User:Dan Turyatunga Karwani

My fellow country Men and Women today let us look at resource curse ‘Case study Uganda’ the natural resource curse is closely connected with the government and government responsibility. Governments that receive their income from natural resources become less democratic, and therefore less responsible than countries that rely on other sources of income, such as taxation. One reason for this behavior is that when governments have a wealth of income they tend to use them to suppress dissent, for example for the creation of local military forces. It has been shown that the governments of the countries that are rich in natural resources spend very large amounts of money on military power. Another reason is corruption. Instead of serving all citizens equally, corrupt government seeks favoring the rich, because the poor cannot pay the necessary bribes. The third reason is the involvement of the military. In some countries, resource industries are controlled by the military, giving the armed forces a greater autonomy and a greater influence on civil government (Ross 2012b). It is evident that the effects of dependence on natural resources in the economy and the government can strengthen each other, creating a trap. For example, economic stagnation destabilize the government. When government becomes unstable, corruption flourish. Corrupt government cannot manage the economy in the right way and cannot neutralize stagnation. Many countries have fallen into the trap of this kind. Sometimes the outcome of this are civil wars. If a country seeks rapid development for escaping from poverty, neither the oil nor any other natural resource are not a blessing. For God and my Country.