Jim Muwanga
The Movement believes into two things to hold to power. If you terrorize the
masses they obey and two if you maintain them poor they always need you.
Start by wondering why Dr Kiiza Besigye flys into Entebbe after being
treated in United States and the very people he failed to push a government
to build functioning hospitals in Uganda, save their little energies to go
to Entebbe and line for him in praises. Then move very fast and wonder how
people defended Wafula Oguttu in the death of Freda Ogutu that was being
treated in South Africa when the very people he was elected to protect their
health sector tie their very own kids on trees for nodding diseases.
Actually Edward Pojim said and I quote Oguttu was a very rich man before he
was elected. So in other words those tied on trees were born poor so they
are very different from the rights Freda deserved. There you go in
understanding the difference of the Museveni Uganda and the one AMO built.
Poverty and terrorism must always be way high on your list for they work
magic.
EM
On the 49th
Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko"
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jim muwanga
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 4:12 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: {UAH} Why has NRM ignored unemployment in Uganda?
Some of the issues preventing growth in employement are as follows.
Corrupt people around the presidency. When a local investor wants to start
something they all want to eat/ be bribed/ be apart of the deal. This is
going to stop.
A president who does not delegate. Most investors have to approach the
presidency. Yet In RSA Zuma will not involve himself in matters like these
i.e. he has commitees and mnisters to sort such out.
Corrupt people in the Government structures from clerks up wards. They all
want to be bribed.
Potential Investor pre investment fatigue. The local or foreign investor
gets tired of many meetings, many bribes he pays, many forms he fills in,
the cost of moving up and down, the many govt officials he/she has to meet,
being told that he has to pay so and so, being told that he has to to the
politician or his / her relative a piece of the action. ( I have met many
investors who detest doing favours for politicians or involving politicians
in their business. They don't like being Tiny Rowland).
The threat of wars in the neighbourhood. Many a times I have attempted to
bring in investors from Zimababwe, South Africa, Britain and US. They all
complain of the same i.e risk.
The lack of clarity in the future politics of Uganda. i.e. Who takes over
from Kaguta. At least in Mozambicue and South Africa the system of
succession is known. Term limits are clear.
The yoyo bogus set interest rates (which are unpredictable) in Uganda which
are generaly high Compared to Southern Africa or Egypt/ middle east.
The lack of steady and cheap supply of electricity.
The lack of infrastructure like roads e.g to potential markets like Sudan,
DRC, TZ, Rwanda, Burundi.
The backwardness of Members of parliament i.e. who do not lobby or demand
that Industries be set up in their constituencies. ( lack of Vision).
Low salaries, which demotivate skilled workers which in turn, makes them
look useless just like in Nigeria where they have many skilled people but
attitude towards producing quality work stinks.
Lack of modern infrastructure in different towns in Uganda. e.g housing,
shopping facilities, clinics etc
The dependency by the GOVT on foreign owned Commercial banks to provide
capital to local investors. The Capital or finance is at unusually high
interest rates since black/local investors are seen as high risk by western
owned banks.
etc etc etc
The high bank charges
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Ssalongo Ssennoga <[email protected]>
wrote:
Dr. Kayondo, let me help you.
The unemployment Dr. Kashambuzi alludes to is one where the Ugandan
economy is completely integrated into the international system where
everyone is reduced to a number retained on some form of earning or
other.
The Ugandan unemployment can only be blamed on government in as far as
it has been the primary confuser in sending off the youth and other
people in opposite directions by providing faulty information based on
fake theories and experiments born out of ignorance.
I could cite a few... Museveni has been generous with misleading
catchwords that did just this... OKULEMBEKA, stimulated the emergence
about the roadside stalls, kiosks and roadside vendors... It also
doubled the mass influx of youths from villages to towns to do just
that... Kulembeka
ENTANDIKWA... brought about the peoples interest in fake village banks
and microfinance institutions where they ended up staking their
household property, their small land holdings losing all to predatory
hawks and vampires.
The Presidents involvement in tender awards and investment approvals
brought about the "facilitation" syndrome, the money lending heists
and the middleman brokers dealing in meetings with big people,
securing industrial land and the like.
BONNA BAGAGGAWALE: This is actually evolved from Niigiina where pooled
earnings froma a group were focused on the on a single member
acquiring household items. SACCOS, and the like have evolved to
perpetuate peoples poverty further!
As to how to bring food on the table, necessity is an excellent driver
of action. There are many prospects and opportunities in a virgin
economy like Uganda where youths could join the millionaire ranks by
simply being focused.
Look at the home owners that started off as tea girls, peddlers
(mobile shops) and Wheel barrow pushers and bi-cyclists???? Problem
lies in deliberately pointing the people in the wrong direction
spearheaded by the presidency.
Villager
On 7/18/12, Dr.Edward Kayondo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Prof. Eric,
>
> As I always salute you, the truth is that my mind has failed to move
further
> than the heading of your article. I dint think a capitalist government
like
> Uganda will even think off ignoring unemployment, so the rest of the
article
> is hard form to swallow as much as I like this topic.
>
> Eddie, M.D
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Eric Kashambuzi <[email protected]>
> To: Ugandans at Heart (UAH) Community <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:53 PM
> Subject: {UAH} Why has NRM ignored unemployment in Uganda?
