I am always told that politics is not religion; that one must always look for ways to victory, regardless of the means. Yet I cannot stop getting astonished by the rate at which our politics continues to look unreligious -- it has gone to the dogs. 

This week we witnessed, firsthand, one of the more radical fantasies of mankind, that democracy can be achieved in any country particularly in Uganda under the NRM Government. 

I am always told that politics is not religion; that one must always look for ways to victory, regardless of the means. Yet I cannot stop getting astonished by the rate at which our politics continues to look unreligious -- it has gone to the dogs. 

This week we witnessed, firsthand, one of the more radical fantasies of mankind, that democracy can be achieved in any country particularly in Uganda under the NRM Government. 

What more need anyone want to know about the NRM's insistence at the Kiggundu/Museveni EC to hold the 2011 general elections, other than the messed up NRM primaries?

The NRM's own privately-sponsored mouthpiece, the Red Pepper, appropriately shouted: "NRM Rigs Own Poll". Other tactless voices called it, "Thieves Accusing Thieves".