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Internal Party Democracy is critical ahead of Uganda's 2016 elections

We live in a business world today, where the concept of competition has gained a lot of prominence.   Entrepreneurs are cutting their teeth in matching the competitors in their space.   And because of this environment, creativity, innovation, invention, name it are becoming so staple in today’s business world.   The doctrines of business that were once confined to the economic society have gradually spread into the social and political drapery.   Attempts to be democratic or appear to be democratic in many societies have further exhilarated the spirit of political competition – painting politics as a field exclusive to only those able to withstand the “heat”.   Political competition in itself is not bad and therefore we shouldn’t groan under the strain of competitive politics but rather sanitize that competition to ensure that every member of society feels confident and respected to participate in politics both at a political party level and at the national level. Today, the focu