MUSEVENI’S OVERSTAY IN POWER MAKES HIM LOOK LIKE ‘KAZANYIRIZI’ YET WHEN DEALING WITH SERIOUS STATE MATTERS It is unfortunate that Museveni can imagine firing Lecturers as if he can have a replacement! His utterances at times make him look like a Kazanyirizi with lack of seriousness while handling important matters of the state. For him to say that the lecturers should have had their demands before the budget is most unfortunate. Looks like he is shouldering too much as it is common knowledge that the lecturer demands did not start yesterday. Museveni is a Military General who forgets that Uganda has generals in other fields of competence. It is common knowledge that there is a probe into shs 10bn which he or the NRM Government sanctioned as a thank you to voters, and the accountability is no where to be seen! Museveni’s administration is unfortunate, much as Obote may have been that bad, given opportunity, Uganda would be like the Asian Tigers, because there was serious economic management. When Museveni shoot himself to power, the salary structure was clean and clear, today, we hear that Vice chancellors of different Universities are paid differently, yet in his wrong decision making which makes many professionals wish for greener pastures, he has not thought about retiring to Lwakitura to give other capable Ugandans to keep the country on a meaningful trend other than concentrating on unproductive undertakings. It is corruption on the part of Government to want to induce some staff at Makerere University to violate the norms of the Industrial action and go back to work. The problem is there and real. Assuming Museveni were a lecturer at Makerere and were faced with the many student scripts these lecturers have to mark, wouldn’t he have been the first to lead a strike given his outlook? The sensible thing the NRM Government has to do is to stop taking Ugandans for granted. We want to be civilized people, but our leaders should first practice civilized management of the state matters. You cannot keep on wasting and devaluing the Uganda currency and imagine that the people will give services as you keep on the loose. If Museveni wants the teachers back to work, what he ought to do is to act statesmanlike. He ought to get to the drawing board with his technical team so that they identify areas where rationalization can be done. Even if lecturers did not get an immediate pay rise, but there is commitment on the part of Government for their plight, this would be a positive move. It is Museveni Governance that has an over 350 big parliament, while even a Parliament of about 150 could suffice. Patronage has eroded any credibility in what would be good plans for the Government. The unemployed youth are a problem created by the NRM Government. The way forward is not to keep telling how Government is spending on infrastructure, as a rational Government makes a balance between the two. After all, we are aware that from the infrastructure monies, a lot is equally diverted. What serious Government can transact using people’s personal accounts! It is only the NRM Government.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 08:15:19 +0000
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