Aboneka Writes

The relations between Uganda and Rwanda have in the recent past been sour with several accusations and counter-accusations flying the air by both Countries. Rwanda closed its Boarder late February citing many reasons among which it accused Uganda of illegal arrests, torture and deportation of their citizens. The close off of the boarder not only affected Ugandan traders but also Rwandan Citizens who were not allowed to cross to Uganda for "their own safety." We saw stories of students who missed classes, Rwandan citizens arrested for attempting to buy food across the boarder and the situation still remains ugly. The two countries may have issues, but to what extent should its citizens suffer? Both Countries are members of the East Africa Community and as a matter of fact, Uganda has just recently passed on the chairmanship to Rwanda! It is clear that both Ugandans and Rwandans are not at war-neither are they involved in any acute conflicts-for they share a lot in common an

The debate on the removal of the age limit exposed Uganda as one which does not tolerate dissenting views on any matter by the manner in which the NRM, police and other militia chastised those who held dissenting views on the matter while protecting those in support. Uganda is a democratic Country (or supposed to be) and this means that certain rights are non-negotiable. Our dear constitution gives us the right to express our opinions on any subject and further enjoins citizens to participate in the affairs of government individually or in association with others especially on how they should be governed. As we near the 2021 elections, the ghosts are back! It is wrong to assume that only one party has a right to speak over the others and that anyone else with a contrary view is an enemy of the state. In any democracy, critique is healthy as it tends to see deeper what would otherwise been neglected. There have been several debates going on such as the specialized Lubowa Hospit

Six Districts were created and became operational 1st July 2018 and these include Nabilatuk, Bugweri, Kasanda, Kwania, Kapelebyong and Kikuube. The Government made a case for the creation of these districts and that they were ready to operationalize them which has not been the issue. Much as I am against the creation of more administrative units because of their huge budgets-it costs about 139 Billion to set up a fully functional district; I am perplexed that even the ones Government has created it cannot run them. The bigger question is why does Government always want to rush to create these districts even when there is no money to run them? I am not sure how many districts have a district Service Commission as mandated by Article 198 of our Constitution or how many even have a veterinary and land valuer! It is fetching water in a basket to continue creating new administrative districts yet we cannot even service fully the ones we have! Article 78 (b) of the Constitution provides th