It is not late to discuss the Transition Question



The transition question has always been read as referring to one person, Museveni and NRM a thing that has silenced discussion on the same. Transition, peaceful transition that is, embeds the entire country and as such, every Ugandan has to think, discuss, debate and opine about it. The most critical facet of democracy is change, and change that is peaceful and unfortunately for Uganda, change has always been viewed in the negative thus the "No Change" slogans have always filled the air. However, transition is not about an individual, it is about a system; that is why we talk about restoring term limits as one of the avenue of preparing or embracing peaceful transition. Term limits are not and should not be seen as targeted to an individual but rather to reform the system. Those who repealed the term limits were perhaps looking an individual and their own selfish gains!

Why cant we talk about the next president after Museveni, the next "Governing" party, the next IGP and as such prepare others to take on leadership? Why is it almost criminal to talk about change of government? If we are still a democratic country; then the debate and discussion on transition should be normal. It is normal and democratic for the nationals to discuss the future of their county since they are responsible in determining how and when new governments come into place.
Unfortunately, those who are passionate and care for their country are labelled as the "Enemies of the people!"

It is high time we all focused on the future of Uganda, clear the path for transition by preparing the leaders that we would want to see steer this country into the right direction as it is always inevitable for change to happen.


Michael Aboneka Jr

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