Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday challenged policymakers and civil society to consider good governance as a necessity beyond peaceful elections. “If you are talking about good governance, please don’t just talk about elections … good governance must be comprehensive,” he told an audience at a side event to the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) taking place in Nairobi. PRIORITIESThe simplistic focus, he argued, has made many economies in Africa to remain stunted, despite launching impressive policies. But he argued countries in these groups still routinely introduce barriers to trade. “Good governance must lead to social transformation of the African society.

Source: Daily Nation August 26, 2016 09:38 UTC