ARE WE TOO UNINFORMED TO ENTERTAIN NAKED LIES?

It is fateful for Hon Patrick Nakabale, Youth MP for Central Region to allege that they (MPs) are not selling President Museveni’s sole candidature. In his commentary published by Daily Monitor on Monday 28^th 2014 titled “NRM consultative process is to educate citizens on government programmes,” he asserts “the Kyankwazi resolution contains the commitments of the NRM government in delivering effective services to the people...”

I don’t understand whether there is another Kyankwazi resolution which we don’t know (kindly inform us if there is one). The resolution which I heard about is you (MPs) telling us to support Museveni’s sole candidature and that is what most of the industrious legislators are doing.

The learned youthful MP did not back his arguments with facts as our information mediums does. Brilliantly, he quickly diverted attention to what general public would want to hear from MPS such as government plans, policies and programmes in key sectors like roads, railway networks, energy, markets for their commodities, access to quality health, education; how we are planning to revamp agriculture with value addition and cheap agricultural financing, among others. Yes, I agree with you. This is the information that we are direly yearning for.
However, he disregards what MPs are doing realistically- giving cash pull outs in broad day light and encouraging citizens to support President Museveni, or thanking them for supporting him (president) which logically mean support Museveni in the forth coming presidential elections.
For example, Peter Mugema, Iganga Muncipality MP told ‘cheerful Igangains’ that Shs 5,000 (amount which each voter who attended to declare allegiance to president received) was a token to the residents for the tremendous support they have been giving Mr Museveni and the party over the years.
In Ukusijoni Sub-county-Adjumani District, second deputy Prime Minister Moses Ali notified residents’ who attended consultative meeting that NRM government has brought peace and stability in the country but chiefly urged them to support “President Museveni to stand in 2016 unopposed.”
The meeting chaired by Maj Gen Kahinda Otafiire, Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister who is also MP for Ruhinda and in Mitooma district was solely conquered by concerns about a councillor moving around with forms calling for party officials to oppose the famous Kyankwazi resolution which endorsed president Museveni as sole candidate for 2016 presidential elections.
These are some of the indispensable facts about what MPs are transacting with voter. The substantial question is; what are government programmes that MPs are educating citizens about?. Should we say that Museveni’s sole candidature issues are the government programmes or government programmes are Museveni 2016 subtle presidential proposal?.
No doubt, politicians bend truth, distort facts, fudge numbers, deceive, delude, hoodwink, equivocate, misrepresent, and, yes, lie, as a matter of course. Politicians lie about each other, they lie about themselves, they lie about issues they know intimately, and they lie about issues they barely understand.
Politicians lie not because they are immoral but because they know that voters rarely reward honest campaigners. It is the basic requirement for any successful politician to be an exceptional liar or else be thumped out of the dirty game.  Telling of durable, convincing lies signals to voters that a candidate possesses political skills.
Few politicians in contemporary history have pledged never to lie voter.  Jimmy Carter, 39^th US president famously promised voters that he would “never tell a lie” and that “never knowingly would he make a misstatement of fact” as president.
I am not saying that our politicians should promise never to lie like Carter who was also a liar but always sugar-coat lies so that they can easily be accepted by the right thinking members of society.
No, we can’t entertain naked lies
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