Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. Lillian Smith.
-----------And that must be one reason why Museveni, who lectures and offers wisdom on every topic under the sun, has never committed chalk and time to explain to his peasants how federalism works. If he did, they would probably be wiser on the holes in the blend of his philosophy of bigger regional blocks, his dismissal of federalist aspirations and his fragmentation of the country into unviable postage stamp-sized districts.
For now, their ignorance is his strength, especially if they are encouraged to confuse federalism with monarchism, and to increase the tint of ethnic and tribal sentiments in their attitude instead of emphasizing �developmental�� concerns.
This ignorance has even become respectable. It would be fine to be opposed to the system, but a good number of our legislators now actually claim to be too potato-brained to understand the main features of federalism!
Before they built their mansions in Kampala, the NRA/M lords used to mock their predecessors as �primitive��. And yet these new brilliant men and women cannot see beyond Buganda�s dated glory songs, nor beyond their obsession with the charms of this little metropolis called Kampala, with its car-jammed winding tracks masquerading as streets.
They cannot visualize the emergence of new centers; new institutions of learning, research, industry and health care powered by the engines of federalism, tapping the huge reserve of human potential out there; the growth of new cities; cities which would make posterity wonder what the fuss about Muteesa I�s dusty town was all about.
And they can�t see in that distance because they are totally self-regarding. They are now very rich, but in spirit they are �hand-to-mouth�� gatherers and predators. They cannot invest their faith in communities and cities that would reach their splendour after they are dead or have left power.------Alan Tacca
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FN Lugemwa
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