A Yellow Bus on a Perilous Road to Nowhere

Korea's and Japanese's economic miracles started with an agreement on the mode of economic development--Nationalist Market Economy. China's was imposed Socialist Market Economy by the CCP from within. Current Uganda's is imposed Unfettered Market Economy from without by the IMF-World Bank.

First, we need a system that we can agree on or, at least, develop from within based largely on our peculiar situation. The Ist Obote did well--at least in the economy--because it built--with the tacit concent of the majority-- on what was handed over without major shocking changes for a few years. Had Ben Kiwanuka been at the helm, he would have probably followed the same course without moving to the far left.

We will never know what the shock of Obote's Move-to-the Left would have engendered. The restlesstness in expectations may have contributed to his first overthrow.

The current government has not provided the atmosphere for bringing people together to talk and come to some agreement on the way forward. It is all about the man with the vision. He can have all the oil in the world, build railways, or have an infallible military infrastructure, chances are he is taking the country down a perilous yellow bus to nowhere.