Pure Good Governance

Pure Good Governance: This why contenders should invest a lot more in re... : There is a general assertion that the Ugandan electorate is feeble when it comes to discussing real policy issues especia...

There is a general assertion that the Ugandan electorate is feeble when it comes to discussing real policy issues especially during political campaigns.  Candidates vying for various positions normally take advantage of this inherent supposition to churn out campaign content which is less on policy issues but high on sensationalism and spot-on when it comes to posturing personality over politics.  However, if the above presumption is anything to go by, then it may be somewhat inconsistent with (again) the much-peddled narrative that Ugandans have in previous elections ‘voted’ for those candidates who have consistently sold security as their main campaign platform.   Whatever the case may be, the truth remains, the rhetoric of previous political campaigns has been very light on real issues affecting Ugandans.  I use the word ‘rhetoric’ precisely to stress the point that many times there is always a glaring disconnect between what is contained in...

I have come to the conclusion that the running court-based contestations around the Kampala Mayor and his legitimacy (or the lack of it) to occupy the Mayor’s office are neither issues of a legal nor an administrative nature but simply political machinations with clearly calculated moves that are well designed to deliver a certain premeditated outcome. Over the last one year, the Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago has strove to hold on to his Mayoral turf amidst various waves of political and legal turbulence.  Between being removed from the office on disputed administrative grounds on 25 th November 2013, the mayor has regained and lost the same office through unrelenting court battles countless times – including regaining the office for barely three hours sometime late last year.    The most recent court manoeuvres involved a panel of five judges of the Supreme Court, ruling that Lukwago waits to return to KCCA until the Court of Appeal hears the matter involving him...