{"id":48038,"date":"2023-04-22T21:44:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T21:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/what-next-after-nup-cast-lots-on-term-restrictions"},"modified":"2023-04-22T22:02:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T22:02:16","slug":"what-next-after-nup-cast-lots-on-term-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/what-next-after-nup-cast-lots-on-term-restrictions","title":{"rendered":"What next after NUP cast lots on term restrictions?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>For the three years the National Unity Platform (NUP) has been in existence, the contents of its constitution have been one of its sticking issues.<\/p>\n

Midwifed after Mr Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, alias Bobi Wine\u2019s People Power and Mr Moses Kibalama Nkonge\u2019s National Unity, Reconciliation and Development Party (NURP) supposedly had a meeting of minds in 2020, NUP\u2019s easy \u2018childbirth\u2019 belied many \u2018labour\u2019 complications.<\/p>\n

After a fight over the ownership of NUP stuck out like a sore thumb, Mr Kyagulanyi\u2019s faction decided to dispense with the constitution they had inherited from NURP. Mr Kibalama\u2019s faction had apparently formulated the said constitution in 2004.<\/p>\n

After the marriage of convenience collapsed, Mr Kyagulanyi\u2019s NUP set up a Constitutional Review Commission led by Mr Medard Lubega Sseggona, the Busiro East lawmaker. The commission included, inter-alia, all of Mr Kyagulanyi\u2019s deputies\u2014Mr Mathias Mpuuga (central region), John Baptist Nambeshe (eastern region), Jolly Mugisha Ekyomugasho (western region) and Lina Zedriga (northern region).<\/p>\n

Term limits<\/b><\/p>\n

This past week, NUP, in a two-page document, unveiled findings of Mr Sseggona\u2019s constitution review commission. What particularly raised eyebrows is the inclusion of a clause that prospectively fronts two term limits on all positions within the party structure. This includes Mr Kyagulanyi\u2019s position\u2014the presidency.<\/p>\n

Similar restrictions have also been put on all elective positions outside the NUP structure such as Members of Parliament, Local Council chairpersons, and councillors, among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe constitution imposes the two five-year term limits on all party leaders, as well as elected leaders under the party flag,\u201d NUP said in a statement, explaining that one can\u2019t be a party president, a party chairperson, or secretary general for more than two terms.<\/p>\n

The statement added: \u201cLikewise, a person can\u2019t be a Member of Parliament or councillor, at the same level under the NUP flag for more than two terms. This provision will be operational beginning with the next elective term.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro, NUP\u2019s deputy spokesperson, told Monitor<\/b> that \u201cno leader shall hold a position for more than two terms.\u201d He further revealed that the nascent party will expect its leaders \u201cto progress to another level or serve in another position.\u201d There will, he added, be no third term for NUP\u2019s flag bearers across the board.<\/p>\n

Not a first<\/b><\/p>\n

NUP isn\u2019t the first political party to put term limits on its positions. The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) also did this when it was established in 2005. Dr Kizza Besigye, its founding president, didn\u2019t exceed the two terms. Ms Alice Alaso, FDC\u2019s first secretary general, served two terms before forming the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) with Mr Mugisha Muntu.<\/p>\n

Where NUP has outdone FDC is by instituting term limits on all elective positions outside its structure. When the party was formed, it framed its campaign around changing the status quo and challenging seasoned politicians.<\/p>\n

With more than 78 percent of Uganda\u2019s population aged below 30, NUP saw a position to place itself. It set out to appeal to Uganda\u2019s legions of youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a party that is dominated by the youth and they believe the youth should always have hope, which was the main motive behind the term limits. Because within the party, there is a group that says they are tired of the old-timers and they are the majority,\u201d a lawyer who was part of NUP\u2019s constitutional review committee, said, adding, \u201cUltimately, the constitutional review team had to go with the popular view in the party.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Joel Ssenyonyi, the party\u2019s spokesperson, said NUP\u2019s constitution didn\u2019t \u201cmatch the times [since it] was made in 2004.\u201d He added that one of NUP\u2019s aspirations is to \u201clessen the powers of the president.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Museveni has entrenched himself in power by removing both the presidential term limits and age limits. Observers say the presidency in the country has also become overbearing, diminishing the concept of checks and balances that remain on paper. NUP says it wants to chart a different, more democratic path.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can understand the background from which they come that overstaying in office in Uganda has become a political problem in undermining democracy,\u201d Mwambutsya Ndebesa, a senior lecturer at Makerere University\u2019s College of Humanities and Social Sciences, says, adding, \u201cThere have been MPs and ministers who have been in their positions for more than 20 years, so in reaction to that, they seem to have reacted and gone overboard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lessons from DP<\/b><\/p>\n

