By Matata Mercy
Recently i was having strong thoughts about the Ugandan politics and i was wondering if the politics here is strongly anchored on ideologies and the beliefs of a given political party.
Or the individuals within the political parties are fronting their own ideas to fulfill their individual needs.
From my own analysis, fulfilment of individual needs could be on the top in the agenda list.
Most political parties in Uganda are run by politicians who put their selfish interests before the country's interest.
When I take a look at the departure of the Democratic party president Nobert Mao from his party of which he is the top leader to being appointed as the Minister for Justice and Constitutional affairs then there is a clear picture of what iam talking about.
Some of these politicians are about what they can get out of the party and not what they can contribute to the country.
Literally, we can still call Nobert Mao the president of the Democratic party but this is actually against the will of the members of the Democratic party.
In the past few years we have seen politicians who have identified themselves as being on the opposition side making an alliance with National Resistance Movement which is the ruling government.
Notably we can talk of Jimmy Akena who is the President of Uganda People's Congress who declared in the past election that was held in 2021, that his party would be rallying behind NRM's presidential candidate Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
This statement simply meant Uganda People's Congress would not have it's own candidate.
Another political shift was made when the president of Federal Alliance party Betty Kamya was surprisingly appointed as the Minister for Kampala by president Museveni.
She did not refuse the position but accepted it with both hands.
Working under NRM government while at the same time president of Federal Alliance was Betty Kamya.
The once strong opposition leader changed and is eating from the hands of the one whom she opposed.
Has the fight for ordinary Ugandans turned into the fight for each politician's stomach?
What is making strong politicians on the opposition side to change alliance to the ruling party?
In my own opinion, each of these politicians have selfish desires.
Some of these politicians are into politics just to enrich themselves.
They are here to make money for themselves and their families.
The mission to make Uganda a better country for all it's citizens is just something that they do not care much about.
So when we see a top political leader crossing from one party to another, then we know he or she wants to eat.
Good luck Uganda, our mother land.
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