Friends
I have collected hundreds of thousands of signatures of NRM supporters who
agree that we need to amend the constitution to trim the powers of the
presidency, yet there are numerous people in the opposition who refused to
give me their signatures on grounds that they have no problem with the
constitution as it is, as long as M7 gets out of State House. That's why we
need to be issue, rather than personality oriented and work with whoever
promotes ones goals. In UFA, coz we are ideological rather than personality
driven, we are able to work with both opposition and NRM supporters, as long
as they are federalists and will work with us to promote it.
Read this paragraph very slowly and understand it. Do you see what is
missing? Betty Kamya has no region she has worked with. She claims to push
for Federalism but she has not got any region out there she has listed that
she is working with. What does that mean? It can mean several things, it can
mean that she is preaching for something else but labeling it Federalism,
because I would have loved to see her stating that I have talked to Acholi
region to West Nile region to Ankole and we are all on the same book to push
for Federalism, no she has got 2 million signatures, which is a Kampala
population. Or it can mean that the regions in Uganda are not organized,
thus they cannot hold a collective voice for their people. If those regions
are not that organized, I worry how she can get a country federated, for
that should have been task one. Uganda can only get federated if the regions
are organized and in a democratic manner demand for Federalism not for Betty
Kamya in Kampala wants it.
Let us remember that Yoweri Museveni built the Movement out of Luwero
EM
On the 49th Parallel
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 beti kamya
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 5:15 AM
To: Abbey Semuwemba
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: B.Kamya_Re: {UAH} THE CALL and Electoral Proposals///
Abbey,
Thanks for your positive comments about me. Yes, we are soooo determined
that by May 2014, UFA will present over 2M signatures of registred voters
supporting my petition that we hold a national referendum on the question(s)
whether the Constitution of Uganda should be amended to trim the
constitution-given-powers of the president, which mandate him to appoint
electoral commissioners, Governor of Bank of Uganda, Inspector General of
Police, Chief Justice, Justices, Judges and all public officers above the
rank of head of Department. It is this constitutional mandate that gives YKM
significant clout to do all the things he does. Whether M7's establishment
frustrates the holding of the referendum or not, M7 will have to struggle
with the fact that over 2M registered voters called for a referendum to trip
his powers. If Ugandans understood the significance of this and participated
in collection of signatures and we raised 5M of them, M7 would have a huge
problem to carry around, explaining to the world why we do not hold a
referendum on presidential powers as demanded by voters and as provided for
in the constitution of Uganda. For now, he hides behind being elected by 68%
majority to claim legitimacy.
Abbey, Dr Besigye and I made peace a long time ago and we have met several
times and exchanged views. We agree on most things, but it is impossible for
me to go back to FDC coz federalism is not a core value of FDC as it is for
UFA. Indeed, most FDC stalwarts I know, like Gen Muntu, Hon(s) Katuntu and
most of the other leaders of FDC do not support federalism. They emphasise
poor administration which has led to poor service delivery, corruption etc,
rather than ideological issues. There is national consensus on poor
adminstration, even among the NRM, so this does not provide a case for a
qualitative difference between the various political players. All political
parties promise better service deliver, fight vs corruption, promotion of
democracy etc. But what should really differentiate political parties are
the ideological platforms. In other words, all the 38 registered political
parties in Uganda promise good accountable managemnet of this country, which
will eventually lead to good service delivery but the question is which
system will the best environment for our promises to come true? UFA believes
the federal system provides the best system because it devolves power closer
to the people than the unitary system which over-centralizes power, and in
so doing makes the centre so remote from the people!
Anybody who is an opponent of federalism, even if s(he) is the greatest M7
hater, falls short of my ideological leanings and anybody who is a
federalist, even if he is a great M7 lover, I can talk business with. So I
would not go back to FDC because of that ideological difference although I
can do business with them on the things we agree. Similarly, I would not
join NRM coz we have serious administrative and ideological differences
although I can work with those who support federalism to push our common
agenda forward.
Indeed, I have collected hundreds of thousands of signatures of NRM
supporters who agree that we need to amend the constitution to trim the
powers of the presidency, yet there are numerous people in the opposition
who refused to give me their signatures on grounds that they have no problem
with the constitution as it is, as long as M7 gets out of State House.
That's why we need to be issue, rather than personality oriented and work
with whoever promotes ones goals. In UFA, coz we are ideological rather than
personality driven, we are able to work with both opposition and NRM
supporters, as long as they are federalists and will work with us to promote
it.
Take care - Beti Kamya
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:27 AM, Abbey Semuwemba <[email protected]>
wrote:
WBK,
Beti seems to be a good mobilisor, organisor and very determined. She should
have been handy in the current crisis in FDC. Besigye should make peace with
her!
