UGANDA: What Museveni's next merger of his regime agencies will look like

WHAT MUSEVENI'S NEXT MERGER OF HIS REGIME AGENCIES WILL LOOK LIKE

“Electoral Commission is full of rotten people I am going to get rid of them. Why should we suffer from corrupt election officials when NRM has got so much manpower? They should be out, get out."

Museveni addressing the National Women's Council conference in Kampala - late August 2018.

The Electoral Commission is a creature of the constitution and is supposed to be independent. The threats by Museveni insinuate the EC is under his control and direction. The NRM manpower he is talking about are his regime functionaries, cadres, security officials, kinsmen and friends.

In the same regard, Uganda's military dictator has this week issued a decree merging different regime agencies and commissions. The move is meant to sneak "his people" into the mainstream public service through the back door. When he created the agencies and commissions he was aiming at circumventing the laid down recruitment procedures into the public service for "his people" who have been dominating these agencies. He aimed at undermining and maligning their mother Ministries while he macro managed public service and had free access to diversion of public resources for his  personal use.

He has now decreed a merger of these agencies which enjoyed unclear recruitment, promotion and remuneration criteria. Unlike the mainstream public service whose staff are permanent and pensionable, the staff of these entities served on renewable contract basis mostly not more than four years. He is now sneaking "his people" into the mainstream public service through the back door, most of whom would not have made it if they were to be subjected to the Public Service Commission for recruitment.

At this rate, next time we shall witness a merger of the following entities:
1. The Judiciary and DPP merging under the army Court Martial.

2. Ministry of Health merged with Funeral Services and cemeteries.

3. Parliament merged with the Army Council.

4. Police and Prison Services formally merged with the Army and eventually placed under his elite SFC.

5. Ministry of Finance and the Tax body (URA) merged and placed under State House Comptroller.

6. Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), Immigration Services, National ID to be merged under Military Intelligence (CMI) and Internal Security (ISO).

7. The Christian faith to be forcefully merged with the Islamic faith under his favoured Pentecostals.

8. The institution of Traditional Leaders to be merged with the Traditional Healers, herbalists and witches.

9. The opposition and CSO to be merged with rebel LRA, ADF and others.

INFORMATION IS POWER AND THE PROBLEM OF UGANDA IS MUSEVENISM