Political parties in Uganda are important platforms for generating ideas from ordinary citizens and developing programs to mitigate them, through legislative, legal, economic and political means. They are all important in upholding good governance in Uganda. However, for the success of operations, the display of good internal governance practices is key. The leaders of political parties are servants of the members and citizens in general. Any shortcoming in the best way they have resolved to serve the members and Ugandans implies the collapse of the covenant that unites them with the people they seek to serve. Of course, the consequences are serious and the leaders of the political parties pay a lot, either in the short or long term.
The country has evolved to a level where development stakeholders take parallel paths, unwilling to compromise and insensitive to the wishes of the people they lead. This is not a new phenomenon. The difference between the actions then and now is the audacity and lack of remorse as gods of life, who control the consequences of their actions.
The country has come a long way to where it is now. The country found itself without strong control systems to guide the leadership. The country was at stake, aimlessly, and with a known future. At the time, the country was experiencing the worst levels of economic and political crisis in history, much of it self-propagated by the elites of the time. This was a period of time that extended from the Amin era (1971 to 1979), shortly after his fall (1979 to 1980) and the beginning of the 1980s. From the same elites, more organized, the imposition of order and peace in a Uganda that the majority citizens longed for, celebrated, took pride in and worked hard to support the prosperity of the country. Since 1986, the country has been governed on the basis of ideological sanity, the discipline of men and women in the armed forces, and elective office, in which citizens compete for the highest offices in the country and elect the leaders. of their choice, only until they worry about the increase in foreigners. interests in governance distorted trust in the countries themselves products of the struggle: democratic governance and the rule of law. Otherwise, the country was liberated from anarchy, political decay and collapsing economy, to one of the fastest growing economies it will ever have in the region. This changed as priorities shifted to investing in security more as a ‘basis of good governance’ rather than improving the quality of life for Ugandans as the best measure of stability. However, looking back from where the country was in the 1980s to, moreover, around 2011, most Ugandans felt a great deal of pride, appreciating the instrumental leadership of the National Resistance Movement and Army. Even leaders across the political spectrum were proud and found a great foundation on which to build towards a greater Uganda.
The leadership of the National Resistance Movement is indisputable for offering the leadership with the greatest impact on the country’s development since independence. However, the time has come for us to reflect on ourselves as leaders and determine how much effort and influence we still have over citizens in terms of reducing inequalities, alleviating poverty, eliminating corruption, saving failed businesses of indigenous Ugandans and recovery of weak institutions. of government Also, we need to ask ourselves as leaders if, individually, there is any added value for our respective roles in the last 10 years, or if new values and leaders can be found to accelerate the growth and development of the country. And, if not, what succession plan do we have for a peaceful transition from less effective leaders to a more visionary and results-focused one?
Right now, we see a shift in mandate from a pro-people to a group of ‘government’ groups that are constantly in conflict and stalling development programs and service delivery, or simply determined to undermine the efforts of the central government to operate effectively all together. . The environment has not only hindered work and development, but has given rise to the worst forms of corruption in terms of nepotism, diversion of public funds and bribery to obtain positions or favors, but these elements are almost unstoppable. The current government is toxic and an enemy of democracy. This means that political parties and alternative leadership will no longer exist in Uganda. As a consequence, this erodes the very achievements that Ugandans died and worked for for more than 40 years.
Still, it is the Ugandans who hold the keys to save the country from deep recession and pending destruction of the beautiful country – Uganda. The future of the country is taking the path of its predecessors: the Uganda People’s Congress and the Democratic Party, which in their heyday lost democratic values and sank into the ground with a crash. This will potentially mark the demise of the ruling party, which its leaders are loath to see. Fortunately, the ball is still in the hands of the same leaders, who sacrificed tens of thousands of lives to overthrow ideologically corrupt governments, have all the resources at their disposal so that the worst does not happen to the ruling political party, to our people, and achievements of the same mistakes of the older political parties and their leaders. Each election must be able to each of us one or two things, especially the understanding of the wishes of the people and humility in service.
The country must meet new challenges with new solutions and drivers of change that Ugandans want to see. We cannot afford to rely on old ideas and rhetoric that have proven worthless in the previous 2 decades. It is impossible and experience has shown this dilemma. We have to recognize the dilemma and take responsibility for where we want our political parties and our country to be. We cannot continue to resist good changes, good proposals and the cries of Ugandans dying from preventable diseases, poverty and hunger, simply because they painfully remind political parties and leaders of how miserably they have failed. Ultimately, it is the Ugandan people who always suffer from corruption, electoral violence, poverty, inequalities and marginalization. We need to reform our political parties, bring them back to membership and reflect the wishes of the citizens, whose membership and vote justify their existence. We need to constantly identify errors and replace the responsible actors. Above all, we may have to reconsider the 10-point program and implement it without deviation. It’s still a solid program, requiring no alterations and challenging to implement. It was well-intentioned and purposeful, born of consensus among patriotic Ugandans. The historical challenges since independence were addressed by the same document: the 10-point program. In fact, reconsidering the implementation of the same document is a direct remedy to the current socioeconomic and political problems facing the country. It will reduce tensions within political parties and among Ugandans. We don’t have to look beyond your document. The agenda that followed has been useless for the Ugandans.
Furthermore, it is important that we look beyond ourselves when we discuss matters of national interest. The cries of ordinary citizens is what should concern us the most. The biggest mistake today is the use of vested interests to influence national policies instead of participatory democracy and civic roles and actions together. If we continue in a parallel line with the people, the citizens of this beautiful country, we risk throwing it into the undesirable past, where leadership and grievances meet violence and deaths. Surely this is not what we need to see happen, knowing full well what they mean to us as leaders and the people we claim to lead.
We urgently need to address the greed and violent attitudes among us. This elimination policy is as untenable as the consequences of such barbaric trends. After all, the life of the human exterminators of life also comes to an end, either through revenge or natural death.
Therefore, it is relevant that political leaders and parties open themselves to the inevitable change that keeps knocking on our doors: changing greed and violent attitudes, restoring the rule of law, responsive leadership, and working for transparent elections and fair leadership. responsible. It is the wish of all Ugandans that political parties and leaders deliver much-needed change for which almost 1 million people died in vain, leadership for the people, responsible leadership, leadership by consensus, guided by a citizen constitution, and a leadership that protects rather than kills or robs Ugandans.