Abbey
Sent from my iPad
On 14 Feb 2014, at 07:25, WB <[email protected]> wrote:
Ms. Beti Kamya:
Keep on doing what you are doing, which is educating Ugandans about the
merits of federalism. But also be honest with them that like any system
there may be some cons such as decentralized corruption and thieving as seen
in Kenyan counties, but overall the merits of federalism overweigh the cons.
Your message is definitely getting through and the best thing going for
federalism is actually YKM! So it was music to read the minions at
Kyankwanzi, ok, NRM MPs falling over each other to nominate YKM. The more
YKM stays in power the better for the federal question. This is an example
of proof by contradiction. YKM may not want to hear about federalism, but he
is actually the best thing going for federalism. So let the opposition in
parliament DEMAND electoral reform while also fighting about juicy shadow
cabinet slots.
Keep focused on what you are doing like a laser beam.
WBK
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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 16:12:09 +0100
Subject: B.Kamya_Re: {UAH} THE CALL and Electoral Proposals///
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Kamya,
Thank you for trying but please tell us how you are going to stop the mass
printing of paper money, which by thr way can only be carried in sacks? How
many years have you people not been talking about the so-called sensitizing
of the empty-bellied peasants - and almost each time only when elections are
near?
Talking of existing law, my foot! How come Lukwago is where he is today. If
my chicken brain is to help me, i remember there has ever been the useless
refurendum - how did it end?
Try something else next time, if any...Nyar
On 13 Feb 2014 18:19, "beti kamya" <[email protected]> wrote:
CORRECTION - It is not the "Opposition" that launched the demand for
electoral reforms but "The Opposition in Parliament". Uganda Federal
Alliance (UFA), Peoples' Development Party (PDP), Peoples' Progressive Party
(PDP) and many others were not represented.
If UFA had been consulted, we would have advised the Opposition in
Parliament and civil society that "demanding" will NOT be useful!
"Demand" of who?
- The President, to help legislate himself out of the power he loves so
much?
- The Electoral Commission to help legislate themselves out of jobs?
- The 9th Parliament which has 267 NRM MPs who just endorsed
President Museveni sole NRM presidential contestant in their
parliamentary caucus in Kyankwanzi VS 54 Opposition MPs?
I can predict without fear of contradiction that their demands will at worst
be ignored. At best, if they table them before Parliament, a few concessions
will be made, for Govt to look good, but the important ones will be
defeated.
There are only two fora under the constitution of Uganda where laws are made
(i) Parliament (ii) referenda. The act of "demanding for electoral reforms"
is not provided for in the constitution of Uganda and even when 10,000,000
Ugandan "demand", it has no force of law and is not binding on anybody,
least of all the President. So why would the Opposition in Parliament and
Civil Society take us to MUK to "launch demands..." which will be ignored
because demanding for electoral reforms is not backed by law, when we can
demand for a referendum as provided for under Article 255(1) of the
constitution and mobilize voters to make decisions that "are binding on all
persons, organs and institutions of the State of Uganda..." as provided for
under Article 255 (3)?
UFA is already collecting signatures of registered voters under Article
255(1) to demand that the EC organises a referendum to amend the
Constitution of Uganda to among other things, overhaul the manner of
constituting the Electoral Commission, appointment of the IGP, Governor of
Bank of Uganda, Chief Justice and Judiciary. We have so far collected over
900,000 signatures of registered voters who have suppoterd the petition for
a national referendum to amend the constitution. It includes all the
electoral reforms proposed at the launch
Plan B should be to support the referendum effort where Ugandan voters will
decide directly on all the obnoxious items in the constitution. Neither
Parliament, the EC or the Executive can or will do it for us, we have to do
it ourselves and the referendum is the only channel that will have the force
of law
Beti Kamya - President, Uganda Federal Alliance
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:05 PM, John Nsubuga <[email protected]> wrote:
Comrades,
The opposition is way too fragmented to adhere to these demands. As usual,
Museveni is not going to yield to the demand for electoral reforms,
therefore, what we want to read about is:...what else does the opposition
has in store? In otherwords, "plan B"
Is it going to be business as usual, giving him company "AGAIN" to state
house?
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From: Abbey Semuwemba <[email protected]>;
To: <[email protected]>;
Cc: Kale Kayihura <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; beti
kamya <[email protected]>;
Subject: {UAH} THE CALL and Electoral Proposals
Sent: Wed, Feb 12, 2014 10:55:47 PM
Read the attachments please. Thank you.
Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message:
From: Okello Lucima <[email protected]>
Date: 13 February 2014 01:13:07 PST
To: Abbey
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of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans
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never send to know for
whom the bell tolls; It
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