>
>
> With all the resources in Uganda and donor money and the work that
> needs to be done, there is no reason why Uganda should suffer the
> current unacceptable high level of open and disguised
> (underemployment) unemployment. Instead, youth open unemployment
> stands at over 80 percent that has triggered mass poverty also at over
> 80 percent. In a true democratic country, Museveni would have been
> impeached. But he is still around governing with an iron fist
> threatening to crush those who oppose his vision of under-developing
> Uganda into a Fourth World country and impoverishing over 80 percent
> of Uganda citizens. NRM dismal performance is a function of two
> factors.
>
> First, Museveni knows exactly what to do to get Ugandans to work and
> end unemployment. But he cant do it because that would empower and
> encourage Ugandans to oppose his long stay in power. So to keep them
> powerless and voiceless, he has chosen to marginalize them through
> unemployment and disguised unemployment. Without paying attention to
> lessons of history and how unemployed mobs can easily turn
> revolutionary as in France in 1789 and Russia in 1917, Museveni
> believes poor people can be sat on forever. If the trend continues
> recent by-elections are sending a signal that Musevenis time may be
> up for voluntary exit or he could face a revolution of French or
> Russian style led by poor, hungry and unemployed mobs and we have
> plenty of them in Kampala and elsewhere. Dont rule out the
> possibility of disgruntled security forces joining the mobs. There are
> rumors that cracks are opening up in some sections of the forces.
>
> I have had conversations with some of his senior ministers who have
> stated probably unconsciously that the government is scared of
> creating a middle class. That is why Musevenidoesnt want educated
> people around. He has encouraged them to seek work outside and refused
> Ugandans in exile to return after he captured power in 1986 when he
> needed seasoned professionals (he preferred junior European experts
> working with his poorly educated and inexperienced NRM cadres who
> couldnt negotiate a barter trade agreement and messed up
> privatization of public enterprises for instance). With cash in its
> pockets and food on the table, the middle class would then demand
> political freedom. And Museveni has no intention of leaving state
> house voluntarily. He has instead launched campaign for another term
> after 2016.
>
> With sufficient political will, addressing unemployment is relatively
> easy. The first and immediate thing to do is to launch public works
> programs. We have roads that are in need of repair, we have isolated
> areas from the outside world for lack of access roads. We need more
> schools and clinics, irrigation dams, reforestation of degraded
> landscapes, wetland rehabilitation and urban street cleaning, etc.
> Public works in these areas in all parts of Uganda would employ
> thousands and thousands of unemployed youth. With money in their
> pockets, the demand for goods and services would increase. Labor-
> intensive micro, small and medium scale enterprises would spring into
> action even faster with low interest rates and employ many unemployed
> workers. Government would also subsidize companies that hire
> additional workers.
>
> The next step is retraining. In Uganda there are many skilled jobs
> unfilled or filled by foreigners. Ugandans dont qualify because they
> are functionally illiterate. To overcome this constraint, the
> government should undertake a retraining program in collaboration with
> the private sector to identify job prospects in the labor market.
> Museveni knows all these avenues to end unemployment and disguised
> unemployment but lacks political will into concrete action because he
> fears losing state house by empowering Ugandans through remunerative
> employment.
>
> Second, Museveni behaves as though he is governing Uganda in the 1950s
> and60s when unemployment and inflation were inversely related that is
> when inflation was high; unemployment was low and vice versa. In such
> a situation, the government would focus on fighting inflation until
> unemployment began to rise as inflation declined and the government
> would switch policy to fighting unemployment. Since the 1970s that
> relationship (Phillips curve) changed and inflation and unemployment
> have moved together for most of the time in the same upward direction
> as in Uganda today. It is therefore unwise to fight inflation alone
> and leave unemployment to the market forces and private sector which
> have exhibited imperfections in the labor sector.
>
> It is possible that with foreign advisers obsessed with reducing and
> keeping inflation in single digit, Uganda has pursued a harsh
> restrictive monetary policy since 1987, hoping that with more savings
> the economy would perform better, more efficiently and more equitably
> and with better prospects for faster economic growth, increased
> employment and poverty reduction in a context of price stability. But
> this hasnt happened. Therefore, UDU proposes that the policy needs to
> be recast so that a balance is reached between inflation and
> unemployment. The problem is that Ugandans who have been managing the
> economy in the ministry of finance and central bank have been there
> for far too long and they are stuck with monetarism and are unwilling
> or unable to make substantial changes. Therefore Uganda needs a new
> team, the kind that prepared UDUs National Recovery Plan (NRP) with a
> different approach as was done in 1987 when structural adjustment
> replaced the ten point program. The minister of finance and governor
> of central bank were replaced among many others. The changes proposed
> by UDU wont be implemented as long as Museveni is still in power
> because he too, like his advisers, is stuck in monetarism and will be
> unable or unwilling to start new tutorials on a new public-private
> partnership model. Ugandans therefore have two mutually exclusive
> choices to make: retain Museveni and his team and Uganda continues
> sliding down the slippery road at an accelerating rate into decadence
> (economic growth has dropped from 10 percent in mid-1990s to 3 percent
> currently) or replace NRM with a transitional government and
> resuscitate the economy back to a normal trajectory.
>
> Eric Kashambuzi
> Secretary General & Chief Administrator, UDU
>
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