Do not trust our political messiahs
I refer to the article, Uganda Public Vs Yoweri Museveni (Sunday Monitor, January 4, 2004). As a delegate during the making of the 1995 Constitution, 1 have more than 26 counts against government on the way peoplesâ Constitutional rights have been contravened. I cannot list all of them here but some of them include:- Holding a referendum without following the correct Constitutional procedures.
- Impoverishing citizens through extremely high taxes
- Depreciating the currency to 0.7% in 1987.
- Extravagant expenditure on over 300 members of Parliament, But despite all this, it would be disastrous for any Ugandan to get excited to think that the likes of Lukwago are better alternatives.
Persons now in government were trusted by Ugandans in a manner similar to how they are praising the Lukwagos, yet they have let us down. I would therefore urge Ugandans to study the personality of all aspiring leaders before giving them political support.
W.G. Wanendeya,
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
