Tag: NAADS
Mzee asks for people to wake up, again!
"The medicine for poverty is money, enough money" – Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (12.08.2020)
The republic must have been slumbering for 34 years now. The President is saying this again. Insulting his own citizens, who he has represented his whole adult life. Where he is telling them what to do. However, it is a reason why these schemes his promoting isn't working for the general public. If they had worked, it wouldn't be reissued and renamed over the years.
With this in mind, he has steady over the years said his people is sleepy, lazy and eating. They are enjoying the perks, but not working. Today he said the same thing. That they are not participating in work and paid workers. They are informal workers on the outside of the registered work-force. That because of the lack of opportunities and jobs. This is never in question from the President.
Everyone is supposed to be in micro-finance schemes, make things, grow beans and sell blood. There just have to ways to push in a gig economy. That is why the President speaks of Wealth Creation, NAADs, SACCOs and Associations. Instead of development through grander schemes to actually create business opportunities and fiscal growth.
That is why he barks like this:
"According to the a 2014 survey over 68% of the households are sleeping. He urges the youth to wake up and take part in meaningful development and stop sleeping" – Museveni (12.08.2020).
"Youth, please wake up from the sleep that you are in. Let us stop talking without acting. I am a former youth, so whatever you are telling me, I know it very well" – Museveni (12.08.2020).
He has used these rhetoric before. Instead of actually delivering and making opportunities, which brings fruits. Instead, his giving tokens with help of donors. While his not investing proper infrastructure and policies to make a change.
The President blames others, while have not contributed or made anything substantial. That is why its easier to say the citizens, the youth and society isn't acting up. When you as the leaders for over three decades haven't pulled them out. The President knows this, but its easier to blame others, than actually do something about yourself.
The government haven't had the ability to make a difference, in such a regard that most people could get employed. The NRM and the President have had three decades to set-up a stable economy, have policies and measures for natural growth. Instead of ensuring this, he is making small moves and not long-term fiscal stimuli, neither policies to ensure work. This is handing out small pockets of funds, but not something to generate steady growth. Which have been the sort of action made by this government.
Therefore, the President should not call people out for sleeping, but for his inaction and lack of proper policies. This is why they are sleeping. There is no opportunities or chances to get a job. This is something the President knows, but is brushing over.
Sleep is the curse of death, but saying this again and again to the public. Only shows the President is doing a blame-game. Instead of actually delivering a substantial policy and a robust economy. Where the citizens have the option and can join a workforce. However, at this point of time. There is little to none and that's why they are "sleeping". Peace.
Author nilspeacePosted on August 12, 2020 August 12, 2020 Categories Africa, Business, Development, Economy, Governance, Government, Law, Leadership, PoliticsTags Emyooga, GoU, Government of Uganda, NAADS, National Agricultural Advisory Services, National Resistance Movement, NRM, NRM Regime, Operation Wealth Creation, OWC, poverty alleviation programs, President Museveni, SACCOs, Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Yoweri MuseveniLeave a comment on Mzee asks for people to wake up, again!
Opinion: "Pastor" Kasolo's prosperity gospel …
"Some of you think by only praying, you will go to heaven yet God created all of us in His image. If God created us in his image, why are others rich yet you are poor? God will punish you for embarrassing Him by being poor and you will not go to heaven. Those who think they will only go to heaven by being so prayerful should forget it" – State Minister Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo
I have a feeling the State Minister of Microfinance, Haruna Kasolo should become a pastor. The way his singing a gospel. Kenneth Hagin and Kenneth Copeland would be proud of Kasolo utterance lately. Speaking like a flexing preacher.
Kasolo wants so badly to be a TV Pastor, be the likes of Hagin, Copeland and Hinn. That's his emulating them while speaking of the relaunched SACCOs, NAADs and OWC under the umbrella of Emyooga.
Just to explain where I'm coming from, Harvard Divinity School defines it like this:
"The Prosperity Gospel (PG) is a fast-growing theologically conservative movement frequently associated with Pentecostalism, evangelicalism, and charismatic Christianity that emphasizes believers' abilities to transcend poverty and/or illness through devotion and positive confession. The PG is popular among impoverished communities, where at best it is considered to offer the poor a means of imagining and reaching for better lives (at times accompanied by sound financial advice), and at worst is criticized as predatory and manipulative, particularly when churches or pastors require heavy tithing" (Harvard Divinity School – Glossary Terms – The Prosperity Gospel).
