Elections & Quotes

Ugandans will line up to vote in February 2011. Campaigning has started, and the presidential candidates are moving around the country, trying to gain support in mass rallies. Politics here is an interesting thing. Here are some quotes, uttered in the recent week, by people in my midst. I choose to keep them anonymus, but it gives a picture of what elections means to some. 

"I am voting for Betty Kamya, because she is a woman. We need serious change."

"I am voting for Museveni (current President), because we all already know that he has won."

"I am voting for Mao."

"If you do not want to vote for Mao, do not go to his rallies and speeches - he will defnitiely convince you."

"Museveni is going onto his nth term, and he will not stop there."

"Hm, Uganda has serious vote-counting issues."

"I am not going to vote. We already know who will win. The more interesting question is who will come second, and third."

"When Museveni comes to Pader, he better not come in his helicoptre. I want him to drive on the bad roads, get stuck, so he sees how some of us suffer locally everyday."

"If the NRM (current party in majority) does not go through, some of us are anticipating chaos. But they will go through."

Peace