The chairman of Inter Religious Council of Uganda His highness Mufti Sheikh Ramadhan Mubajje has asked parliament to appropriate funds to facilitate the process of holding national dialogue that will bring Ugandans together in a non-partisan forum.
The dialogue process that will be launched in September this year is anchored political negotiations through the Inter Party Organisation on Democracy (IPOD), Museveni-Besigye mediation and the Constitutional Review Commission that is yet to be put in place by government.
Sheikh Mubajje who implored the August House to pass laws that will give effect to the outcomes of the dialogue said there will be an expression of free will of Ugandans in the range of issues that affect the country. The group was meeting the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga yesterday.
In reaction the Speaker Kadaga said, there is need to budget for the process, we believe in national dialogue, we need to create a vote because we need continuity. We also need to have a basis for this and a legal structure of that dialogue.
“Government promised to have the commission in place but it has taken too long, I don’t think it is coming,” she said.
The Chairperson of the Elders Forum, Retired Justice James Ogoola said that the need for national dialogue goes beyond individuals and parties which will lead to peace, justice and prosperity.
“The aim is to have the country move away from violence, assassinations and coups to a stable and peaceful nation,” Ogoola said.
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