I feel Kasolo does the same thing. His following the PG to the Tee. He should open up a church somewhere and become a pastor when his time as Minister is over. The church can be named the Wealth Creation Church (WCC) or the Emooyga Baptist Chuch (EBC).
He has already started his journey. As his preaching the prosperity gospel. That the poor has to sow their seeds and tithing to the congregation. Maybe that way he can keep relevance and have a career.
Just to prove my point, Hagin Ministries wrote this: "Start where you are. Be faithful to obey the Word by paying your tithes and giving offerings. And be obedient to the leading of the Holy Spirit when He directs you specifically to give. You can't out-give God. If you sow seeds bountifully in faith and obedience, you will reap an abundant harvest of blessings!" (Hagin – 'Investing God's Way').
Copeland for instance wrote this: "I lost a job and went broke" they'll say. "That was when the Holy Spirit was finally able to teach me to put God fist in my life. That proves poverty can sometimes be a BLESSING of the LORD". Such statements sound spiritual, but they are plain wrong. Going broke is never a BLESSING. It's a curse" (Kenneth Copeland – 'Project Eden – Filling the earth with the glory of God', September 2011).
When seeing how Hagin and Copeland writes. It is similar to what Kasolo was saying. The PG Teaching isn't new, but when a State Minister uses the same language. You know your selling tricks and schemes. When your using the tricks of false prophets. What sort of policy are you selling?
This is snake-oil salesmanship. Kasolo must be so proud.
So when are you becoming a Pastor or a PG Preacher? That is your next career, I suppose. Peace.
Author nilspeacePosted on July 19, 2020 July 19, 2020 Categories Africa, Business, Development, Economy, Governance, Government, Law, Leadership, PoliticsTags Emyooga, Entandikwa Scheme, Gen. Salim Selah, GoU, Government of Uganda, Haruna Kasolo, Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo, NAADS, NALI, National Agricultural Advisory Services, National Resistance Movement, NRM, NRM Regime, Operation Wealth Creation, OWC, poverty alleviation programs, President Museveni, Rural Micro Finance Project, SACCOs, Salim Selah, Uganda, Youth Livelihood Programme, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Yoweri MuseveniLeave a comment on Opinion: "Pastor" Kasolo's prosperity gospel …
Opinion: "Poverty is your choice" is that the new NRM slogan?
"During the tenure of the NRM government, poverty is by choice. For anyone to remain poor is their choice. How can you say you are still poor yet there are many initiatives introduced by government to alleviate poverty. If you had a restaurant on top of your current job, you would not be so much affected by the pandemic and the resultant lockdown. That is the mindset we are talking about. It is your choice" – State Minister on Microfinance Haruna Kasolo (14.07.2020).
Sometime someone says something really outrageous and insane. State Minister Kasolo is one of them. As he launched the Emyooga, the same Operation Wealth Creation, SACCOs and NAADs poverty alleviation tool the National Resistance Movement (NRM) have used for ages without any results.
It is like changing name on the same thing, but expecting different results. Buying the same sort of players with the same skills and expecting to win the league. You got to pick better, more talented and experienced ones to win a league. However, the NRM just switches a name, relaunching it and calling it the winning formula.
That is why for a government ruling the Republic since 1986. A government that has promised to be middle income country for ages. A party and President promising wealth, jobs and a new industrial revolution. Have certainly not achieved that. When poverty is a choice. The inconvenient, gig-economy and hand-to-mouth. The lack of institutions and policies to change this.
However, blaming it on the citizens, the peasants and the ones suffering in it. That is such a Noble approach. While spreading the news of Emyooga. The bastard child of OWC, the SACCOS and NAADs. The newest Presidential Directive to dodge poverty. If the previous ones didn't work. Don't expect the same tools going to work in 2020.
The Minister can lie to himself. Like he made a choice and dodged the bullet. He bought the bulletproof vest and got away from the suffering. No, he just joined the ruling regime and drank their Kool-Aid.
Instead of inspiring people. The Minister demeaned them. Insulted them and calling them lazy. That they are idle and its their fault they don't have money. Not like its a robust economy or exponential growth in the near future. That overnight the NRM will create the Shangri-la and the Singapore of Africa. No, that is disturbing the eating, kickbacks and general looting of the Movement. This is why the State Minister has to blame someone.
