MADONNA,BONO,CLOONEY CANNOT SAVE AFRICA ONLY AFRICANS CAN !

We need to take responsibility for ourselves, to empower our people. External assistance is okay. But we need to begin with our own solutions.

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THE PROBLEM AND SOLUTION FOR LIBYA.

Foreign intervention should not seek to win the war for Libyans. It should give them the tools to do so themselves.

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FDC NEEDS TO CHANGE OR IT WILL DIE.

Thus like many millenarian cults, many people supporting Besigye believed in their own self-righteousness and assumed everyone shared their outrage.

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A GLIMPSE AT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

Will Museveni use his 2011 national victory to retire gracefully like Mandela and Nyerere or entrench himself in power like Fidel Castro and Gaddafi?

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WHY MUSEVENI WON AND BESIGYE LOST AND WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR THE FUTURE.

"Where Besigye projected himself as a national statesman, Museveni positioned himself as a local politician. Where Besigye articulated a grand, national vision, Museveni focused on mundane local issues. Besigye came across as idealistic with a high sense of morality; Museveni was realistic, pragmatic and practical if not opportunistic."

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UGANDA'S MAJOUR CHALLENGE IN 2011.

What Uganda needs to change is not just a political party; it needs a social movement whose organisation starts from the village.

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THE MATHS OF THE FEB 18 ELECTIONS.

Using robust data, it is theoretically possible but realistically improbable Besigye can- not just win, but force Museveni to a second round.

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