Matek
Do you realize that at the end of the day we were right to get out of this
UNAA nonsense and 20 plus years some Ugandans simply do not get it? Amazing
man !!!!!!
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"
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On Friday, lunchtime, I arrived in the US city of Philadelphia to attend the
annual Ugandan North American Association (UNAA) conference. I was part of a
four-member delegation dispatched from Kampala by the Leader of Opposition,
Nathan Nandala-Mafabi, to represent our side at this conference.
Leader of delegation was Philip Wafula Oguttu and the other members were:
Mathias Mpuuga (Masaka municipality) and Judith Franca Akello (Woman MP,
Agago).
All four of us are members of the shadow cabinet.
There were two dozen MPs at this conference sponsored by different
interests. The Speaker of Parliament also led a delegation. It appears
Parliament was overrepresented. Of course some MPs like Gerald Karuhanga and
Gilbert Olanya sponsored themselves.
In Philadelphia, I found a different picture of UNAA and the conference as
it had been painted by Dr Muniini K. Mulera in his column in Daily Monitor.
Although UNAA is 24 years old, it looked like an infant outfit trying to
assemble itself.
There wasnt even a clear picture of what we came to attend. Was it a
conference where papers would be presented or one big social event where
people who have not seen one another meet to talk about everything?
We kept asking ourselves these questions. Wafula Oguttu, my boss at The
Monitor for five years, kept asking whether it was worthwhile spending
taxpayers money on this conference/big party. We went out to have our names
registered, but we were told to wait because the team was still assembling
computers.
Marriott hotel and the Pennsylvania Convention Centre where this event took
place offered magnificent accommodation and hall, respectively. And
Philadelphia, the first capital of the US, is a beautiful city.
In the end, each one of us tried to extract whichever value there was in
this conference. Dr Muniini Mulera played MC and we were treated to some
Miss UNAA of sorts which ended up being a mere imitation as just four girls
participated and there was a time when Dr Mulera had to go backstage when no
girl was showing up.
I eventually drew my own conclusions about UNAA. I may be wrong, but that is
how I saw it. Before the opening ceremony, there was a session on
Investment. The speakers at this session were: Jennifer Musisi (Executive
Director KCCA), Allen Kagina (Commissioner General URA), Henry Ngabirano
(Executive Director Coffee Development Authority), Kenneth Kitariko (of
African Alliance) and the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, who was
drafted in later.
As you may know, I never fear to speak about tribalism. So, I asked my
colleagues if the lineup of speakers taught them about public jobs
distribution in Uganda. The lineup included Musisi who by the way is more
Western Uganda these days than Central.
I later learnt Patrick Bitature was also meant to speak at this investment
session. The Ugandan diplomats at the opening ceremony completed the
picture. There was Perez Kamunanwire (Ambassador to the US) and Adonia
Ayebare (Acting Ambassador to the UN).
Even Oguttu who rarely speaks about the Banyankore dominance of our society,
wondered if there is no Musamya anywhere who can either be a CEO or a
diplomat. Of course not all these people are Banyankore, but they are all
from the West.
When I met a Muganda who drove me to Boston to attend Ttabamiruka (annual
Baganda conference) and declared the UNAA Banyankore Kweterana, it didnt
surprise me.
Because our boss Mafabi had also asked us to attend Ttabamiruka, we left for
Boston. It was an experience driving through four states; New York, New
Jersey, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. I have never appreciated the US, but
the drive convinced me about what good leadership and focus can do.
The road network in the cities and outside is amazing. At the pace we are
on, Uganda needs five hundred years to get to where the US was at the start!
Of course Museveni featured prominently in all our discussions and how he
was now preparing his son to succeed him.
I became the defender of Museveni because people who have stayed away for
too long have an exaggerated negative view of the man. For them anyone from
Western Uganda is a Munyarwanda. Some even think Col Kizza Besigye and
Museveni are the same.
What I told them is that it might be impossible for Brig Muhoozi Kainerugaba
to succeed his father. The reason is simple; Museveni has been Mr Fixer
throughout his regime. Even in the military, Museveni has not allowed
Muhoozi to fix anything. Instead, Muhoozi has been himself fixed. For anyone
to successfully take over, you need to be the fixer. Muhoozi is neither a
fixer of the military nor of politics.
The author is Kyadondo East MP.
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