In my village, Butozi. Has it ever happened to you? You go to report a misbehaving child to the parents (Chairman), so that they discipline him. The father stays in the bedroom, doesn’t come out. The following day he comes to your home and says: “I heard you have issues with my child, that he beats people on the village. Actually you should thank him, for he hasn’t killed them. He is disciplining them properly”. Do you go back to report to him? Do you wonder again where the child’s guts come from? Things on my village! Things fall apart, the center can no longer hold
NRM CEC members have been summoned to a Saturday morning meeting mainly to address issues concerning corruption especially about AAA.
Later that evening, The Oldman will address the Nation!
Do the maths!
This political philosophy book (The Prince) is widely cited as the handbook of autocrats. It’s perhaps as widely misunderstood as it is cited - out of context. Nevertheless, if we considered his advice to leaders generally, it doesn’t stand. His idea that FEAR is easier to control than LOVE, and subsequent advice that therefore the leader should aim to be feared, is ill thought.
The problem with ruling by Fear is that the leader lives in fear too. When you terrorise people, you also live in fear of what they’re likely to do to you should they get a chance. You end up being paranoid, always fearing that they’re planning revenge. This then heightens preemptive violence, increasing your victims and anger. With this, you can’t move or socialise freely. You also end up in an open prison constructed by your terror. You can never live a normal life when you know that many people are angry with your actions, except if your sense of judgement is deranged and you can no longer sense danger.
Duncan, while this might be understood from the angle of fear and avoidance of danger to self, I don’t think it takes away moral responsibility. In ethics, we usually don’t make moral attribution where an actor lacks freedom or knowledge. But, from a consequentialist perspective, if we say there is no freedom in the magistrate’s act and therefore no moral responsibility, the wider moral implications are absurd. A person who steals out of fear of poverty is also morally cleared. Another who eliminates a colleague who is likely to take their job is also not culpable. The list goes on. Sometimes giving a semblance of lack of freedom is simply a pronouncement that ‘between my benefit and harming an innocent person, I choose my benefit’. It is a false dilemma projected in defence of weak consciences. Presenting facilitators of violence as helpless victims simply serves to motivate more into such performance.
The other day I was talking about the dehumanising housing conditions of police officers, the tins (unipots). I’m made to learn that it’s actually a privilege to get them, and that it is the same for Prisons officers. For Prisons, I’m told that some of them stay in dormitory settings, separated by curtains, with wives! If one has money, they can build their own on Prisons land, which they can sell or rent out upon being transferred. And because these institutions do not usually entertain free speech, the officers just accept their conditions to avoid reprisals. But, with all the money wasted in this county, can’t these officers (especially in low ranks) be thought about as well to live decent lives? Their work itself is already a sacrifice, why add on the burden of housing them like building site materials! The problem is not that the country can’t afford. Its priorities.
Thank you my brother @johnboscokisitu for checking on me last evening!
Next time, when visiting a brother that’s unwell, do not carry your cameras and questions with you😂😂
In a normal setup, The Press would boycott all government activities until their counterpart agency is re-opened and let to freely broadcast!
But well, other media agencies are looking at this as an opportunity to shine in the absence of the lion of their jungle!
#FreeThePress
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I used to wonder why they let grasses grow on the roofs of their tin houses, until one policeman who lives in it told me that it’s meant to regulate the temperatures in the house. When it’s hot, the tin is too hot. When it’s cold, the tin is too cold. You also wonder how they enjoy conjugal rights and raise their children in such houses! Can’t some of the money wasted on Parliament and other sectors be used to put up decent accommodation for Police!! Or is it part of police work that they are supposed to sleep like village chicken?