Comments for 0 at http://www.independent.co.ug , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.independent.co.ug Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:49:14 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.independent.co.ug/component/myblog/?show=0#comment-19418 "Many people forget - or never knew - that Adolph Hitler came to power as a result of free and open elections. But once he got to the center of the ruling coalition, the National Socialist party, he moved quickly and ruthlessly to consolidate his power. The take-over phase usually involves a significant risk and requires that the would-be ruler act aggressively in order to acquire position power in the minds of the other members of the coalition. Many aspiring despots fail at this phase, either because their rivals manage to dilute their influence, because the followers see an evil side of them that they don't like, or because the timing and circumstances don't offer the right set of imperatives to get behind an aggressive leader. The aspiring despot who succeeds in the take-over phase reaches a tipping point of influence. after which he has a more or less official entitlement in the eyes of others to decide, direct, control, reward, and punish." - omuzinyiomulungi Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:33:53 +0100 http://www.independent.co.ug/component/myblog/?show=0#comment-19416 "Totalitarian leaders like Genghis Khan, Attila, Lenin, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Mao Tze-Tung, Pol pot, Idi Amin, and Saddam Hussein certainly could not kill thousands or millions of human beings single-handedly. They had to find ways to leverage the violence of others by acquiring power and projecting that power through various levels of their dynastic structures. Typically, power accumulators - even those who have little or no evil intent - operate in approximately the same way. They generally follow a stage-wise process of building their power and influence over time. Studying some of the worst despots in history, we can readily observe four key phases:" 1. Networking 2. Coalition Building 3. Taking Over 4, Unrelenting Consolidaion - omuzinyiomulungi Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:31:42 +0100 http://www.independent.co.ug/component/myblog/?show=0#comment-19414 On the rector scale of Buganda's political upheavals, the 9/11/09 eruptions have been minor! The last such upheaval saw the dissolution of the Buganda kingdom and eventual unfortunate death in exile of King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi's father. This eruption is unlikely to end the same way. The times are different and there is some level of tolerance and room for reconciliations for such eruptions in Africa, as the examples of Kenya and Zimbabwe have recently shown. The political amalgam in Buganda might lay dormant again and everyone will go about their business; but unless the underlying lingering problems like poverty, unemployment among the the large numbers of disaffected urban youths are addressed, such eruptions are more likely than not to reoccur. - omuzinyiomulungi Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:20:41 +0100 http://www.independent.co.ug/component/myblog/?show=0#comment-19248 It is a pity M7 is taking Uganda along this route to destruction...... The events in Kampala/Uganda over this week must be squarely be blamed on M7. Why shouldn't the kabaka visit his people? What if a group of Bahororo said that they do not want M7 to go to Mpororo area, will M7 complain? what if the Baganda said that they do not want Banyala in the wider buganda,? Then why should the police, the army and the President give protection and support to people who are threatening violence against any person, even if that person is not the kabaka?...at least under the Ugandan law such eople are the ones who should have been arresred and prosecuted,! All this is evidence of yet another poorly managed M7 machination!! Unfortunately a very sad precedent has been set.....I can not wait to see the election results in 2011. Ssabasajja awangaale!!!!! - Ed Po kalcz Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:40:33 +0100 http://www.independent.co.ug/component/myblog/?show=0#comment-19155 Thanks Jo for keeping us in the loop on Kampala happenings. Stay safe. Sam and I are in Pakistan hanging out in the mountains and scouring the internet for info on Kampala. You're doing a great job. Rachel - Rachel Parsons Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:55:58 +0100