Mr. Kironde,You give no basis for your conclusion. But let us for argument's sake assume that GGI is indeed has "the finger prints of the disgranted (sic)opposition in Uganda", as you put it.1. The question is: disgruntled or otherwise, is there any grain of truth in what they are saying?2. Another question: what is it that you understand by good governance?i.e. is it even remotely possible that neither you nor the presidential attack dog, Nagenda, are actually cluess as to exactly what good governance is?3. Lastly, does/can your NRM accept criticism or does everyone who dares criticize it, however constructively, automatically become its mortal enemy?Ssemakulabtw: given that the group was founded in August 2004 out of a merger of The Asia Review, Middle East Monitor, Africa Analysis International and Refugee Watch, how and when did it acquire "the finger prints of the disgranted (sic) opposition in Uganda", as you claim?
Ed Kironde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:The so-called New York based Good Governance International seems to have the finger prints of the disgranted opposition in Uganda. It is is fed on garbage. Garbage In - Garbage Out [GIGO]The report forgets that these are the times of the information age and it is is an insult to the foreign analysts whose information as alleged by the so called GGI, comes from government agents or the paid public agents. Unless proved otherwise, GGI seems to be not so creditable.
Ssemakula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Uganda’s rosy image deceptive- report
By Badru D. Mulumba KAMPALA - In the latest effort to convince the international community to take a critical look at President Yoweri Museveni’s government, a new report claims the country’s rosy image in the past 19 years has been a deceitful creation by paid publicists.
But yesterday, the Senior Presidential Adviser on the Media and Public Relations, Mr John Nagenda, said it is not a crime to hire publicists. He dismissed the report and cast doubt on the credibility of the authors.
The report “Revealing Uganda: The Mask of Politics, Economics and Social Realities,” was released on Monday by the New York based Good Governance International (GGI).
It says the Movement government’s vision for democracy, rule of law, popular participation, transparency and accountability remains “daunting, if not, doubtful and devastating.”
“Yet, Uganda is portrayed in the international arena as responsive to the waves of good govern ance progress in Africa,” the report says.
The organisation’s country monitoring shows that the portrayal of the Ugandan government by some western analysts and nations is consequential of a hidden mask projected by the country’s administration and its paid public relations agents.
The report says Uganda appears promising and dynamic only because the international community is not obtaining the actual truth.
It says political, economic and social progress in Uganda should not be based on what international institutions and western nations hear from Museveni and his emissaries.
“Their account would be promotional, subjective, calculative, over-stated and partisan for international impression,” the reports reads.
Nagenda said the report is a reflection of cheap publicity.
“Good Governance International whom I have never heard of should carry out its investigations before yapping in this nonsensical fashion,” he said.
According to the report, the ro sy picture of the Movement government painted internationally, results from the need to secure international assistance, recognition and alliance.
The report says the donors were initially convinced the Movement would adopt good governance practices by adhering to popular political and economic principles, minimising corruption and guaranteeing human rights protection and establishing an accountable fiscal system.
Museveni’s National Resistance Army rebellion of 1981-86 reportedly preached democracy, transparency, accountability and development by promising restoration of political and socio-economic sanity and alleviation of mass poverty and disease.
“Yet those promises seem ironical considering his record of misrule,” the report says. It says the hope for democratic freedom and development policy reforms remains a complete contrast to dismal projections emanating from the country.
“There is an absolute diversion from the rule of law, democracy, popular participation, transparency and accountability,” the report says. It cites constitutional proposals that would give the president more powers, the insistence by the Movement that it is not a political party, and reports of torture of opposition supporters.
“GGI also found out that the government is succeeding in its constitutional distortion drive because it uses bribery and intimidation as well as dismissals to attain mass support and loyalty,” the report reads.
It says the positive dimension of Uganda’s politics was thriving on the fact that, unlike the country’s previous regimes, Ugandan citizens and residents are not massively arrested and killed in daylight even though politically motivated killings still permeate.
“The democratic revelation in Uganda is a mask used by the government to deter international pressure as well as deceive donor countries and institutions that provide funding assistance for real and fake projects that appear to address s ome aspects of national concerns,” the report reads.
The group was founded in August 2004 out of a merger of The Asia Review, Middle East Monitor, Africa Analysis International and Refugee Watch.
It calls on the international community to pressure the Ugandan government to pursue democratic policies, maintain an accountable economic system and an independent judiciary.
It also says aid and participation by the government in international activities should be tied to visible good governance.
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