Amazing how eating change Ugandans. Federalists are now directly fighting
for Museveni. Ugandans. Federalists are today preaching to us how Museveni
is a sincere man. So then a critical thinker comes up and asks only two
paramount questions
(1) Kasangwawo on this very weekend has challenged me on what I feel on
referendum political party's opening and sad term.
(2) DP members have left North America to plead the DP line.
Who is there for the future of our nation??
Em
Toronto
The Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"
Groupe de communication Mulindwas
"avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
----- Original Message -----
From: "emmanuel musaazi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 1:56 AM
Subject: RE: ugnet_: Museveni never 'trusted' peasants in bush
> ...this is another silly writer who is clearly attempting to misrepresent
> what the President was puting forward. Infact the writer is actually
proving
> the sincerety and consistency of the President. Firstly, the article shows
> that the President has a full understanding and personal experience of the
> problems of Uganda, which are; illiteracy and poverty and unlike the
> previous governments who exploited these problems, President Museveni is
> working to eradicate them. The writer should know that it is the goal of
> every sincere leader to eradicate the peasant class. I am personally not
> aware of any leader on this planet whose goal is to sustain the peasant
> class. It is counter productive, as the President pointed out to have the
> majority of the population being made up of poor and illeterate people (it
> seems this writer does not think so). The president is clearly achieving
the
> goal of eliminating the peasant class (or atleast drastically reducing it)
> by creating conditions in the country that make it possible for peasants
to
> move in to the middle class. This can be seen from statistics that show
that
> more Ugandans are getting educated (at all levels), poverty levels are
> falling and consequently the middle class is growing. Now if that is not
> plus then i don't know what is. In achieving these goals the quality of
> democracy in Uganda improves. Unless it is not in the interest of the
> opposition to have too many educated Ugandans.
>
> The President was right in castigating the judge (Kanyaihamba), because
the
> judge seemed to be saying that democracy was designed for the privilleged
> few who were educated and living in cities. To me (and indeed to any
> democrat), that is a very undemocratic and elitist statement to make and
it
> is even more scary coming from a judge. The president was simply reminding
> the judge that the fact that people are poor and uneducated does not mean
> that they should completely be cut off from the political processes of the
> nation, afterall as politicians, they are public servants and if you are a
> public servant, you are in office to serve Ugandans, the majority of whom
> happen to be peasants.
>
> Personally i don't see how the opposition could even think of supporting
the
> judge's position because it runs counter to the democratic ideals they so
> badly crave for. Think about it, if you say that peasants are not smart
> enought to be involved in democratic processes, then it follows that
> politicians should not therefore be allowed to solicit votes from
peasants,
> which means that many MPs in parliament (if not all of them) should not be
> there in the first place. You can't eat your cake and have it at the same
> time. If you tell me that i don't deserve a seat at the table because i am
> stupid, then don't come to me for votes, simple. Infact the judge's
position
> threatens to take away some civil rights from peasants. If the judge was
in
> America, he would be considered to be a very conservative judge.
>
> The President's speeaches, pointing out the ills of peasantry (if they is
> such a word), should not be misconstrued to mean that once upon a time he
> hated peasants now he prenteds to like them. His position is akin to that
of
> a father or mother appreciating the problems and difficulties of their
> children and working had to reduce them. Acknowledging that your son is
poor
> in Mathematics for example, does not follow that you hate your son, that
is
> silly. Rather you find ways of making him better in Mathematics.
>
> Finally, it seems that the aim of these opposition writers is to
> mis-interprete everything the President says. Even the obvious is twisted
to
> mean otherwise and in so doing they come out looking very stupid. Being in
> opposition should not be taken literally as some of these writers seem to
be
> doing. Sometimes it will be in there interest to acknowledge and agree
with
> the President where it is necessary as this particular case demonstrates,
> otherwise they may end up shooting themselves in the foot, again as this
> particular case shows.
>
>
> >From: "gook makanga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: ugnet_: Museveni never 'trusted' peasants in bush Date: Sun, 02
> >May 2004 21:52:06 +0000
> >
>
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