Sharp contrasts between NRM and UDU policies
As we approach 2016, Uganda people must be provided with election choices well in advance of the elections so that they are well informed about what is at stake and make the right choices.
United Democratic Ugandans (UDU) which has become a formidable force was formed in July 2011 and has been consulting with the people at home and abroad including in a local language and conducting civic education to determine what Ugandans need. We have got some ideas which contrast sharply with what the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government has been implementing since 1987. Here are the contrasts on selected areas.
Civilian versus military-backed government
NRM is led by a military president with full backing of the military. UDU proposes a civilian president with full backing of the people.
Specific roles of security forces and the judiciary
NRM has militarized the police, mixed up the roles of the military and the police and weakened the judicial system in the administration of justice.