Electoral reforms come so timely,If we can push for them,then we can be sure that there is a step forward into insisting on Constitutionalism.
The whole country needs to gear up for the urgency in the need for electoral reforms.We need a clean voter registry,without ghost voters to say,an independent electoral commission, Set rules on by-elections. Standard guidelines on media coverage. We need for demilitarization of the electoral process among other demanding reforms.In the midst of that struggle,we also are in the fight for a revision on the provisions of the NGO bill(can someone get it for me) We need to recognize that thinking of a way to turn NGOs into apolitical bodies by making the environment of operation hard is self defeating in itself.For a long time,the Country has found itself at the help of these very NGOs. Stifling their work environment is as shooting off the hand the feeds the home.We then question the people behind the bill. Are we afraid the Order Management Law is not enough? Are in fear that NGOs have a strong bearing on the political atmosphere of the day? Or there are big sacks similar to the ones given every time a trivial bill is turned into to law? Or even still,it is a time to cause a little distraction while some shady work is being done in the background.
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| Opposition leaders making a case at the parliament for electoral reforms in Uganda |
Whatever it is a bill as such is bound to cause a lot of ground loss for the stability of all stake holders. It impinges on a lot of NGO work that has for so long helped bridge gaps that the government cannot fill.But anyway,when a state is changing into a full autocracy,it is in times like these that the people's voice matters.That the brave stand and speak for change.Wherever you are...Writers should write for change,Poets should rhyme for changes,Farmers should raise their hoes high for change,Mothers should teach their children of change,No matter who you are or what you do to live...In the name of whatever you believe in...Your voice to our demise will make a step forward to liberty.We are in search of a better fundamental change...not left in words but in our actions...in deed we look to shift our Motherland into a Nation of pride.The struggle is on.#Electoral Reforms#NGO Bill#Autocracy Strategies.
| Dr. Livingstone Sewanyana presenting a case for the NGOs in one of the parliamentary committees |
