Is Uganda a democratic country?
The
purpose of this article is to outline what constitutes a true democracy and to
request Ugandans and their friends to judge the extent to which
democratic government and to offer suggestions for improvement, if any.
Democracy
comes from the Greek word demos, meaning
people, and kratos, meaning rule hence rule by the people and
implying some form of equality among the people. According to Abraham Lincoln democracy
is a ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’. Democracy also
refers to a country that has a democratic form of government. Since it is
impossible for all the people to meet in one place – direct or pure democracy
which was practiced in ancient
representatives who make decisions such as laws on their behalf. Democracies recognize
that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and in rights as
contained in article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.