By: waneza
27th March, 2005 6:04 PM
Should we have needed talking about this?
Sometimes I do wonder what kind of Intellectialism some people have. Our friend Byansi Fred here in this forum has expressed his love for the President and farce for the Sir Bob Geldof, and believe me or not, there are many of him out there like him who fails to distinguish their personal wishes and beliefs from that of established law and order in a well-functioning society.
I will come back to the law and order issue later. People like Byansi fail to understand that many people who want the President out of office have regarded him as a great African Statesman and still do. They, black or white, Africans or Europeans, have appreciated so much what Museveni have tried to establish in a Society that he found at the blink of disintegration. It was a society that was on the edge of becoming the Somal ia of today.
Museveni, therefore, came along and re-established law and order which in turn brought back the country's international acknowledgement and trust. However, the war in the north has left a scar over this glory.
On the other hand, the law establishment has become a problem for the President since there has never been a Ugandan government which has lost so many cases in the Court as that of Mr. Museveni. The government has been sued several times, forcing it to back down or carry out amendments as instructed by the court. Cases are many.
Once the President understood that the law was not always on his side and that his wishes could not be carried out as he wanted, it was time to displine the Judiciary. The president once, if my memory serves me well, challenged the supreme court and the judges when the "Sad term" hit the headlines. "Who are the judges when we fought for this country?" , Or something like that and once those statements went out to press, it was not flattering.
The struggle for law and order enforcement became a joke in the eyes of many locally and to the international community. Who will be able to obey law and order when the political top does not lead as it preaches?
We all know that a Minister recently removed postals off an established FDC branch office, the law proved to be on the Minister's side, since the police and LC's helped him to rub off the papers from the wall, rather than the other way round. In other countries, such an offence of a high political figure like this Minister is a direct sackable offence. It's only in our "Democracies" it can be carry out this way.
Now it's the constitution that is currently being worked on because it does not favour "us(?)". Does this means that we have law and order in Uganda even though massive manuplation, bribes of MP's are carried out in the eyes of the entire nation? If we think that there is law and order, does this mean that those who think that the nation should stick to its current constitution wrong?
We should therefore think carefully before we make changes to the constitution that are not in favour of the entire nation. We should not look at everybody who is not a supporter of the so called "Sad Term" as an enemy of the State but as an individual with a different view. We should concetrate on listening to other's views and ideas rather than "going to sleep". Because when we wake up, it could be a totally different story.
The country shouldn't need a referendum on amending the constitution but a referendum on whether to go multiparty politics or not. And the latter has already been accepted and aproved and political parties have started to register and establish branches around the country. Therefore, what would a referendum be good for already accepted and granted issues?
The problem is that there are forces that are against this, both inside the country and outside the countr y, and there is no need for a smart man to ignore those people's views if he wishes the nation well.
The indicators are there for prosperity if the constitution is not tempered with, chaos is doomed for any contraversial amendments, followed subsequently with several court petitions. This was clearly stated by Honorable Mr. Bidandi Ssali's own words just a few weeks ago. Is Mr. Bidandi Ssali a foolish man? I do not think so. He is a man of great intellect and who has served the country for a long time, so he apparently knows what might be around the corner in case illegal changes are made. Many have expressed their views on this issue and they are not foolish either and we do not need regard them as former colonial servants because they think differently compared to the governments current stand.
Did someone say, that pot full of water has cracked and it's now licking water through its cracks? ==================
27th March, 2005 6:04 PM
Should we have needed talking about this?
Sometimes I do wonder what kind of Intellectialism some people have. Our friend Byansi Fred here in this forum has expressed his love for the President and farce for the Sir Bob Geldof, and believe me or not, there are many of him out there like him who fails to distinguish their personal wishes and beliefs from that of established law and order in a well-functioning society.
I will come back to the law and order issue later. People like Byansi fail to understand that many people who want the President out of office have regarded him as a great African Statesman and still do. They, black or white, Africans or Europeans, have appreciated so much what Museveni have tried to establish in a Society that he found at the blink of disintegration. It was a society that was on the edge of becoming the Somal ia of today.
Museveni, therefore, came along and re-established law and order which in turn brought back the country's international acknowledgement and trust. However, the war in the north has left a scar over this glory.
On the other hand, the law establishment has become a problem for the President since there has never been a Ugandan government which has lost so many cases in the Court as that of Mr. Museveni. The government has been sued several times, forcing it to back down or carry out amendments as instructed by the court. Cases are many.
Once the President understood that the law was not always on his side and that his wishes could not be carried out as he wanted, it was time to displine the Judiciary. The president once, if my memory serves me well, challenged the supreme court and the judges when the "Sad term" hit the headlines. "Who are the judges when we fought for this country?" , Or something like that and once those statements went out to press, it was not flattering.
The struggle for law and order enforcement became a joke in the eyes of many locally and to the international community. Who will be able to obey law and order when the political top does not lead as it preaches?
We all know that a Minister recently removed postals off an established FDC branch office, the law proved to be on the Minister's side, since the police and LC's helped him to rub off the papers from the wall, rather than the other way round. In other countries, such an offence of a high political figure like this Minister is a direct sackable offence. It's only in our "Democracies" it can be carry out this way.
Now it's the constitution that is currently being worked on because it does not favour "us(?)". Does this means that we have law and order in Uganda even though massive manuplation, bribes of MP's are carried out in the eyes of the entire nation? If we think that there is law and order, does this mean that those who think that the nation should stick to its current constitution wrong?
We should therefore think carefully before we make changes to the constitution that are not in favour of the entire nation. We should not look at everybody who is not a supporter of the so called "Sad Term" as an enemy of the State but as an individual with a different view. We should concetrate on listening to other's views and ideas rather than "going to sleep". Because when we wake up, it could be a totally different story.
The country shouldn't need a referendum on amending the constitution but a referendum on whether to go multiparty politics or not. And the latter has already been accepted and aproved and political parties have started to register and establish branches around the country. Therefore, what would a referendum be good for already accepted and granted issues?
The problem is that there are forces that are against this, both inside the country and outside the countr y, and there is no need for a smart man to ignore those people's views if he wishes the nation well.
The indicators are there for prosperity if the constitution is not tempered with, chaos is doomed for any contraversial amendments, followed subsequently with several court petitions. This was clearly stated by Honorable Mr. Bidandi Ssali's own words just a few weeks ago. Is Mr. Bidandi Ssali a foolish man? I do not think so. He is a man of great intellect and who has served the country for a long time, so he apparently knows what might be around the corner in case illegal changes are made. Many have expressed their views on this issue and they are not foolish either and we do not need regard them as former colonial servants because they think differently compared to the governments current stand.
Did someone say, that pot full of water has cracked and it's now licking water through its cracks? ==================
" will come back to the law and order issue later. People like Byansi fail to understand that many people who want the President out of office have regarded him as a great African Statesman and still do. They, black or white, Africans or Europeans, have appreciated so much what Museveni have tried to establish in a Society that he found at the blink of disintegration. It was a society " now this part I do not like..Museveni is no great leader..BUT a killer end of story..the fellow has destroyed Northern and Eastern Uganda completely, children cannot go to school, both women and men are raped by UPDF..lagungung..and one takls about great leader, NOP! that is a lie....otherwise the writer above make some nice points
Matek
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