What bit of what has been reported is wishful thinking? Is it the bit about Rwanyarare suing Obote?. May be the HATERS of UPC have after 20 YRS started coming from within UPC.
Quoting Matek Opoko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The writer of the article below, is merely engaged in wishful thinking. > The fact is that he does not know how the UPC functions or does it's > things. Let him wallow in his ignorance. He too will be surprise tho see > the UPC fly higher like the Phoenix bird! Moreover, for us in the UPC > we have NO room for MALWA GROUP wishful thinkers whose logic is at best > very questionable.....what fools! Indeed UPC haters have time and time > against for th epast 20 years have been predicting the downfal of the > UPC ...we are still here and doing well. How then do you reconcile this > fact with your dooms day wishful thinking?! > > Matek > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > UPC rift widens, split is imminent > By Edris Kiggundu > WEEKLY OBSERVER > > In his resignation letter dated May 13, Kyeyune Senyonjo refers to UPCs > > Constitutional Steering Commission (CSC) as the Confusion Steering > Commission. > > Senyonjo, who has been the secretary of UPCs Finance and Administration > > Bureau, also writes that: The dictatorship in UPC is inherently worse > than > Musevenis NRM. > > Clearly, not all is well in the CSC. Two months since its inception, > members > are raising questions about its seriousness and internal democracy. > Last week, the party dismissed the chairman of its national youth > league, > James Otto, for non performance. > > > Rwanyarare > > Walubiri > On April 23, when the party held a national consultative meeting, > members like > Oweyegha Afunaduula and Nelson Umah Tete were locked out, allegedly > because > they had come to disorganise the meeting. > > Was this their intention? > No, Afunaduula said, We had come to express our views. You can block > > someone physically but not psychologically. > > But CSC secretary general Peter Walubiri told The Weekly Observer that > critics > like Afunaduula, Tete and Senyonjo are nonentities and proven > failures who > cannot give the commission a new dimension. > > CSC shunned > > The expulsion of Otto brings the number of people who have quit the CSC > to > five. Others are Senyonjo, Afunaduula, Dr. James Rwanyarare and Umah > Tete. > Their bitterness partly stems from the fact that they were sidelined in > the > CSC but also because they believe the party has veered off the > democratic > path. > > The four, together with other members such as Cecilia Ogwal, have now > formed a > parallel (albeit still nameless) group that constantly criticises the > CSC. > > Rwanyarare, former chairman of the defunct Presidential Policy > Commission > (PPC), which CSC replaced in March, told The Weekly Observer that he > declined > the post of adviser of the party on G6 relations because it does not > fit > someone of my stature. > > I preferred to remain just an activist, so I declined the appointment. > I > report to all party members, not to specific leaders, and my office is > > everywhere, he said. > > He has since taken the party president, Apollo Milton Obote, to court > over > what he termed wrongful dismissal. > > Badru Wegulo, the CSC chairman, is now also the partys G6 > representative. > Walubiri said CSC would not lose anything even if Rwanyarare left. > > He failed to even collect signatures from Kanungu where he comes from. > We > tolerated him for a long time, he said. > > Conference rigged? > > There are now allegations that the CSC is in the process of rigging the > > delegates conference in favour of some members. > > The plan, which inside sources say is already being implemented, is for > some > CSC members to go the grassroots and influence the choice of delegates > there. > These, in turn, shall pick the right candidate for party leadership > come > August when UPC intends to hold its conference. > > Tete backed these claims in his reply to Walubiris letter of May 4, > which > warned him (Tete) against mingling in the affairs of the CSC. > > Tete wrote: They (CSC) want to rig the UPC elections during the > delegates > conference by using their handpicked delegates we shall crush this UPC > > dictatorship everywhere. > > So far, Rwanyarare, Aggrey Awori (Samia Bugwe North MP) and Henry > Mayega, a > member of the CSC, have voiced their ambitions to succeed exiled Milton > Obote > as party president. > > Joseph Ochieno, a member of the CSC, however, said that the CSC could > not rig > the elections because UPC is a transparent party. > > Those who want leadership positions should go out and campaign instead > of > maligning the party, he said. > > Wegulo laughed off the allegations, saying empty talk would not stop > them > from doing a good job. > > Is CSC active? > > Commenting on their performance, Wegulo said: Within two months, we > have > convened a national consultative meeting, we have opened branches in > Tororo, > Lira and Bushenyi; so ask those people what they mean by saying we are > not > playing our part. > > However, Rwanyarare countered that CSC had not done anything > substantial; it > was merely building on the structures left behind by the now disbanded > > Presidential Policy Commission that he headed. > Tell me, what have they done that they did not find in place? he > asked. > > Walubiri said that by the end of May, they had conducted elections in > most > branches countrywide. > And later this month, constituency conference elections shall be held > where > elected persons shall become automatic delegates at the annual > delegates > conference. > > What does the future hold? > > UPC, like other parties, is headed towards a crucial period, which > demands > cohesion and unity. > Frustration within a section of its members is likely to derail the > party and > further undermine its image. > > If the party goes into the delegates conference thus divided, it could > emerge > not one but two or three factions. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > \\\\\\\"Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second > rate > version of someone else.\\\\\\\\\\\\\" > > Njoki Paul > University of Pretoria > _______________________________________________ > Ugandanet mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet > % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? 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