LEADERSHIP IN PLATO’S REPUBLIC - SHIP ANALOGY: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION ON THE UGANDAN DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM
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2022-11-11
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Leadership positions in different nations in the world are either elective or through
appointments. In most African countries, these positions are elective. It goes without
saying democracy is the most dominant form of governance embraced by these countries
and Uganda is not an exception. Democracy gives power to citizens to exercise their
democratic rights and fundamental of them is right to vote. The members of the Public
exercise this right freely and voluntarily and they have absolute powers to choose whoever
they want. Regardless of their consideration of needed leadership skills; competence,
experience, knowledge and needed skills, they vote for whoever they want. While this
ought to be a celebrated idea, time without number it proves to be a saddening reality since
members of the Public fail to elect competent, visionary, experienced, knowledgeable and
skilled leaders. The immediate effects of these choices are always felt in the way the day-
to-day activities of governance are carried out especially in the political life of a country.
All this underlies the problems at hand especially in Uganda. It posits the bigger question
of this research paper. This philosophical paper seeks to study the political situation of
Uganda and how democracy has been impactful in the contemporary political system of
Uganda. This study bases on the ideas of Plato in the Republic specifically on the analogy
of the ship and the captain in Book VI. The research will use the ideas to expound on the
contemporary issues in the field of politics. It will also look at the system of leadership of
Uganda in the pre-colonial period to independence and post-independence. It will show
how the democracy was established right after independence and the dimension it took as
well as how the democratic rights are exercised today. The paper will propose the possible
ways of handling issues related with poor governance in the democratic leadership in
relation to Plato’s comprehensive idea of the ship and the captain. The research is needed,
it is timely and of high urgency in addressing the long problem of leadership in Uganda.
The paper remains hopeful in bringing remedy to this politically long-starved nation.
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LEADERSHIP IN PLATO’S REPUBLIC - SHIP ANALOGY: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION ON THE UGANDAN DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM