Uganda still trapped in medieval human conditions
When
the NRM government assumed power in 1986, it was determined to end
the inhuman conditions in Uganda. The president addressed this
challenge with passion and eloquence. He argued convincingly that
Uganda was still pre-industrial and backward and the society was
dominated by peasants. He maintained that Uganda had not yet
undergone a metamorphosis from a feudal to a middle class economy and
society. He reported that in the last 500 years, European societies
had transitioned from peasant, feudal to middle class and skilled
working class societies. Africa, on the other hand, was still stuck
with quasi-feudal, peasant characteristics and foreign ideas.