Aboneka Writes

I am disheartened that the President, fountain of honour can publicly blame break down of bridges, roads, health centers, absence of electricity on Opposition and painfully to the citizens who exercised their right to vote. This has been continuous especially in areas where the MP is not from the NRM. For a head of state to blame Ugandans for voting their choice of candidates is not only improper but abuse of their right. Further, the president knows well that the roles of MPs are not to construct hospitals, roads or extend power lines as this is solely the mandate of government and it is defeating to hear the presidentt shift this to area MP. It is also nonreligious to hold citizens for ransom and deny them services simply because they did not vote an NRM candidate! In a recent scenario while commission a road in Bukomansibi, the president regretted having given residents of Bukomansibi a district simply because they voted opposition MPs. This is wrong and undesirable.The citize

Politics is the way society is organized and managed, a system of governance which entails having leaders on one side and subjects (citizens/voters) on the other side. According to Philip Wogaman in his book Christian perspectives on politics, he writes this about politics; “Politics is basic to the definition of crime and the determination of how it will be punished, it affects the degree to which people will be free to speak, to write, to worship. It also defines who will be accepted as members of community and who will be placed at the margins. It seriously influences the rearing of children by determining the circumstances of family life and establishing much of the subject matter of their education.” From this extract, it is clear that politics plays an important role in organizing society, managing it and also formulate principles on which relationships shall hinge on. Religion on the other hand is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power; it is also a co

On January 15th 2015, citizens across the globe gathered to launch Action 2015 as a marker to world leaders to deliver ambitious agreements to tackle poverty, inequality and climate change. In Uganda, the launch was organised by Civil Society organisations under the leadership of the Uganda National NGO Forum-an independent platform for NGOs in Uganda. With calm heavens, the launch was sparked off by a public march sandwiched with a melodious band and young skaters-15 years of age and below all clad in orange t-shirts with messages such as "Leave No one Behind", "I am Uganda, I am Africa, I am #Action 2015", " I am for Sustainable Development" among others The public march attracted enormous gatherings marching from Buganda road,to Bombo road, joining Kampala road and back to Buganda road with various young people reaching out to the masses with information about #Action2015, with skaters performing their giggs throwing the crowd into light moods-all