Is the multiparty political system progressing in Uganda?
Multiparty democracy does not grow wildly. It needs to be constructed intentionally. Ours is disappointing because there are internal factors within political parties and external factors in the environment that have paralysed progress. External factors are imposed due to the repressive tendencies by the NRM. Internally, the arena for free debate is also shrinking. What should normally be a healthy debate degenerates into crude name calling and often leads to a purge of dissenters. You cannot have democracy without democrats. This is comparable to what happened after independence. Freedom fighters became dictators. The anti-colonial vehicles became instruments of repression. There is need for deep soul-searching within political parties.
