THE MYSTERY OF DEMOCRACY IN A SEMI LITERATE SOCIETY; THE CASE IN UGANDA.
THE MYSTERY OF DEMOCRACY IN A SEMI-LITERATE SOCIETY; THE CASE IN UGANDA by PROSPER AHABWE “(In the absence of knowledge), democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.” -G. Bernard Shaw. Excerpt from the main essay! THE MYSTERY OF DEMOCRACY IN A SEMI-LITERATE SOCIETY: THE CASE OF UGANDA Democracy refers to a government of the people, for the people, and by the people. In fact, democracy means the people’s freedom to choose who to govern them and how. However, democracy is not just a form of government, but a life style which every group of people must aspire to live by. Socrates depicted democracy as unrealistic if the masses are not educated on how to exercise their rights, and so the making of decisions should be by people who are well versed with competence on how society should be run. B. Shaw shares this view and expressed it in his writings, ‘if despotism failed only for want of a capable despot, what chance has democra