We have already had "coalition governments;" the NRM was a coalition government before the western democracies forced it to adopt multipartism; the single party governments during the cold war that run African countries economies to the ground were socialist, communist, or whatever-you-call them coalition governments. The question is, since all the power is invested in the head of state, the only way you cannot have a winner-take-all is to share a presidency. Now how in the world are you going to share the presidency in a coalition arrangement? There can only be one winner, one president, at a time. Under a coalition arrangement it is still a winner-take-all except it is a winner-take-all without accountability. Some Africans being lazy think there is an easy way out of this. Advocating coalition government is trying to cut corners. There is go other way of going about this or trying to achieve development without building strong institutions that engender accountability; governments with checks and balances that are democartic and respect the rule of law, political freedoms and human rights - things a coalition arrangement will never guarantee let alone achive.

Democracy is the worst government there is except for the alternative.