Uganda Needs Obote:
I have observed and heard a lot of arguments from the detractors of Dr. Obote and come to the conclusion that the old man is desperately needed to straighten things out in Uganda. Do not get me wrong; I am not saying that Uganda cannot be ruled without Obote. What I am saying is that the nation Uganda needs Dr. Obote to bring a sense of unity that he has fostered during his first reign.
Many people have written here on Ugandanet against Dr. Obote. But most of these people are his archenemies from whom you cannot expect any fair information. None has had the guts to acknowledge the good things Dr. Obote has done simply because that would overshadow the entire negative that they are attributing to him.
Museveni cannot be compared to Obote as a Uganda leader. There is no part of Uganda that has not benefited from the Obote government. Under Museveni, Luwero people have been deceived and the whole of Acholi and eastern Uganda has been destroyed. Museveni has no pangs whatsoever about the plight of these displaced people.
And now coming to twenty years in government, without any opposition whatsoever, Museveni and his supporters only know to blame every failure or lack of imagination on Obote! The Lubiri incident in which the Kabaka was driven out of Uganda is a sentimental issue to Baganda and Uganda in general. But it should be noted that the issue was not the conflict between the President and the Prime Minister at that time, but the physical treat from the Kabaka when he ordered the central government out of Buganda. The Kabaka and his government did not clearly explain to Uganda how he wanted to rule Uganda. Because of the conflict of interest the Kabaka had, the constitution as it was at that time, had to be
changed.
There are issues that Obote passionately believes in and will defend as anybody else would. Obote does not believe in military solutions. Amin would not have overthrown Obote in 1971 if Obote believed in military solutions. In the second government, popularly known as Obote II, he was forced to leave Uganda against his will. Whether Uganda would have been better off if he did not flee, I cannot tell. There was no specific risk on Dr. Obote as a person and as the president.
So, because of the simple foregoing reasons, Uganda would benefit greatly through the return of Dr. Obote.
Onegi pa Obol
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