“We should have kept the 1990 RC system (Resistance Council System) with a national council of elders elected by the various ethnic groups to decide who should be president for the next 4-5 years.”
What is your take on this proposition made on 16th January 2016, by Stan Burkey, now rested, in comment to my analysis of the power imbalance in 10th Parliament?
This is a question I should have asked myself 20 years ago and then again 10 years ago. And should have been more proactive in encouraging others civically minded to debate it and make practical propositions.
Why does wisdom that would ensure better representation of all of us citizens continue to elude us?
A system in which all the 64 indigenous communities of Uganda as at 1st February 1926, as recognized in the Constitution, feel and are genuinely represented.
From the 10th Parliament onwards, it seems the power imbalance in Parliament and in the Local Councils increases in favor of the ruling party, the National Resistance. Numerically, certainly it is the case. Qualitatively, it is debatable.
How may we rate the qualitative performance of Speakers of Parliament and of Local Councils; and the Leaders of Opposition?
Are ‘the opposition’ numerically few, but qualitatively strong?
Are ‘the opposition’ numerically few, and qualitatively weak as well?
How would you rate the composition of the 12th Parliament so far?
What may be done so it is more attuned to its constitutional role; and that it delivers its legislative mandate for the public good and the good of the people?
Genuinely reaching closer to the ideal of government of the people by the people. How may we get there?
the Humanist view 
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