The dichotomy of Colonialism & African development!

If the leaders that lead Africa to independence had pursued a non xenophobic leadership approach and maintained arm's length partnerships with the expatriates from all over the world (who, despite some misgivings, the colonial governments used to establish the infrastructure that Africa still relies on even to this day), Africa's woes wouldn't be so dire.

The USA is the greatest nation in the world today, largely because it accepts people with talent and ingenuity from all over the world. Historical figures like Albert Einstein, Louis Armstrong, Martin Luther King Jr., president Barack Obama, and many others including Ngugi wa Thiong'o illustrate the benefits of America's tolerance for foreigners.

On to the questions regarding why there is no African corporations or armies in the west, the answer is simply: Africa does not yet have the capacity for such endeavors! Besides, African governments also never had friendly environments for corporations to form. As to the NATO intervention in Libya, it was a UN mandate, which the majority of Libyans supported and without which Gaddafi's dictatorship would still be in place.

And thank havens we never had an African government led by the likes of Kwame Nkruma let alone Robert Mugabe!

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Bukenya May be God's Saint Paul to Uganda!

Uganda is caught up in a perpetual paternalistic political quagmire, in which there is really no innocent political choice. And we are all responsible for it in one way or another. Ugandans can demonize Dr. Bukenya as many are doing so far but that's a sure guarantee that M7 will win in 2016; or they can coalesce behind the most expierinced but less than perfect Bukenya that may actually turn out to be God's Apostle Paul to Uganda's sane political future.

And here is why:

Paul the Apostle is generally considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age and one of the greatest religious leaders of all time without whom, Christianity would not be what it is today.

And yet, before his conversion, Paul, then known as Saul, was a "zealous" Pharisee who "intensely persecuted" the followers of Jesus.

The Conversion of Paul, in spite of his attempts to completely eradicate Christianity, is seen as evidence of the power of Divine Grace, with "no fall so deep that grace cannot descend to it and no height so lofty that grace cannot lift the sinner to it. It also demonstrates God's power to use everything, even the hostile persecutor, to achieve the divine purpose.

The best antidote to M7's overextended incumbency advantage is someone whose experience in leadership office M7 will be had pressed to malign!

Paul the Apostle

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Dr. Bukenya deserves a Chance!

It takes courage for such a senior and staunch follower of M7 to break ranks with the status quo! Bukenya's action, by itself says volumes about this man.

NO BODY IS PERFECT!

So is former president Bill Clinton! Even Obama himself, smoked pot in his youth!

If Bukenya is given a chance he is more likely to bring along other NRM stalwarts that will otherwise hang with M7.

Baganda are once again throwing another of their own under the bus for the sake of petty grudges and political expediency as they did with the late Ben Kiwanuka.

Bukenya is the best among Uganda's bad choices at the moment. He is the most viable with all his years as vice president, which will make it more likely for him to break the paradigm of M7's hegemony than any of the other choices; if Ugandans can unite behind him.

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Bukenya is a glimmer of light under the tunnel of M7's hegemony in Uganda!

The irony of professor Gilbert Bukenya's challenge to M7 is that Bukenya was one of the various Vice Presidents M7 has hand picked over the course of his perpetual 27 years in power.

Which begs the question, what took the former VP so long to realize the emperor has been running around with no clothes on?

This is either the smartest political scheme, the NRM has devised to cling to power or M7's hegemony is finally bearing the weight of his overextended stay in power!

As a challenger, professor Bukenya has considerable experience and knowledge not only of M7's government but also an insider knowledge of M7's strength & weaknesses!

M7 will be hard pressed to patronize Bukenya the way he decimated Otunnu in the 2011 campaign by accusing the distinguished former UN ambassador of staying outside the country while he, M7, was liberating the country.

The saddest legacy of M7's overextended stay in power is the bankrupting effect it has had on Uganda's capacity for leadership talent.

How can a nation of over thirty million people lack the capacity to come up with smart and able leadership talent to challenge M7's 30 year uninterrupted stay in power, in a democracy?

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