Two wrongs don't make a right, Ray Jackson
An insightful commentary, Sir, the salient points of which I can only endorse. However, the fact remains that the world's economic cake has been divvied up, and Africa has ended up with crumbs. This situation will be impossible to change without the likes of a marshall plan for Africa, hence the need for a continued injection of funds from the West. The alternative would be a Stalin-style starvation of the masses as development plans are implemented by governments. Not an option, in my book.
With a concerted campaign for information and education of the masses, Africans will eventually wake up to appreciate the catch-22 situation they now find themselves in and take matters into their own hands. This will only be possible in an atmosphere of political stability - which a life presidency by its very nature precludes (need I quote examples?).
To bring your argument to its logical conclusion, the political emancipation of Ugandans is as much a threat to Museveni and his ilk as it is to Western donors - it entails the loss of their little nest of eggs, and so it has to be thwarted by any means possible!
What Africa needs is committed, selfless leadership - such as engendered by Nelson Mandela and Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. The solution cannot lie with a single person or organisation. Individually, we can only do what we are able to. Therefore, kudos aplenty to Sir Bob for doggedly fighting his corner - first to stave off starvation and then to campaign for clean leadership.
By: Edi Mpanga
3rd April, 2005 7:07 PM
An insightful commentary, Sir, the salient points of which I can only endorse. However, the fact remains that the world's economic cake has been divvied up, and Africa has ended up with crumbs. This situation will be impossible to change without the likes of a marshall plan for Africa, hence the need for a continued injection of funds from the West. The alternative would be a Stalin-style starvation of the masses as development plans are implemented by governments. Not an option, in my book.
With a concerted campaign for information and education of the masses, Africans will eventually wake up to appreciate the catch-22 situation they now find themselves in and take matters into their own hands. This will only be possible in an atmosphere of political stability - which a life presidency by its very nature precludes (need I quote examples?).
To bring your argument to its logical conclusion, the political emancipation of Ugandans is as much a threat to Museveni and his ilk as it is to Western donors - it entails the loss of their little nest of eggs, and so it has to be thwarted by any means possible!
What Africa needs is committed, selfless leadership - such as engendered by Nelson Mandela and Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. The solution cannot lie with a single person or organisation. Individually, we can only do what we are able to. Therefore, kudos aplenty to Sir Bob for doggedly fighting his corner - first to stave off starvation and then to campaign for clean leadership.
By: Edi Mpanga
3rd April, 2005 7:07 PM
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