Is Uganda ready for Federalism?
The answer to the question is YES. Federalism calls for a more radical examination of governance in Uganda. We seek to re-assure those that federalism in Uganda will and should not mean the disappearance of Uganda as a nation. To borrow from finance, all we are saying is that benefits from parts [states] will be greater than benefits of the whole [unitary]. Mr. Lungabo got it wrong when he claimed that federalism is tantamount to the disintegration of Uganda. Division of powers among states should not be seen as destroying Uganda. Uganda as a country is going nowhere, just the way Ugandans will be governed is what federalism seeks to change. Our role here as federalists is to allay the fears of those diehard unitarists that about change. Changes are not easy but Ugandans should be ready to embrace a combination of the traditional with the modern. Mr. Lungabo cites the EU, where different countries [some federal, other unitary] are coming together to form a union. In a federal Uganda, d
