Liberalism, Devolution And Consumerism Under President Museveni In Uganda: A Road Reserve Mentality
Prosperity & Strategic security of our people are some of the key things that drove me into politics. We must ask the question; how can our people prosper? Leaders must attend to the issue of their people's prosperity, irrespective of the number of transitions a country has. Source: https://twitter.com/KagutaMuseveni Those who are quick to blame President Museveni for all the ills in Uganda do not factor in two things: that Uganda still needs a culture of transparency to be built at all governance levels and that this will require all Ugandans to participate in governance and not think Museveni can go it single-handedly. Secondly, the forces of free-market capitalism and democracy were not necessarily on the agenda when President Museveni took the reins of power in 1986 after the Bush war. So, the mindset, then as is now, was not prepared to negotiate and strike win-win deals . Modern state: The zealousness to set in motion priorities that included imp...