A lot have been said about President Yoweri Museven and his corrupt government, the most recent being the headline in the New Vision where the President said “I Won't Tolerate Corruption”
I have never been convinced that the President is committed to fighting corruption in Uganda.
First of all a lot of corrupt NRM Cadres have been left free after being implicated in corruption scandals because they support the ruling government or they are close associates of President Yoweri Museven.
We should recall the sale of UCB.It was because of NRM’s corruption which led to the bankruptcy of the Country's largest government-owned Commercial Bank . UCB controlled over 80% of the commercial banking market but NRM"s ruling clique gave themselves fraudulent loans worth over 62 billion shillings which they have classified as "delinquent loans.
Certain evils in government like sectarianism, corruption and outright thievery are the cause of Uganda's economic mismanagement. This is the gov’t where appointments to high political and corporate positions are mostly based on tribal origin. Fraudulent loans from UCB were granted exclusively to Tutsis and Himas in order to boost their economic dominance over others. Briefcase and paper companies were concocted and flooded Kampala through which millions were borrowed on the basis of a person's ethnicity and signature. The bankruptcy of UCB has very serious adverse repercussions for Uganda's economy.
The problem with many Ugandans is that they forget easily. How could you forget a
Bassajjabalaba-style bail out from President Museveni.Ask your self what has been done after the recommendations of Justice Ssebutinde’s Report into the junk helicopters which couldn’t even fly from Entebbe to Kampala and yet they were bought to fight Kony in Northern Uganda?. What of the current crisis of supplying fake seeds and pangas to the IDPS? What of the GAVI funds. Don’t also forget the Global Fund.
Name them…
The Prosecution of the three Ministers should not excite any one, these guys are used as baits or protective the real corrupt people are in top leadership. In any case where have you ever seen someone going to court with a gang of supporters chanting in support of that fugitive? If the fight against corruption is to be taken serious then Salem Sale and Kahinda Otafiire should be in prison for buying fake helicopters and plundering Congo respectivelty.
I am forced to believe that the arrest of three former health ministers was precipitated by pressure from the British government. Actually the British government was considering changing CHOGM citing political intolerance and embezzlement of public funds with impunity by government top officials. It also cited the misappropriation of donor money from the Global Fund to fight HIV/Aids, TB and malaria and the funds meant for immunization where the culprits had not been prosecuted.
Wait after CHOGM we shall go back to our old ways..
3 comments:
For this one time, I choose to believe in what the President and the Government are doing, and risk being disappointed.
For once, I choose not to be skeptical.
For once. :o)
ahhh the tinkering of a perfect ugandan..there is no way CHOGM can be removed from Uganda unless there is a full scale war in Uganda!Gov't doesnt easily bow to donor pressure ati coz UK says so..never, don't believe the rumours!In that case alot would have not happened if it was that possible, don't u think?
about the issue of loans being readily available to 'tutsi's and himas'..don't tell me u believe that load of bull..banks and other financial institutions have a clearin system that cannot be influenced just like that..imagine how many people would be able to get loans everywhere in the world just coz someone in a high office says so!once again the rumours and skeptics fly all over the place!If Otafiire should be arrested, then the Americans should be arrested as well for looting Africa..hombre it's a dog eat dog world out there and very capitalist by the way..overall let us have faith in the law..let's wait and see, then we can assess the situation.
on people jubilatin coz someone was arrested and then released of bail, i think the president said 'i would keep my distance from them' or something along those lines..we can't blame Ugandans weakness on one man, we have ourselves to blame!
on corruption, i don't see what the fuss is about, it is a two way thing, dont be fooled by the outsiders, they are the ones who give the bribes, we just eat them..hence two people are two blame, the 'briber' and the 'bribee'!
Am here to spy. Tap softly, i mite hear u rant...shhhhhhh...quietly...tap...
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