Governance and Development of the East African Community: the Ethical Sustainability Framework
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Governance and Development of the East African Community: The Ethical Sustainability Framework Dickson Kanakulya Faculty of Arts and Sciences Studies in Applied Ethics 16 Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication Linköping 2015 Studies in Applied Ethics 16 Distributed by: Department of Culture and Communication Linköping University 581 83 Linköping Sweden Dickson Kanakulya Governance and Development of the East African Community: The Ethical Sustainability Framework Licentiate thesis Edition 1:1 ISSN 1402‐4152:16 ISBN 978‐91‐7685‐894‐3 © The author Department of Culture and Communication 2015 Declaration: I declare that this study is my original work and a product of my personal critical research and thought. …………………………………………….. Kanakulya Dickson, Kampala, Uganda November, 2015 ii Approval: This research report has been submitted with the approval of my supervisor: Prof. Goran Collste --2015--11--09----- Co-Supervisor’s name: Signature: Date iii © 2015 Kanakulya Dickson All rights reserved iv Dedication: This work is dedicated to the Lord of all Spirits and Letters; accept it as a feeble effort to serve your eternal purposes.To Caroline Kanakulya, a beautiful and kindred spirit. To the healing of the spirit of East Africans.To the watchers who stood steadfast in the days of the multiplication. Great mysteries await across! v Acknowledgements: I acknowledge the Swedish Agency for International Development (Sida) and Makerere University for funding this research; and the staff of Makerere Directorate of Graduate Research and Training for support during the study. My deepest gratitude goes to my wife Caroline Kanakulya, my travel companion in life’s journey; thanks for standing my flaws and supporting me. You are such a beautiful spirit; may the guardians take you safe across.Thanks to my family.Great inspiration for academic pursuits did I receive from Prof. Zacharias Tanee Fomum, a Makerere trained biochemist anda Doctor of Science (University of Durham) holder with a deep sense of spiritually-inspired academic dedication. His life exemplifies the best I have known in the service of the Lord Jesus Christ through the pursuit of both spiritual and academic excellence. You left an eternal impression on my spirit towards an academic career to the glory of Our Lord Jesus Christ and hope this little effort makes you proud in Beaulah Land! I also express eternal gratitude to Dr. Michael Nyisomeh and his wife Dr. Macrine Nyisomeh of Christian Missionary Fellowship International (CMFI) for their tremendous input in shaping my life and for praying and encouraging my academic pursuit; what a memorable work we have wrought for our generation. AM grateful to my beautiful mother, Norah Nakiwala, and sister, Suzan Nakayenga for your input. To all the members of CMFI who stood beside meby wayof the ‘greatest force’ in the universe:I am grateful. Maranatha! Acknowledgements go to Prof. Katri Pohjolainen-Yap for her encouragement to pursue this research at a time of low energy.Thanks to the academic communities that have challenged my ideas and encouraged me a lot: academic communities at Department of Philosophy, Makerere University; Centre for Applied Ethics-CTE (Linköping University); and at Uganda Christian University.You added great value to my research. Thank you Prof. Göran Collste for advising me along the way; Prof. Wamala Edward for pushing me and giving me insightful comments; Prof. Anders Nordgren for providing a conducive study environment at the CTE. Heartfelt thanks go to the experts on the East African Community that I interacted with during my study visits across the region; Amb. Butagira Francis (former Ugandan envoy to the EAC), Prof. Chacha Nyaigotti (Catholic University of Eastern Africa), Mr. Nganatha Karugu (Kenya School of Government), Ms. Henjewele Florida (Political Integration Programme-EAC Secretariat), Dr. Wanyama Masinde (Institute for Regional Integration and Development- vi Kenya), Mr. Barrack R. Ndegwa and Mr. Gwaro Ogaro (Min. of EAC Affairs-Kenya), Mr. Sebina Edward (Min. of EAC Affairs-Uganda), Prof. Mahmoud Masaeli (Sch. of International and Global Studies-Univ. of Ottawa), Ms. Sarah Tangen (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung-Uganda), Dr. Rico Sneller (Humanities-Leiden University), and Prof. Wolfgang Schmidt (Linköping University). The list can’t be exhausted but am grateful to the silent majority. I can’t forget to thank Aisha Nakiwala: together we took the academic journey as novicesat the School of Liberal and Performing Arts (Makerere University) and helped eachother find our bearing in the academic world. Congratulations to you too Aisha! Special thanks to: Dr. Maren Behrensen, Dr. Elin Palm, Yusuf Yekusedag, Cristina Marano, Richard Golooba, Michael Kizito,Antonina Matundura, Ibale Hope, John Ahumuza, Samson Olum, Mark Omong (the list is endless); thanks for sharing great ideas that contributed to this piece in the ‘Osagyefo’ movement (this is an Akan word which means ‘redeemer’ given to one who returned victorious in battle; it was ascribed to the famous Ghanaian Kwame Nkrumah for his courage and foresight in advocating for African independence and unity). A heartfelt thank you to Sylvia Nakiirya for proofreading the final text in a dedicated way. vii Table of Contents: Declaration: ................................................................................................................................ ii Approval: ................................................................................................................................. iii Dedication: ................................................................................................................................. v Acknowledgements: .................................................................................................................. vi Table of Contents ................................................................................................................... viii List of Tables: .......................................................................................................................... xv List of Figures and Illustrations: ............................................................................................. xvi Abbreviations: ........................................................................................................................ xvii Abstract: ................................................................................................................................... xx CHAPTER I ............................................................................................................................. 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction: ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Unsustainability Fissures in the East African Community: ........................................ 1 1.2 Applied Ethics and the Quest for Sustainable Development: .............................................. 3 1.3 General Background on the Study: ...................................................................................... 5 1.4 Statement of the Problem: .................................................................................................... 9 1.4.1 Research Question: ..................................................................................................... 9 1.5 General Objective of the Study: ......................................................................................... 10 1.5.1 Specific Objectives .................................................................................................. 10 1.5.2 Objectives Table: ..................................................................................................... 10 1.6 Significance of the Study: .................................................................................................. 11 1.6.1 Justification of the Study: ........................................................................................ 12 1.7 Hypotheses of the Study: ................................................................................................... 12 1.7.1 Basic assumptions of the Study: .............................................................................. 14 1.8 Theoretical Framework: ..................................................................................................... 15 1.8.1 Ethics Theory: ......................................................................................................... 17 1.8.1.1 Ethical Principlism: ....................................................................................... 17 1.8.1.2 Virtue Ethics: ................................................................................................ 18 1.8.1.3 Ubuntu Ethics: .............................................................................................. 20 1.8.1.4 Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development: .................................................. 22 1.8.2 Development Theory: .............................................................................................. 22 1.8.2.1 Sustainable Development: ............................................................................ 23 1.8.2.2 Capabilities Approach:.................................................................................. 24 viii 1.8.3 Governance Theory: ...............................................................................................