According to sources who have been party to the formulation of NUP\u2019s constitution, during the recent review, lessons were borrowed from Uganda\u2019s oldest political party\u2014the Democratic Party (DP).<\/p>\n

\u201cDP had a youth branch, the Uganda Young Democrats, but its leaders took long to leave those positions and the end wasn\u2019t good. They didn\u2019t give space to others,\u201d said Samuel Muyizzi Mulindwa, DP\u2019s former chief legal advisor, who decamped to NUP.<\/p>\n

Using DP as a yardstick was easy for NUP since many of the latter\u2019s top officials\u2014including Mr Sseggona and Mr Mpuuga\u2014crossed from DP to NUP before the 2021 General Election after falling out with DP president general Nobert Mao.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith DP, they had Benedicto Kiwanuka, Kawanga Ssemogerere, John Ssebaana Kizito, who handed over to Mao, who has since refused to organise any credible elections within the party. That\u2019s why DP is now in all sorts of problems. You need to have a process that allows new ideas and new faces,\u201d Mr Muyizzi reasoned.<\/p>\n

Mr Ndebesa, however, warns that dealing with term limits in a cookie-cutter manner can have its downsides.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the question of limiting terms is relevant in situations where the officeholder wields a lot of power to shape events and direction. I mean an MP has no power to shape direction or policy,\u201d he observed, adding, \u201cThey just participate in a political situation to give some kind of oversight but really not to shape politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shorn of experience<\/b><\/p>\n

Analysts have warned that the wide-ranging changes that NUP is proffering could end up leaving the nascent party shorn of old, wise heads.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou need experienced people. You need people with institutional memory, but at the same time provide change. It\u2019s the question of balancing and not going to the extreme,\u201d Mr Ndebesa opined, adding, \u201cWhat NUP has decided is to the extreme, but you see extreme is not democracy. Democracy has its positives and pitfalls. So, when you overdo democracy, you actually harm democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ever since NUP took over from the FDC as Uganda\u2019s leading Opposition party, the main complaint from within and without has been that many of its legislators have barely performed in the House. One of the reasons proffered is that NUP has many first-time lawmakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of my colleagues are now in Parliament,\u201d Mr Mpuuga, the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LoP), said in March, adding, \u201cThey need a lot of guidance on how Parliament operates and the procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n

To counter the dearth of experienced lawmakers in the party, NUP says it has put in place an elder\u2019s council. The council will be composed of experienced party members, whose role will be to guide the novices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe constitution introduces an advisory council comprising former party presidents, party chairpersons, deputy chairpersons, deputy presidents, secretaries general, former leaders of government business or leaders of the Opposition, and honorary members. The role of the council is to advise and give guidance on the general direction of the party at any time,\u201d NUP said in its document.<\/p>\n

Statistics show that almost six out of 10 lawmakers don\u2019t make it back to Parliament after every general election. Observers say this renders NUP\u2019s term limit restrictions on lawmakers redundant.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, there has been a high turnover of MPs and councillors. So, looking at that background, there is no need to limit them because you find that 80 percent or 70 percent of the incumbents lose but on the other hand, you see that [President Museveni] has been here for decades,\u201d said Mr Ndebesa.<\/p>\n

NUP constitution<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe constitution imposes the two five-year term limits on all party leaders, as well as elected leaders under the party flag,\u201d NUP said in a statement, explaining that one can\u2019t be a party president, a party chairperson, or secretary general for more than two terms. The statement added: \u201cLikewise, a person can\u2019t be a Member of Parliament or councillor, at the same level under the NUP flag for more than two terms. This provision will be operational beginning with the next elective term.\u201d<\/p>\n

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