"while the Ethiopian and Ugandan political leadership lacked democratic credibility.
He said the report showed that for the process of democratisation to grow, leaders must adhere to the tenets of democracy."
African NGOs query Uganda�s democracy
By Vision reporter
A REPORT on the African Union�s peer review mechanism (APRM) in eight countries has questioned the �democratic credibility� of Uganda�s politics.
The �Shadow Review� report on APRM was launched on Friday, in Accra, Ghana, by seven African research NGOs under the African Human Security Initiative.
According to the online GhanaWeb, the report assessed the level of compliance of eight out of the 24 African governments, which assented to the APRM monitoring system.
The countries were Ghana, Algeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda.
The leaders of the countries pledged their commitment to promote human rights, uphold the tenets of democracy and good governance, civil society engagement, fight the proliferation of small arms, undertake anti-corruption measures, control crime and terrorism, adopt potent conflict resolution mechanisms and use
modern
militarism in peace-keeping operations.
Launching the report, Emmanuel Sowatey, a research official with the African Security Dialogue and Research, said even though none of the countries had clean human rights records, Senegal and South Africa recorded the best, while Algeria, Ethiopia, Uganda and Nigeria were the worst violators. Ghana and kenya fell in the two groups.
The study was sponsored by the United Kingdom department for international Development.
Sowatey said in Algeria and Nigeria, the role of the military was central in understanding the political dynamics of the countries, while the Ethiopian and Ugandan political leadership lacked democratic credibility.
He said the report showed that for the process of democratisation to grow, leaders must adhere to the tenets of democracy.
Published on: Monday, 7th February, 2005
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