Source: Daniel Edyegu, http://www.newvision.co.ug Federalism will end graft - Lukyamuzi
ADOPTING a federal government will rid the country of corruption, the Conservative Party (CP) president, John Ken Lukyamuzi, has said. Lukyamuzi said the system would enable all the regions in the country to manage their own resources. This, he noted, would narrow down the socio-economic imbalance. One of the reasons our country is suffering from corruption is that the leaders lack morals. Each region should be empowered to groom leaders, Lukyamuzi argued. He was discussing a paper on why Uganda needs federalism, at the Islamic University in Uganda in Mbale on Tuesday. Lukyamuzi said the NRM Government was hesitant to grant the people federalism because of the fear that the President's authority to distribute national resources would be trimmed. Each region has unique resources from which they can collect revenue and remit a percentage to the central government. The west has crude oil, Bugisu has arabica coffee, Karamoja has gold and there's tobacco in West Nile, he said. But a few people in the Government are enjoying these resources at the expense of the owners. Joseph Kony's LRA, Alice Lakwena's Holy Spirit Movement and the ADF in western Uganda, Lukyamuzi remarked, were violent expressions against regional imbalance. Today, a region has to be loyal to Museveni if it is to share the national cake, he noted. When I come to power, I will get rid of such politics. Ssemusu Mugobansonga, the young conservative's secretary general, said they had registered over 1,000 members in Gulu, Jinja, Mbale, Luweero and Kiboga. He said they would embark on a countrywide campaign.

Source: Daniel Edyegu, http://www.newvision.co.ug

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