Skewed allocation of funds exposes shaky foundation of East Africa's democracies
NRM national executive committee members in a past meeting at State House Entebbe. Uganda's ruling party gets the lion's share of political party funding. PHOTO | FILE
If the functioning and welfare of political parties were a measure of a country’s democracy, how would the East African region fare?
Currently, multipartyism is more or less taken as the universal standard of democracy, of course when accompanied by regular elections. Though most of Africa has adopted this standard with some nudging from the West, pockets of resistance remain on whether parties and elections equal democracy.