The ones his blaming is the average citizen, the peasant and the ones who are struggling to get by. That is disgraceful. Therefore, is the up-coming slogan for the NRM: "Poverty is your choice". It is maybe not as clinging as Steady Progress, but it cannot be true. When a minister tells that living poorly is choice. No one is choosing that, but that is the reality they are living in. Not by will, but by default. Everyone wants to live with comfort and safety. Not wonder if they are eating the next day. How foolish is the Minister?
His a fool with a title. Peace.
Author nilspeacePosted on July 15, 2020 July 15, 2020 Categories Africa, Business, Development, Governance, Government, Law, Leadership, PoliticsTags Emyooga, Entandikwa Scheme, Gen. Salim Selah, GoU, Government of Uganda, Haruna Kasolo, NAADS, NALI, National Agricultural Advisory Services, National Resistance Movement, NRM, NRM Regime, Operation Wealth Creation, OWC, poverty alleviation programs, President Museveni, Rural Micro Finance Project, SACCOs, Salim Selah, Uganda, Youth Livelihood Programme, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Yoweri MuseveniLeave a comment on Opinion: "Poverty is your choice" is that the new NRM slogan?
Opinion: Emyooga is renaming the same-old government scheme…
"I got pennies for my thoughts, now I'm rich" – 50 Cent on 'Patiently Waiting' (2003)
This Get Rich or Die Tryin' fix of the government isn't working. They have not learned the skill from the G-Unit front-man 50 Cent nor anyone else. This is just following a boring pattern. That the government launches a new Presidential Initiative before the campaign season is also predictable.
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has so many schemes going on. They have used so many different types ways to get people out of poverty. You need a separate dictionary to remember them all. It is a own lingo for government officials and the likes.
The Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) was launched in 1992 in the Republic. The second started with Entandikwa in 1995. When that ended in 2002, they launched National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS). In 2004 they launched Rural Micro Finance Project. In the meantime there been launches of Micro Finances schemes for the public from donors and NGOs. In 2013 there was two new schemes, it was the Youth Livelihood Programme and Operation Wealth Creation (OWC).
So, in June 2019 the President finally promised the magic bullet to end poverty. Now in July 2020 the Presidential Initiative Emyooga, which is a mix of OWC and Job Creation. They are now launching it and doing so ahead of elections. Seemingly, the Office of President through its Residential District Commanders (RDCs), the Office of the Minister of State in charge Microfinance and the Microfinance Support Centre Ltd (MSC). Therefore, we know the Presidents involvement in it. Since they are using these means like OWC. We just know Gen. Salim Selah is part of this too. It wouldn't be in this Republic if he wasn't involved in it.
It is kind of rich that in 2020 they are relaunching the OWC in a suit calling it Emyooga. They are dropping billions of shillings on, as it was fitted into the Monetary Policy Papers for the National Budget of 2020/21.
We know this is a campaign thing. To booster a failing a project of the state. The OWC have already struggled. There been reports of failures with the OWC. The same with service delivery of SACCOs, NAADs and too.
The Emyooga will follow the same procedure as the other ones. A big show for the launch. Promise of funds, eradicate poverty and the nation to a middle income country. However, the lie is that these schemes makes the middle-men rich. A way to eat of the state and not users. The ones getting the tenders, the ones skimming the funds. It always goes that way. Also, makes for good publicity. Even if there is little to no proven results.
That is why, I'm skeptical today. Seen this before, heard the narratives before. This is just buying time. Not building things that are sustainable. A short term money infused into an area. Before leaving to the next. Without any consideration of the windfall, of the moment it runs out or what to do after the short-term spending.
That is why, so many of these schemes haven't worked. There been no long-term plan and if they had. There was no real implementation or will to do so. Because, if they did, it would have costed and would have possibly delivered more. However, that wasn't in the interest of the state nor its stakeholders. Since they need new schemes and new methods to get a kick-back or a pay-off for their duties. Peace.
Author nilspeacePosted on July 8, 2020 July 8, 2020 Categories Africa, Development, Economy, Governance, Government, Law, Leadership, PoliticsTags Emyooga, Entandikwa Scheme, Gen. Salim Selah, GoU, Government of Uganda, NAADS, NALI, National Agricultural Advisory Services, National Resistance Movement, NRM, NRM Regime, Operation Wealth Creation, OWC, poverty alleviation programs, President Museveni, Rural Micro Finance Project, SACCOs, Salim Selah, Uganda, Youth Livelihood Programme, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Yoweri MuseveniLeave a comment on Opinion: Emyooga is renaming the same-old government scheme…
[Disclaimer] 68% needs to wake up in the Republic, apparently!
