{"id":423171,"date":"2011-05-12T14:01:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T14:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/12\/editorial-think-about-restoration-of-term-limits\/"},"modified":"2011-05-12T14:01:16","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T14:01:16","slug":"editorial-think-about-restoration-of-term-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/12\/editorial-think-about-restoration-of-term-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial &#8211; Think About Restoration of Term Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"49.0659068385\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Observer<\/a> (Kampala)<\/p>\n<p>11 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>editorial<\/p>\n<p>Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is swearing in as president of the Republic of Uganda for the next five years. Congratulations Mr. President!<\/p>\n<p>By the end of his term, in 2016, Museveni will have ruled Uganda for 30 years. Already, he has been president longer than any other East African leader. Longer than Julius Nyerere, longer than Daniel Arap Moi. It must be said that during this period, Uganda has taken tremendous strides. The economy has been resuscitated and is booming, notwithstanding the widespread poverty and rapid population growth.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the African story is littered with leaders who did relatively well for their countries but failed to realise the right time to go. In the end, they departed too late, or were forced out, and jeopardised all that was achieved with their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Felix Houphouet-Boigny of Ivory Coast is a good example. After making his country prosper and become the envy of Africa, he stayed around too long and by the time he left due to poor health in 1993, the centre could no longer hold; things fell apart and it has been downhill for Ivory Coast ever since.<\/p>\n<p>The main argument advanced by those who abolished presidential term limits is that term limits deny the people the right to choose the leader they want. However, as it has been said so many times before, even the best dancer leaves the stage at some point.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, we all know that an incumbent president in Africa is the hardest opponent to oust through elections; so, the people&#8217;s choice must be taken with a pinch of salt.<\/p>\n<p>To consolidate the gains so far made and guarantee continuity, a smooth transition is imperative. Restoration of term limits at the end of this term would set us on the path of sustainable political stability.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the people&#8217;s uprisings in North Africa recently, the former UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, said it smacks of &#8220;arrogance&#8221; for a leader to seek to rule for 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>We agree with him and urge our president to use the next five years to prepare Uganda for life after him. This is often misunderstood to mean picking an heir. No. It simply means creating an enabling environment for a new leader to emerge, including Museveni not offering himself.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105121019.html\" title=\"Editorial - Think About Restoration of Term Limits\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Editorial &#8211; Think About Restoration of Term Limits<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Observer (Kampala) 11 May 2011 editorial Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is swearing in as president of the Republic of Uganda for the next five years. Congratulations Mr. President! By the end of his term, in 2016, Museveni will have ruled Uganda for 30 years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-423171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Editorial - Think About Restoration of Term Limits - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/12\/editorial-think-about-restoration-of-term-limits\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Editorial - Think About Restoration of Term Limits - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Observer (Kampala) 11 May 2011 editorial Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is swearing in as president of the Republic of Uganda for the next five years. 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