Some of my friends, OBs and avid readers sympathetic to the NRM regime have been writing to me claiming that I am overly critical of their regime. I have been told that I have never pointed out any obvious achievements of the NRM but continue to amply its failures. I agree to some of the accusations as follows: 1. I feel let down by Ugandans who, for many years, have known the price of blindly supporting a leader on tribal ground or on magendo relationship. All the other regimes have come with their generals, business tycoons, ethnic political niches and so forth. In doing so, they caused unimaginable inequality in development and immeasurable tragedy in Uganda. NRM is not an exception. 2. The real problem of Africa and Uganda is that their leaders overstay in power. The cost of over staying in power weighs too heavy on the purses of the tax payers. To sustain a regime whose relevance is outdated is more costly than to hold elections and to risk with new evolving ideas. After, the episodic path to nation building must endure both trying and happy times. 3. I want anyone to prove to me one thing: that any project recommended by President Museveni and funded by tax payers, has succeeded without scandals. This trend of failures of all these major projects exemplifies a convulsion of cadre identification process under the NRM. It also exposes the flaws of political patronage exercised by President-4-life Museweri. 4. I am convinced that NRM as a political organization has become more of a problem to Uganda than a solution to Ugandas problem. There is urgent need for a fundamental change to rectify the historic damages caused by this regimes continued stay in power. 5. Finally, I do not take political disagreements as a personal thing. I am open to dialogue and informed debate on rescuing Uganda. This openness is what sets me apart from blind criticism of the regime. The truth be said, NRM is no longer of essence to Ugandas prospect for an equal and prosperous society...!!! So, here, I present you with yet another rot in government project: The National ID project....The president had assured the nation that only his trusted UPDF could handle it explicitly...We were told that Col Stephen Kwiringira, Major Kweri Celet Twino and Betty Nasenja would deliver the project promptly and efficiently! One of the reasons that Gen Aronda unconstitutionally occupies his current Ministry is to enable him become the holy see of the project. But now now, the ID project, like all others is very badly botched, requiring additional Shs 500 billions of taxpayers money bring a total to Shs 800B for less than the 2000 IDs so far released. END!
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 22:16:39 +0000
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