""In order to produce something you need four things; land which is a natural resource, labour which we have in plenty, capital money and entrepreneurship, the spectacles to see where the opportunity is and turn it into profit. You can't have 68% of the homesteads (eating what they produce) and you think you're an economist. You're just a total failure. Infant mortality rate, how many children are dying when they are still young? Why are they dying? Because they have problems, mainly because of problems of having no money. What does it mean that 68% of the homesteads are outside the money economy? We have a few modern farmers who are part of the 32% and other entrepreneurs. Those will continue but let us wake up this 68%." Museveni said" (URN – '68% of Ugandans are poor because of sleeping – Museveni' 12.08.2019).
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni have just ended his campaign and Wealth Creation Tour after a few months of steadily traveling across the Republic. In the final days of this he was a part of Investment Symposium 2019 in Arua.
What his saying isn't new, he has used this message before, that the public is lazy, that they are not working hard enough. That they are not as hardworking and smart working like himself. Because, everyone should aim for being the photo-copy of the President. That is how you move ahead in the Republic.
That this is an insulting message from someone who had 33 years to make a difference. For someone who has had three decades to change the institutions, state owned enterprises and organisations run by state.
If the President really worked for this, strived to make the finances good and economy booming. He would have delivered that already. His party has reigned supreme, had the majority of Parliament, had a One-Party state for a decade as well. So, if someone should have the ability to get his vision through, it should have been him.
However, spoiler alert. His been working for himself and his wealth. Not the wealth of the public, his using the state as racket. That is why the state gets into debt, while himself and his family is running successful businesses. This is the mere reality, a reality he doesn't touch. As well, as the open laisses faire approach, while only partial subsidizing whatever defunct enterprise that is in the wind.
President Museveni can put the blame on the public. If not he will blame the opposition, the lazy bureaucrats or anyone who doesn't cut it. Because, that is something this man does. Right now he blames the majority of the public. However, he has had 33 years to wake them up and get into the economy. Still, its not like his succeeded or even tried, except with schemes that the Kitchen cabinet have earned funds from.
Therefore, maybe just maybe, Mr. President its your failure, its your lack of policy and will, which is the reason for the people sleepwalking to their inevitable death. You could have done something, but you didn't, that's the fact. Peace.
Author nilspeacePosted on August 13, 2019 August 13, 2019 Categories Africa, Development, Economic Measures, Economy, Ethics, Governance, Government, Law, Leadership, PoliticsTags Gen. Salim Selah, NAADS, National Agricultural Advisory Services, National Resistance Movement, Northern Uganda Resilience Initiative, NRM, NRM Regime, NURI, Operation Wealth Creation, OWC, President Museveni, SACCOs, Salim Selah, Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations, Savings and credit Cooperative Societies, Uganda Peoples Defence Force, UPDF, YLP), Youth Livelihood Programme, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Yoweri MuseveniLeave a comment on [Disclaimer] 68% needs to wake up in the Republic, apparently!
My 2 Cents: On Mzee's final lecture from the OWC Tour!
Well, I am sure we should break down the whole speech, the whole history lesson and look into the madness, the repetitive and usage of facts that is President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in 2019. As the National Resistance Movement (NRM) had the Sole Candidate Endorsement trip across the republic. Since, he needed to show relevance, as his opposition is growing in strength, because of the tiredness of the captivity of the NRA/NRM leadership in the republic.
However, he still has to show relevance, by addressing the colonial time, Idi Amin and even his basic structures. Like he has never written or spoken about it before. It is time for this man to retire either to one of his farms as a cattle keeper or become a honorary history lecture at Makerere University. Because, that suits him more than governing at this point.
Nevertheless, let me drop a few snippets of his recent letter, before addressing it!
First Paragraph:
"Therefore, the Ugandan economy is one of the fastest growing in the World on account of the NRA/UPDF ensuring peace, the NRM ensuring reconciliation and democratic empowerment of the Ugandans, the NRM ensuring macro-economic stability as well as the NRM ensuring some limited infrastructure rehabilitation and development. It would have grown faster if the 6th Parliament had not delayed the construction of Bujagali dam and if we did not have corrupt actors asking for bribes before delivering services or those corrupt officials doing shoddy jobs and inflating costs. The corruption issue, however, is a software issue and not a hardware one. Given our transparent democratic system, the corrupt always get exposed and, on account of our massive educational system, nobody is indispensable" (Yoweri Kaguta Museveni – 'Comment on my just concluded wealth creation countrywide tour' 06.08.2019).
