In Uganda today, some members of the historical members of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) who actively risked their lives and participated in the five year struggle to liberate the country are up in arms to finish one another. The reason is that one of the most feared and flamboyant Minister of security Hon Amama Mbabazi is rumored to have failed to advised government while it was buying his land in one of Kampala’s out skirts. (Kampala is Uganda’s capital city)
It is my same Uganda where 10 years ago, a retired Col Dr Kizza Besigye disagreed with his Commander in Chief and President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on how to lead Uganda. The rest is history.
Lets go to South Africa, Its no longer news that the African National Congress (ANC) a ruling party in South Africa requested by force H:E Thambo Mbeki to resign. The reason was out of court’s ruling that Mbeki he had a hand in the corruption cases against Party President Jacob Zuma.
As much as Zuma came out winner in the ANC polls ahead of Mbeki, this means that Mbeki now has to also make an appointment to meet Zuma if by God’s grace he makes it to Presidency cone next year. You are also aware how big wing ministers are contemplating resigning to follow their boss Mbeki.
In Rwanda, Some members of the ruling Rwanda’s Patriotic Front (RPF) have come up to challenge the out come of the election that was held not more than a months ago. It’s the same Rwanda where we saw the worst genocide ever in the history of Africa in 1994 between the Hutus’ and Tutsi’s.
Every body knows what happened in my neighbour state Kenya where two brothers President Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga had also locked up horns in disagreement of who had won elections. The out come was for newspapers to splash on their front pages the dead bodies of innocent Kenyan’s as a result of the disagreement.
I don’t want to write about Somalia’s internal problem of wars lords and insecurity and the conflict between President Isayas Afewerike of Eritrea and President Meris Zenawi of Ethiopia whose disagreement stems from a border dispute.
In Zimbabwe, people are still nursing wounds sustained from the election violence between President Mugabe and Morgan Shangrai.
Ministers in Tanzania who are members of the Chama Chamapenduzi, a leading political party also resigned some time back to pave way for investigations because of the alleged participation in corruption related deals.
My friends in Nigeria can tell you the purported resignation of President Yaradua and many more on the African continent not forgetting the persistent internal wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo. General Nkunda and Bemba’s war history in Congo. The assassination of President Laurent Desire Kabila (Kabila Senior) and much more in Congo
The persistent increasing death of poor Africans in the Darfur region in Sudan
My question is where is Africa heading?
Lauben
Uganda
2 responses so far ↓
1 khaled kamal // Sep 24, 2008 at 3:31 pm
what do you think wos the best solution for Mbeki? do you think it was fare to MR. mbeki . according to my own oppinion i yhink south africa is done. what do you think. answer me back please
2 Lauben Matsiko // Sep 25, 2008 at 8:08 am
Kamal,
Thank you for your response, In the first place in Africa, leaders hate with a passion who ever is showing interest in their top most jobs. Look around the whole of Africa, from South to North from East to West, look at personalities who have shown interests in contesting for the top most office. The sitting Presidents have always labeled them “rebels” if not holding them in the coolers for some time.
Examples can be drawn from my own country Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ethiopia, Sudan and South Africa.
Now, to your question, In Uganda we have a proverb that a chicken bites what its ready to shallow therefore to me Mbeki tried biting what he could not swallow and it ended up chocking him. Mbeki bit what he could not swallow by trying to bring down the President of ANC.
Now my concern was if we continue to have such leaders on the African land who love double dealing, who hates opposition, where are we heading?
Lauben
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