Yowaana Nyamutale
Political patronage actually is more in Ugandans than in their leaders. Ki
Luts does not defend Ssabassajja Mutebi for he is a good leader but for he
is the King of Buganda, Edward Pojim does not support Olara Otunnu for he is
a good leader but for he is a Luo, Ocen Nekyon does not support Obama for he
is a good leader but for he is a Luo. When you extract the support and look
only on what those leaders have done, some are supported even before they
are leaders to do anything worth the support. Abbey Ssemuwemba does not cry
for Suleiman Kigundu for he was a good leader but for he is a Moslem,
Kigundu never lead any country he actually came to financé and stole money
from every Ugandan by lying that our money was stolen, but his being a
Moslem covers all that and he ends up supported. Is Museveni the problem
really? So he walked to Pojim s house and bribed him to support the worst
American president ever? No I did not think so.
Let us get off the back of Museveni and look in a mirror what we will see
must scare us if we are still that intelligent.
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 yowaana nyamutale
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 2:35 AM
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Subject: Re: [UAH] Re: {UAH} MAJOR PROBLEMS FACING UGANDA TODAY
Ogwapit Hannah
The virus that is going to kill Uganda is the political system called
POLITICAL PATRONAGE whereby Museveni must please/bribe people to support
him. That is why he has all those ministers and presidential advisors.
Museveni's political system is the burden Ugandans must bear in order to
keep him in power.
Henry
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 5:11 PM, william Ekwelu
<[email protected]> wrote:
A military coup? Give Ugandans a break!
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Friday, 08 February 2013 01:21
Written by Margaret Wokuri Madanda
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<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> One, they say is an incidence; two is
coincidence but three is a commitment.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> The UPDF Commander in Chief, Gen
Yoweri Museveni, the minister of Defence, Dr Crispus Kiyonga, and the Chief
of Defence Forces, Gen Aronda Nyakairima, have one after another recently
repeated the message about the possibility of the army taking over the
government!
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> Is this the legendary wheel coming
full circle, from the ragtag army that preached a fundamental change,
through sham elections and now back to military rule?!
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> What has incensed Mzee and his clan
Generals so much that they are left with no option but to resort to the
long-forgotten and internationally-derided military coups? Previously, the
regime has done so well using patronage, dishing freebies and chopping up
districts to enhance divide and rule. Have all these failed?
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> All the three who spoke have
insinuated that the army would take over if Parliament turns the country
into anarchy. Just for the record, about 75% of MPs of the 9th Parliament
belong to the ruling party.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> The same ruling party emptied the
treasury during the 2011 elections to enable their MPs buy their way into
the House. Is that the reason Museveni is shocked and angered that the
idiots whom he spent so much money on to have them fixed in Parliament
should be giving him such a hard time?
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> But the President should not exhaust
himself and his store of insults with threats of military takeovers. He only
needs to be reminded that todays so-called party indiscipline was actually
bred and nurtured by him through the then famous individual merit system!
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> On his arrival, Museveni castigated
parties, saying they were divisive. He encouraged individualism that was
dressed in the beautified language of individual merit. Now the very system
he nurtured is coming back to haunt him. Recently, as NRM legislators ate
and danced away the nights in Kyankwanzi, the party should have used this
time to exorcise its members of the evil spirits of individual merit!
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> But also, one needs to ask: why
doesnt the executive ask the hard questions as to why its MPs are behaving
in such a manner? This reminds me of Daniel Golemans word cited in Stephen
Coveys The little Big Things. Daniel Goleman said: How can a high-level
leader like
be so out of touch with the truth
? In fact the higher up the
leader climbs, the less accurate his self-assessment is likely to be. The
problem is an acute lack of feedback, especially on peoples issues.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> The reason MPs have severally
disagreed with the executives position could be that they have a more
accurate feedback about peoples issues. The so-called rebel MPs are more
popular because they represent what the ordinary person feels. Look at the
grief that was poured out when the late Cerinah Nebanda passed on!
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> And why wouldnt MPs go against the
executive when they are the ones feeling the heat from the populace?