Second Paragraph:
"How do the 68% move forward, following the present campaign? My answer is that there are already four funds for Wealth and Job creation. These are: the Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) Fund; the Women Fund; the Youth Fund; the Micro-finance fund and the Innovation Fund. This is a total of Shs437.2bn. This money has been there every year, in some cases, even since the year 2001 as NAADS money. The complaints are now that, this money is given to the ones "who already have". The have-nots do not get. It is the "haves" that access this support. This cannot be a big problem. The big issue is that the money is there. If the routes through which it is passing have a problem, then we shall get better routes" (Yoweri Kaguta Museveni – 'Comment on my just concluded wealth creation countrywide tour' 06.08.2019).
The President does what he does best. Complain about others and saying they are indispensable. But when is himself so indispensable himself? As everyone else can be changed but not himself? How about that, Mr. Sole Candidate since 1986?
Well, that was the cheap and easy shots at the President and his own reasoning. Let me dig a bit deeper. As when concerning Bujagali dam, the European Investment Bank and the EU didn't want to invest in the dam. There was even sent a complain to the EIB in 2009, but the EU said the project didn't meet its standard for substantial development goals in such investment project. Still, the government pushed for it and even needed refinancing of it 2017. Surely, the expensive project has been a prestige project for the President, while putting blame to other leaders. That is what he does, instead of questioning, why foreigners didn't want to invest in it in the first place.
Lastly, the Ugandan version of democracy isn't that democratic, as there is no level playing field. If your a true opposition you get pinned with charges and spend time in court, even tortured if your a true threat to the Presidency That is why, the rigging, voter tourism and pre-ticked ballots is a steady act of the democratic values of this regime. Therefore, if he believes in his words, his surely deluded.
The last part, which I won't use much time on. But there has been a Parliament report on the OWC and the President haven't followed any of the recommendation from it. Neither, has he ever criticised or critically said anything about Gen. Salim Selah. Well, his part of his family and his kin never does anything wrong. They are legends because of their bloodline. That is why everyone else is indispensable, but his own is not.
So, if the President was serious about changing the OWC, maybe he should look into how the OWC is run by Gen. Salim Selah. But don't expect that. It is cardinal sin to ask for that.
Well, enough of this nonsense. Peace.
Author nilspeacePosted on August 11, 2019 August 11, 2019 Categories Africa, Development, Economy, Election, Ethics, Governance, Government, Law, Leadership, PoliticsTags Gen. Salim Selah, NAADS, National Agricultural Advisory Services, National Resistance Movement, Northern Uganda Resilience Initiative, NRM, NRM Regime, NURI, Operation Wealth Creation, OWC, President Museveni, SACCOs, Salim Selah, Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations, Savings and credit Cooperative Societies, Uganda Peoples Defence Force, UPDF, YLP), Youth Livelihood Programme, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Yoweri MuseveniLeave a comment on My 2 Cents: On Mzee's final lecture from the OWC Tour!
Opinion: Must be boring to fight the same fight for over 3 decades and fail!
"The NRM struggled to usher peace in the country. Peace ignited infrastructure development. The remaining task is wealth creation mobilisation at household level. A person with a reasonable piece of land is able to handle any agricultural practice" – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on the 5th August 2019 in Bundibugyo district
If there is anyone who promotes steady progress, must see the last three months as free-fall and as a weakness. The Museveni Wealth Creation Tour, which needed billions upon billions extra paid for, as he opened municipal roads built on donor funds and other projects, which is minor. But big enough for photo-ops.
The President usually came with the same swagger and talking-points, its sort of the same statements, as the citizens will create wealth on small farming with the usage of the right cash-crops. This has been spread to all sorts of initiatives and state sponsored agricultural benefits. Not that they have worked and have failed, one after another. Just like it was meant to be, than the state launches another one battling rural poverty, another donor funded enterprise and gets seedlings, tractors and whatnot to Gulu/Lira. Two years later, the whole cooperation is dead and the President has to come a revive the dead.
This is happening again and again. He comes with small donations, some insignificant changes, promise challenging different. Blames leaders, the Residential District Commanders, the Opposition politicians and even some of the locals ones get caught in the blender too. Until it makes a badly tasting stew, that he serves with a little bit of ignorance of the actual needs. Because, if he had cared about that, the President would have served that a long time ago.
