In thought of the future, the general election of 2021 always floats with blur...
What will happen then, how many state politicians and security will be there then.Will the god father have his strongest allies by his side. How will the feel of the pending elections makes us. Will we be waiting anxiously on who our next president will be, or we will know that voting would not suffice change for us?
I wonder what the ballot system will be like, will we vote electronically like the passports we will have then? Or we will stand in cue and cast our paper ballots.
Will we count one paper vote at a time or they will be electronically tallied...I wonder.
Will our politicians still be promising us safe birth and hospital care for mothers? Will we be promised roads and fly overs on our own taxes? I still wonder.
Will the electoral commission be the one chosen by the powers that be, will there be an amendment in the electoral laws and by laws. Will we have some radical new face to the electoral system of our land or it will be the same?
The people that matter, the voters, will they be still taking bribe of sugar and soap or they will have elevated to holding their leaders accountable when they come to ask for their votes. Will they allow their own money to be given to them, without doing its purpose thereof?
Will the people be willing to trust the ballot system yet again, will they check their names in the register and confirm their polling stations? Will they vote?
The security forces, will they come out in angry battalion gear or they will go to their respective polling stations and vote too. Will the red top be participating or standing by with their guns? Will there be an order to arrest opposition big wigs or they will let them vote peacefully?
In thought of the future, my head runs wild but in hope I carry on that the experiences of the past, the blood shed , the rigging, the military forces, the police brutality will be an experience of the past for a tired Ugandan like myself.