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> I read about a proposed constitutional
amendment to ensure MPs do not freely speak against their party. I think
that if such a law is passed under the current framework, the MPs will be in
a precarious position. Rather, the Constitution should be amended to replace
constituency MPs with Proportional Representation (PR) ones.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> PR will enable Museveni have a firm
grip on all his MPs since it will be the party that will have selected
members to represent it in Parliament. The party will also easily recall any
member without fear of the risk of losing that constituency. Finally, PR
will wave off the pressure on MPs who sometimes have to act in the interest
of their constituents since under proportional representation, the
electorate vote a party not an individual.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> That is the way to go, not the
old-fashioned coups.
The author is a political activist.
[email protected]
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 11:32 AM,
Hannah Ogwapiti <[email protected]> wrote:
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> 69 Ministers, 327 Members of
Parliament, 278 political appointees who include 80 resident District
Commissioners and assistants, 75 presidential advisors and 43 private
presidential secretaries and their deputies is just a picture of Uganda's
public administration. Pearl of Africa as commonly known is argued that not
only is it a sleeping giant but an over governed and unproductive country.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> It has many administrative units;
45,000 local councils, 5500 parishes, 1026 sub-counties, 151 counties, 18
municipalities and 80 districts. All these structures have executive 10 man
executive officials. So, the total number of officials is 10 times the
number of every administrative unit.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> How does this nation manage its
servants? Uganda's expenditure is very enormous and abnormal.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> A presidential advisor and his deputy
earn 908.5 million Ugandan shillings enough to pay 378 primary school
teachers a salary of 200,000 Ugandan shillings a month. Private presidential
secretary and his assistant earn 7.5 billion shillings enough to; support
2,077 primary schools with 800 pupils each, buy drugs for 890 health
centers, construct 935 classrooms or pay 37,500 primary school teachers.
Members of Parliament altogether earn 57 billion excluding the allowances,
the 69 ministers have all sorts of allowances and only government
expenditure on Ministers vehicles fuel, oil and maintenance in 2006/07 was
92 billion Ugandan shillings.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> In 1986, the National Resistance
Movement came to power, it collected 84 billion as revenue. Inflation was at
240 percent, it worked tirelessly and revived the economy reducing inflation
to 0.3 percent. The present government collects 4 trillion as revenue but
sectors like education and health and education which used to be vibrant are
in shambles.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> The nation has 31 million people,
according to the ministry of health, there's one doctor to every 300,000
people. Surprisingly, there's one administrative leader to every 6 Ugandan.
The nation has poor administrative structures, poor administration and
provides poor services to its citizens. The government makes good policies
but it's very hard for them to be implemented leading all these
deficiencies.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> Policies like: decentralization policy
to help distribute resources evenly; minimum health package which puts all
health centers under a structured organization; Medium Term Expenditure
Framework that makes the government budget and expenditure known after every
3 years. Such good and efficient policies have been made by the government
but 600 billion Ugandan shillings is lost every year.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> The main reason why such policies
cannot be implemented is due to the government's huge expenditure to its top
leaders and poor wages paid to its civil servants. This has led to
absenteeism, lack of morale as the public servants do other jobs beside
their jobs to supplement their earnings.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> It's arguably that the nation has
produced one of the brightest people in the East Africa region with the
prestigious Makerere University but has the lowest productivity in the
region. This is because Ugandans are juggling too many sources of income
hence cannot specialize and put all their effort in one to enable them get
sufficient income.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> The country also has a culture of
passing laws to solve problems, this has led to it having too many laws and
continuing to pass others yet the ones present are neither effective nor
implementable. For instance, it has failed to implement the traffic and
productive law yet it has passed a law to gag the media, limiting public
participation in governance and locking up journalists with dissenting
views.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> Pundits say that for the country to
develop, it needs to reduce its administrative leaders, get more serious in
enforcing its policies and laws. The administration is the main cause of the
government's huge expenditure, leading to lack of funds in other sectors and
poverty. The country needs to be serious in economic transformation and
development by getting its priorities right.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> Civil society, donors, private sector
experts and political analysts have raised numerous concerns over the
governments expenditure on its administration but their pleas have fallen on
deaf ears. The country not only needs a budget discipline but get their
priorities right.
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> By Oscar Otindo
<http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=9519
d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343> The writer is a Kenyan volunteer and
activist based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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d0eda15411a789b5bfe5cbe88d7b6b376343>
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