The state has enough schemes, Operation Wealth Creations, NAADs and SACCOs, but none of these is cutting the chase. They are just not up to it and it seems they are there to create a money laundering operation. Because, the state is never up to it and seems to be keen to deliver. They don't have the needed expertise, the allocations in time or even ordering the right type of crop for the right soil/climate or historical production in that area. It seems something fails, neither the hook or by the crook.
Therefore, it must be boring to scream the same message, that he has spoken of for 3 decades, the message and the promise of greener pasture. The promise, that if you follow me and plant these green seeds, your will grow profits. You grandchildren will eat and they will be able to sell. But we have seen how the state functions.
As the state supported the Soroti Fruit Factory, however, the local farmers produced the right type of fruits, but the factory couldn't handle the amount and the fruits got wasted. Therefore, the state cannot manage to deliver or even compensate the lost investments of the farmers. Still, he comes around like a King and promises golden roads to heaven. If you follows him.
The same message, that if you grow the right thing as he says, it will pay off. That is his way of fighting poverty. Not educating their kids, not enlighten them with knowledge or skills for the future. No, plant the right type of coffee or sorghum and vote the NRM. This is what the President has spoken of, again and again.
It must be so sad. So brilliantly waste of time. That he speaks of the same, promise the same deliverance from poverty. Pledges the same sort of stories and with the same punchline. And don't see the foolishness of it. That he has failed, time and time again. The President has had 33 years to fix this. Still, he hasn't achieved it. His fighting the same fight, as he started in the Bush.
Clearly, the President haven't managed, haven't been as visionary or carefully crafting the ministries, the districts, the sub-counties and the agricultural welfare, to be able to follow up, upon the message that he spread since the inception of the NRA. The man of the mustard seed, the man who could conclusively state all the ills of the leadership in Africa. Has clearly lost his touch, his supposed brilliance and uniqueness.
Since, he got to recycle, got to go in circle and never ever win. He has got to use the same methods, the same sort of fight and not winning. Surely, his failed and a giant failure. The peasants are still peasants, they are not middle-class, they cannot afford Benz's and Lexus, they can barely afford millet and matooki. That is how it is. Utter total failure of policy, of implementation and revision of it.
That can be said, because his track-record says so. If it was working so well, why would he bring the same remedy and same message all-over again? Peace.
Author nilspeacePosted on August 7, 2019 August 7, 2019 Categories Africa, Agriculture, Aid, Development, Economy, Governance, Government, Leadership, PoliticsTags Entandikwa Scheme, Gen. Salim Selah, GoU, Government of Uganda, NAADS, NALI, National Agricultural Advisory Services, National Development Plan, National Development Plan II, National Resistance Movement, NRM, NRM Manifesto Week, NRM Manifesto Week 2019, NRM Regime, Operation Wealth Creation, poverty alleviation programs, President Museveni, Rural Micro Finance Project, SACCOs, Uganda, Vision 2020, Youth Livelihood Programme, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Yoweri MuseveniLeave a comment on Opinion: Must be boring to fight the same fight for over 3 decades and fail!
Miseducation of Yoweri: An insincere backslap by the President
"'I became a soldier not to acquire a profession, but because of the bad situation that existed in my country. I saw no reason why anyone should terrorize me with a gun, so I learned to use the gun and used it to immobilize the terrorist. Neither would I describe myself as a politician. I believe every Ugandan should be involved in politics in order not to be manipulated by clever people who call themselves politicians. I entered the sphere of political leadership in order to help eliminate manipulation from politics in my country" – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (from a biography published by Uganda Investment Authority during 1994).
Here we go again. Another day, another backfiring quote from the fountain of honour. From the commander-in-chief and His Excellency President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. It is like his forgotten himself and his own political career. Even in the midst of the bushwar, as journalists and such was following his trail in Luweero. Even then he spoke of economically liberating the peasants. Something, that sticks to me. Because this is his legacy, that he was supposed to deliver together with the 10 point programme.
Still in his bright mind, he speaks like this:
"A serious person does not mix politics with the livelihood of the people, all leaders irrespective of their political inclination should go back to the people and awaken them to kick poverty out of their homes" – President Museveni on the 1st August in Kasese District (Daily Monitor – 'Do not politicise poverty, Museveni tells Opposition groups' 02.08.2019).
As we see, without further delay, he himself have not awaken people, he has had 33 years and counting to do so. The President has spoken viciously about this since the early 1980s and still not configured the details. Therefore, he doesn't want others to intervene, because he lack control and leadership to figure it out himself.
