Uganda marks 57 years of independence but some citizens say they find little to celebrate in a country with high unemployment, poverty, corruption and political repression
Ugandan jets fly past a military parade of the Uganda People's Defence Force to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the country's independence from British rule, in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012.
“Uganda is not economically independent. There is high unemployment, poverty, too much corruption. Why celebrate anyway,” local television journalist Clement Wangira told Anadolu Agency. NGO worker and public intellectual Saraha Akello believes Uganda has been mismanaged by its leaders, making it look like it was a mere changing of the guard from a colonial administration to another group of colonial agents.
“How much stake does China have in our country? How can you be independent when you use foreign interventions for problems in our home? I see absolutely no worth to celebrate a new form of colonialism,” she said.Other Ugandans, however, believe it is worth celebrating independence regardless of the social-political and economic challenges facing the country.
“We should nevertheless confront the post-independence challenges separately. Indeed, some of them are a direct result of the dehumanising effects of colonialism,” he said. “Those who think we shouldn't celebrate independence have their reasons and are entitled to their opinion, however weird because 500 years of domination cannot be erased with 60 years of self-rule.”
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