Uganda, Nov. 24 -- The recent death of national democratic and political colossus, Paul Kawanga Ssemwogere, is a cruel reminder that the promise of democracy in Uganda is still elusive and there is no reward for guessing who the chief culprit is. The National Resistance Movement had as one of its self-stated core objectives the restoration of the rule of law and democracy in Uganda as justification for the five-year bush war. Ironically, all present day political manifestations point to one inescapable conclusion, the NRM has since long reneged on this promise without a single instinct of shame or self-admonishment.

More deplorably, however, this vile political orientation has now been extended to capture, corrupt and captivate the atten...