That is why its ironic, that he said this 21 years earlier:
"What needs to be done is to educate these people, have them understand how to develop their economies in their own humble way. The people need to be politically educated to understand abuse by their governments" President Museveni at the Addis Forum on the 8th March 1998.
So, he has kept his same message, the Freedom Fighter, that was supposed to lecture and educate the public out of poverty. The man who was supposed to change, a fundamental change if you may, the correct line, the one vision out of financial distress. Still, this man has not been able or tried to do so.
Since, were in 2019 and he blames others for not doing it well. He blames the other leaders, not himself. Who has been at the helm and had all the opportunities in the world to make a difference and actually change things. Still, he hasn't, because that hasn't been his main concern. That he has pushed to the donors, the NGOs and whoever who could cover his basics. Not that he needed to look into it. If he did, then it would be a scheme where he get rich and his patronage too.
Therefore, he should start to educate himself, finds way out of the maze and not put blame on others; as his own record of accomplishment isn't that brilliant. Peace.
Author nilspeacePosted on August 2, 2019 August 2, 2019 Categories Africa, Aid, Development, Economy, Education, Ethics, Governance, Government, Law, Leadership, PoliticsTags Edward Ssekandi, Entandikwa Scheme, Gen. Salim Selah, GoU, Government of Uganda, Museveni, NAADS, NALI, National Agricultural Advisory Services, National Development Plan, National Development Plan II, National Resistance Movement, NRM, NRM Regime, Operation Wealth Creation, poverty alleviation programs, President Museveni, President Yoweri Museveni, Rural Micro Finance Project, SACCOs, Uganda, Vision 2020, Youth Livelihood Programme, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Yoweri MuseveniLeave a comment on Miseducation of Yoweri: An insincere backslap by the President
Opinion: [Shootdown] Museveni's new magic bullet to beat poverty!
"Museveni made the remarks yesterday Sunday while delivering his speech during the 30th Heroes Day commemorations held at Kasanje War Memorial Grounds in Wakiso district. He noted that the new program is set to be unveiled during the national budget reading session on June 13. Museveni explained that although there are many several other poverty alleviation programs running across the country, the new program will finally offer the magic bullet to get out of poverty" (URN – 'Gov't to introduce another poverty alleviation program' 10.06.2019).
In the Republic there been many schemes to stop the rampant poverty in Uganda. However, for some reason none of them is working. There sometimes so many going on at the same time, you could think it was a public enterprise to get foreign funding to allocate funds for the projects.
In 1995 the state Entandikwa Scheme launched it and by 2002. The state then introduced the Rural Micro Finance Project was launched instead in 2004. This was not the final one of these, even if the Micro Finances are still viable, but not the main stay.
In next step was the National Development Plan again lasted between 2010/11 – 2014/15 and the Poverty-Environment Initiative. This has been extended by the National Development Plan II (NDP II), which has a lasting period from 2015/16- 2019/2020 and still succeeding to this day.
However, as you would be thinking this is enough? Well, the same state has launched National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) was launched as a scheme in 2002. The Youth Livelihood Programme was launched in 2013. Operation Wealth Creation was launched in 2013. All of these things was created for the same reason, to end poverty. Surely there are plenty more programmes, schemes and tricks of the trade to end poverty. Still, the government have not able to fix the issue.
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) have launched all of these and apparently the President haven't delivered on this promise. That is why the President again launches a new trick of the trade. This here is just the new way they are trying to sell the end of poverty.
The NRM have tried this their way since the beginning of its reign. President Museveni have clearly tried and not succeeded.
This new scheme is surely just a way for his closest associates to eat. They just need to be revitalized and amended to fit the donors paradigm and the whatever they can reconfigure the budgets.
Museveni is shooting in the dark, his shooting fish in the barrel, he finally has the answer to the magic bullet that shoot JFK in Houston. Because, there is more likely finding the solution of that, than actually solving the issues around poverty. The second reason is that as long as the public and citizens stays poor. They will need aid and foreign donors. Therefore, the President will use all methods and schemes to beat it, but never get results.
That is why this newest scheme will end up like all the other ones. This President has found a new way to get funds, just another trick of his trade. That is what he does, Gen. Salim Selah will surely be involved in this one too. Just like he has done in the past. That is how this is ending. Don't be shocked or surprised.
The President and NRM had 33 years to be able to do this. They have created all of these methods, but they are never working. That is why I don't believe this one will do the cut either. Because there is no general will by the authorities to actually get rid of it. They want initially to keep people poor, to be able to get "free" money from the donors and not have to do their job as a government. Peace.
