Here's one reason why we should decriminalise the word "Change" in Uganda's politics
Each professional field will always have its lingua. In the civil society field where I am from, you will most probably find words such as “grassroots” commonly used. These may however not be as common as you will find “methodology” in research or phrases like, “story angle” in the media circles. Over a decade or two ago, political sloganeering in Uganda was heavily punctuated with various expressions, which at the center carried the word “change”. In the 1996 election, the “we want change” camp battled with the “no change team” and the “no change” took the day. While “change” was used to describe affection or the lack of it towards certain political ideas, today it has become one of the most detested words in Uganda’s politics. Talk of stigmatization. The word “change” has been strongly stigmatized. Political, social and economic banter that has single or repetitive reference to “change” will be gauged and treated to the petty political p...