Besigye was praised to the extent that he came to believe that he would win the elections by all means. He was disillusioned and now lives in exile.Similarly, President Yoweri Museveni is getting so many praises that he has come to believe that he can be president for life with much ease.
Now he thinks he is the only Ugandan with a vision.And as he keeps on uttering such intriguing statements, his cheerleaders (who in reality are his enemies) continue to praise him and encourage him to make commit more blunders. This is dangerous.
Simon Peter Lukwago,
Kampala.
"The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the state."
- Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels - Hitler's propaganda minister