Author nilspeacePosted on June 11, 2019 June 11, 2019 Categories Africa, Aid, Development, Economic Measures, Economy, Ethics, Governance, Government, Law, Leadership, PoliticsTags Entandikwa Scheme, Gen. Salim Selah, GoU, Government of Uganda, NAADS, NALI, National Agricultural Advisory Services, National Development Plan, National Development Plan II, National Resistance Movement, NRM, NRM Manifesto Week, NRM Manifesto Week 2019, NRM Regime, Operation Wealth Creation, poverty alleviation programs, President Museveni, Rural Micro Finance Project, SACCOs, Uganda, Vision 2020, Youth Livelihood Programme, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Yoweri MuseveniLeave a comment on Opinion: [Shootdown] Museveni's new magic bullet to beat poverty!
Opinion: The OWC is a total failure, no regional coordinators can save it!
Well, it had to come to this, that the President Yoweri Kagtua Museveni knows that the Uganda Peoples Defence Force (UPDF) infused Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) is failing. As the previously Parliament Report has said too. That is why its ironic that the President is using more and more funds on promoting it. Because, it is clearly failing because of lack of implementation and coordination.
The OWC is run by his Gen. Salim Selah and his associates are eating of this plate. That is well-known. To say otherwise is to be blind to the fact and the usage of this is to gain more funds out the state coffers. It isn't only to supposedly elevate the rural farmers and their cash-crops. Because, if it was so, the OWC would have worked already.
The OWC with a few coordinators will only be more patronage. As the OWC which is run by the army, should gotten help and implementation from the Residential District Commanders. As their duty is to progress the works of the government, which happens to be the OWC, National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), Savings and Credit Co-Operative Society (SACCOs), Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP), Northern Uganda Resilience Initiative (NURI) and whatever else the President see fit.
We can act a fool and celebrate that a few more brothers get a job, but the reality it is a shit-show and the results are in the pudding. We can act like its a good idea, but it seems only to fix more cronies of the President, than actually make a difference. If it had, the OWC and the other funding schemes would work for the public.
We know already the OWC is not able to find the right seedlings, deliver them on time or to the proper district. Therefore, the spending on the OWC is already exaggerated and excessive. That is why the act of getting coordinators is more a front, than actually changing it. If the OWC was serious, the OWC organization would have implemented some of the advice giving in the Parliament Report of 2018. However, that never appeared, because than the President have to discredit Salim Selah and that's not happening.
The reality is that the OWC cannot be fixed, not because its impossible. But as long as these power structures are there, it will most likely amount to nothing. Since that is how it is. President Museveni knows this and is the aide in charge for keeping it. He knows that these coordinators will not amount to much. Just like the RDCs are not acting up as per request of the President, if they have even gotten the memo from him. They will be blasted in a campaign rally and used as pawns in need.
It is weird that the OWC are in thes issues, that funds getting missed, lack of coordination and logistics, that such a vital part of National Resistance Movement (NRM) Government Programme. This programme is the promoted and favourable theme for the campaigns done in all of May 2019. That is why the programme should be the perfect window of what the NRM has done in power. Instead, the programme shows the lack of governance and the misuse of state funds. The NRM should focus on something they have actually achieved and made changes with. As they are amending and twisting the OWC to make it seem successful, even when it isn't.
The President should look to other ways if his serious about reforms, about progress or wanting to make a difference. But this scheme isn't for that, it is to enriching his cronies and ensuring that the patronage has an avenue for wealth. If it was differently, than the state would have made sufficient changes to actually get the farmers to yield more out of their investments. Alas, that is not happening.
No coordinators will make the needed push for the OWC. The OWC will be messed up as long as the patronage gets to control it, the coordinators is just an extended hand to be fed by it. Not make work. Peace.
Author nilspeacePosted on June 2, 2019 June 2, 2019 Categories Africa, Agriculture, Development, Economy, Ethics, Governance, Government, Law, Leadership, PoliticsTags Gen. Salim Selah, NAADS, National Agricultural Advisory Services, National Resistance Movement, Northern Uganda Resilience Initiative, NRM, NRM Regime, NURI, Operation Wealth Creation, OWC, President Museveni, SACCOs, Salim Selah, Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations, Savings and credit Cooperative Societies, Uganda Peoples Defence Force, UPDF, YLP), Youth Livelihood Programme, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Yoweri MuseveniLeave a comment on Opinion: The OWC is a total failure, no regional coordinators can save it!