Uganda, Feb. 24 -- Abu Mayanja thought that the primary reason a state exists is to enhance the good of the individual. He pointed out several times in Parliament that the state exists for the sake of the individual.

For him, therefore, the state's primary role is to guarantee each citizen's life and well-being. If a state, through its government or any other agency, violates the reasons for its creation, it loses its justification to exist.

Mayanja defined a state as a large family of nuclear and extended families occupying a designated geographical space united for their common good.

Accordingly, the aim of living together in the same state was to protect and enhance happiness for all. As the state exists for the sake of the individu...