Please help me understand how walking will reduce prices. Yes the gov’t have mismanaged the economy and we have also been living on a false economy but walking can’t address these issues. Can it?
Yes we have an incompetent gov’t but don’t think that gov’t is made of other people and the opposition comprised of better people. The issues affecting Uganda go beyond the people in gov’t, we the whole society we are all messed, no single individual does anything write in Uganda. The whole society is a mess and I agree all this mess has been created by NRM but walking to walk will not transform society, KB himself has a petrol station, is he stealing fuel less? How many of those opposition MPs have business, have they reduced the prices?
So there is no quick fix to this problem, all the opposition would do is to put forward credible solutions to these problems. The parliament is the place for this, why did they spend all the energy on oil and not on the economy, can’t they still do the same for the economy. There is also the electricity issue, why can’t they raise these things which have solutions than use things like the economy which are a try and error thing, even these developed economies are struggling.
The last time I read bank of Uganda had raised interest rates, was this the best thing to do, what has KB said about this, has he produced an alternative fiscal policy? What is the shadow cabinet doing?
On the issue of sugar why have those same companies the Madivans who created this mess been allowed to also import forcing those who buy from them still to buy the imported sugar which is more expensive, and has the opposition said anything about this.
Why can’t we call these people in parliament and we ask them some questions, let us look at the accounts. There are ways an opposition can be effective but actually not endangering the lives of our people.
We have kids doing exams, and those in opposition can’t take those demonstrations near schools where their kids go, why then do they think this is the best time to organise something which has not immediate effect than to cause death. Yes we can argue it is the gov’t going to kill demonstrators true but can these demonstrations be organised at the right time, do you have to demonstrate to make your point, aren’t there other ways to do this.
Are you then telling us Museveni’s decision to go to war was the right one when he was not even cheated. Then why then should people say today they were mislead. Don’t you then think today this opposition may actually mislead our vulnerable people who have no hope? Police can’t actually shoot Besigye but they can shoot others to death, so are we saying the life our those who could be got in the cross fire worth less.
There is thinking that actually let us go on the streets then if we are killed the international world will come to our rescue, but haven’t we seen many people where that international world has left people to die. I think it happened in Kenya, and why should we open the imperialism thinking to ourselves when we can actually fight our own wars in our won ways.
No these opposition must think smarter than this and let them not think because they have these posts they have to think for all of us who have even opposed this regime before they even thought of doing so.
It is quite disappointing with the way some of these so call mbu leaders think. Today we have the gov’t on the back foot, people are looking for signatures to censure ministers then you see some who want to take some limelight come up with suicidal moves!
These Activists for change should know that we have the means to open proceeding against them if they lead our people to traps of death. Yes the gov’t would have a case to answer but even those who lead them to that trap must be answerable. If the examinations of our kids are intercepted with these activities still we have the means to seek compensation
I’m not in doubt of the dire situation we find ourselves in but in seeking solutions we have to look at sustainable ways of doing this.
We can’t disrupt the future of our kids whose parents have toed hard to get these fees and have no other chance maybe to even afford their kids repeating the class.
This is my concern, that the timing is actually very wrong and not that gov’t is not getting bad headlines, it is actually on the back foot not seen before, so why can’t we continue with that momentum. What is being done now is historical and a precedent is being set, we can’t hijack it by killing the gov’t airwaves.
Our MPs both on the sides of the aisle are busy looking at sorting out these corrupt ministers and they will then go for the incompetent one, why don’t we give them chance to do that while we think of plan B. What is the rush really of this W2W?
Don’t think we are not in a dictatorship and when you are in a dictatorship you don’t ask why one shouldn’t be allowed to walk. No one is doing to allow you to walk and if you are to do it you must have plan B of how to counter what they plan to do to you while walking and if you don’t have one then it is really pointless to try. We have a brutal regime who can even use atomic bombs on its people, that is a fact, so don’t expect anything good, and since it is very clear that this brutal regime is going to respond like this, why then take them on when you can take it to the last man, and to be able to do this, one needs the support of the public. And once they don’t come on board then know you are not doing it right. People all want to support these walks and they have been doing so, but when people raise legitimate reason why it should happen now, one has to listen.
Yes we can talk back our country to the jungle days where those who wanted to go to the jungle were viewed as heroes but once they came out, what did they offer?
We can achieve democracy without actually shedding blood and that I know for sure, if we organise ourselves without always a few people wanting to take the headlines. If Museveni didn’t mind about the public opinion, then he would not have robbed banks to buy himself that support, which means he needs the public to be on his side, he knows it well once they are not, even the jets you have are useless.
I always tell people, one has to focus on beating Museveni using his own tricks, it is possible.
We have this corruption campaign, it now Him and Mbabazi against us, so why can’t we take it to the end and see who wins. He says Mbabazi will not leave, and we are saying enough is enough he will leave. Why can we take this fight to the last man before adding on another fight?
Doesn’t KB see that we have a battle ahead of us which we must win at all costs? This economy for a long time has been bad, I’m surprised people are just learning it. But we need that Mbabazi out and we must focus on getting him out and back to Kanungu, if it means him going with Museveni, that is their problem but he must go and let us focus on that for now.
ISAAC BALAMU
UAH FORUMIST IN LONDON
