Why has representative democracy failed in Uganda/Kenya?
Uganda has so far failed to find a formula whereby its citizens can live together in civic peace and build up some prosperity. It is not that representative democracy has failed, it is that we have failed to establish a playing field upon which democracy can be successfully executed. All of our governments since 1966 have been based upon an ethnic minority’s domination of the army. Federalism is not the only solution being considered, some ardently believe that we have actually got it right with our existing one-party state, others believe that the multiparty formula that existed in 1966-69 and 1980-85 is an already proven solution. If you have some knowledge of Ugandan history you will recognize that these arguments have one big hole, they pretend that ethnic friction does not exist and did not exist as a major problem in Ugandan politics.
