Humans have very short memories

SIR- Joe Sebbowa's letter of February 26, needs a reply. Mr Sebbowa needs the views of another Ugandan who saw Uganda when Buganda had the so called "Federalism status." We are not told how old Mr Sebbowa was between 1960 and 1966 when the issue of federalism and the constitutionalism were the main political debate and most serious one this country has ever been involved in. However, those who were old enough, would agree that the simplistic manner in which some Ugandans treat national issues is dangerous. Why do we not try an alternative approach? Why do we reject decentralisation? The question we need to ask ourselves is: Why did Obote break the social contract? The answer is simply that he had entered into an "unprincipled" alliance. The alliance with KY, brought about federalism for Buganda so that he could capture power. Eventually things did not work out. Buganda cannot be an island or any other part of Uganda cannot have a system that isolates it from the rest of the country and expect the rest of the country to run smoothly. It is normally said that "history repeats itself" simply because we human beings have short memories. Wenkere Kisembo