Constitutional Transition in Museveni's Uganda: New Horizons or Another False Start?
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of African Law
- Vol. 39 (2) , 156-172
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021855300006306
Abstract
“First of all, the idea of multi-parties is not a new one in Africa. Here in Uganda, we had multi-parties between 1962 and 1966. The generals took over power all over Africa because the multi-parties had failed: this is a historical fact. Their failure was, however, not surprising because we are talking about systems from completely different societies. In Africa, we still have pre-industrial societies without any significant level of social stratification [and] therefore, we are still dealing mainly with tribal groups. Political pluralism will come to Africa, no doubt, but not at a forced pace.”Keywords
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