What must we do to get out of the present mess?
May 17, 2011
EDITOR: Since February 18, a number of issues have been in the limelight. There have been demonstrations, torture, arrests, detentions, killings, teargas and court cases all associated with the walk-to-work campaign.
EDITOR: Since February 18, a number of issues have been in the limelight. There have been demonstrations, torture, arrests, detentions, killings, teargas and court cases all associated with the walk-to-work campaign.
There have been divergent reactions to all these events.
Uganda’s political, economic and social climate provokes a number of questions. What must we do to restore sanity and peace in the country once known as the in the once “Pearl of Africa� Who is responsible for the bad and good atmosphere Ugandans and the international family have witnessed?
I believe all Ugandans and the international community have made some contribution towards what is happening.
We must all repent, confess and seek forgiveness and reconciliation for our individual and corporate 'sins' and failures that have gravely tarnished the image of our motherland. We must do some self-examination as the first step to reconciliation so as to start afresh. It does little if anything, to keep pointing an accusing finger at each other.
As an individual points an accusing finger towards the other person or party, the rest of the fingers are pointing at him or her. Must we amend the Constitution again and again or create more districts?
Should we form more political parties and create more ministries and departments? Should we build more prisons or expand the ones available?
Increase the number of judges? Should demonstrations be continued at whatever cost? Or should one vow to crack down on demonstrators regardless of the consequences? What must we do it?
In responding to those questions, we ought to be guided by objectivity, prudence, honesty and integrity. The solutions to Uganda’s problems are within us as Ugandans with the collaboration of only genuine friends at the international level.
George Tenywa Kisige
Bugiri
There have been divergent reactions to all these events.
Uganda’s political, economic and social climate provokes a number of questions. What must we do to restore sanity and peace in the country once known as the in the once “Pearl of Africa� Who is responsible for the bad and good atmosphere Ugandans and the international family have witnessed?
I believe all Ugandans and the international community have made some contribution towards what is happening.
We must all repent, confess and seek forgiveness and reconciliation for our individual and corporate 'sins' and failures that have gravely tarnished the image of our motherland. We must do some self-examination as the first step to reconciliation so as to start afresh. It does little if anything, to keep pointing an accusing finger at each other.
As an individual points an accusing finger towards the other person or party, the rest of the fingers are pointing at him or her. Must we amend the Constitution again and again or create more districts?
Should we form more political parties and create more ministries and departments? Should we build more prisons or expand the ones available?
Increase the number of judges? Should demonstrations be continued at whatever cost? Or should one vow to crack down on demonstrators regardless of the consequences? What must we do it?
In responding to those questions, we ought to be guided by objectivity, prudence, honesty and integrity. The solutions to Uganda’s problems are within us as Ugandans with the collaboration of only genuine friends at the international level.
George Tenywa Kisige
Bugiri