THE PARTIES PLATFORM (TPP)
PLOT 40B,
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PRESS BRIEF 22ND SEPT, 2006
1. Is the fight in different government institutions a reflection of a collapsing state structure?
As TPP members, we are deeply worried and concerned about the fate of our nation especially when the existing state structures are conflicting.
You are all aware of a number of existing conflicts between different government institutions. You find that the Attorney General is fighting with the IGG. We are wondering whether the IGG can effectively fight corruption when he/she is in conflict with the Attorney General, especially now that the IGG had started hooking the big fish.
We imagine this could be the source of such conflicts. Surprisingly not only the Attorney General and the IGG are in conflict: but there are many other conflicts are happening in this government, e.g.
- Ministry of works versus Ministry of lands and housing;
- NRA Veterans versus Local Councils, on land.
- President versus political Parties and Electoral Commission.
We are worried to see the State in this nature. We don’t want to see
We, therefore, demand that the state authority quickly puts an end to these increasing conflicts, which are hindering the progress of our country.
2. On the rising conflicts in the milk industry.
The sit down strike of milk traders which has paralysed the country and denied the farmers their source of income and livelihood, and our children the most needed diet. This situation could have been avoided if government was caring more on the indigenous farmers and entrepreneurs and introduce appropriate and favourable policies
While it is easy for the government to give land to investors including Mabira forest, it is not easy for them to make appropriate policies that protect indigenous traders and farmers. We hope, yet again, this is not done in favour of foreign investors more especially those who have invested in the dairy sector.
We demand that the government stop introducing policies that antagonize local investors, but instead make appropriate and friendly policies that are going to enable them to compete favourably in the market place and our farmers should not be left at the mercy of “foreign’’ investors.