Fellow Ugandans, the Looting is too much!!!! Wake up my brothers and sisters. While talking to a colleague on phone, he told me how our thieving political class has graduated from corruption to Looting.
Every morning, one is greeted with scandal after scandal. The journey towards the ongoing Looting started with corruption being glorified in hundreds of Thousands which graduated to Millions, transformed into Billions is now mutating into Trillions. Somehow, those humongous figures are no longer causing alarm.
The recent exposure on X (Twitter) thanks to Dr. Spire and Agatha Atuhaire under the hashtag #UgandaParliamentExhibition has clearly proven that Lucifer has got his match on earth finally. Not even in Hell can one rob with such callousness.
For someone who was blessed by the Pope just the other day to preside over obnoxious dealings in an institution that would render them a Lucifer equivalent on mother earth calls for serious soul searching. Matters are exacerbated when the barking dog of Lucifer’s double starts accusing Homosexuals of fighting against her. Honestly, this gross insensitivity of some individuals has led to puking of parabolic proportions among those still sane enough in this country of Uganda.
For those that had the opportunity to see the transition of Uganda through a number of coups as power was being changed in the past, the term Looting is of vivid impact to us and sends chills down one’s spine. Looting is defined as, stealing goods from a place during a war or riot. It is synonymous with plunder, ransacking, robbing (akin to the activities by the late Sobi), raiding (akin to the Karamajong cattle raids), devastate, lay waste to, among other terminologies.
Last December, I wrote an article complaining about the opulence depicted by the Speaker of the current parliament and here we go again.
In 2022, when Hon Anita Among won the Speaker position, I was among those few Ugandans who were not impressed by her ascent into that seat. It is therefore of no surprise for me to see how she uses the symbols of power at her disposal to vulgarise an office that many held in high esteem.
Dear Madam Speaker in the records shared, you have big votes for Corporate Social Responsibility where you indicate Eastern Uganda being a beneficiary.
Here is what less than 5% of what you spend in a month could do for Busolwe General Hospital in Butaleja District of which I happen to be the Board Chairman.
In the most recent site meeting of the ongoing hospital renovation that occurred on the 29th of February 2024, we had a debate with the Ministry of Health officials deciding between the purchase of an Ambulance and the installation of a solar plant to offer backup electricity in order to address the epilepsy that typifies Umeme power supply in Busolwe Town. A suitable solar plant to allow critical areas like the Theatre operate flawlessly costs US$ 100,000 which is equivalent to not more than 400 Million Shillings. This is less than the 460 Million Shillings you channeled through Mr. Okwii Emmanuel Emuron for the Evaluation of the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility. Now honestly what kind of evaluation was this?
The Ambulance we so badly need is costed at US$ 130,000, equivalent to 507 Million Shillings, an amount less than the 655 Million Shillings which was advanced to you through Mr. Chris Obore for Corporate Social Responsibility towards Teso Sub Region, on top of numerous similar votes targeting specific districts in the sub region.
Since the start of the renovation of Busolwe Hospital in 2022 to-date, the Ministry of Health has failed to pay sitting allowances to the invited participants in the site meetings complaining about the lack of money. Project management oversight is key for the success of any project. See how the Pinetti Lubowa Hospital project is still stalled at the foundation phase when the Benjamin Mkapa International Specialised Hospital in Tanzania with a 400 bed capacity was constructed from scratch and fully furnished with US$ 60 million as compared to the Pinetti Lubowa Hospital that with already US$ 70 Million paid upfront is still at the foundation phase. Madam speaker, one entry like your Community Mobilisation Engagements in various regions costing 30 Million Shillings would suffice to pay allowances for the past 11 meetings that the participants have attended.
Seventeen expense lines that led to the withdraw of 2.5 Billion Shillings amount to 1 Billion Shillings more than the annual budget of Busolwe General Hospital which handles close to 100,000 patients annually with a catchment area of seven districts and is always struggling to have basics in place. This is another reason for the increasing projectile vomiting that sane Ugandans experience when they learn about the inconsiderate activities in your office.
Madam Speaker, since you have a very generous Social Responsibility desire in you, judging by the amounts of money your office dispenses out, in Butaleja District, I and some local residents are faced with a situation of supporting disadvantaged children who only need UGX 150,000 Shillings (US$ 40) each to attend primary school per term. We sell harvested food crops, volunteer community work and even sacrifice home amenities to ensure that these children have a chance at being beneficial to this nation in future. Our current budget per term for all the 12 pupils we are supporting comes up to 1.8 Million Shillings which implies that in one year, we need less money than the cost of just one of your dresses.
We also have the Dr. Margaret Mungherera Girl Child Scholarship that is currently educating students with a focus on the Girl Child from Secondary School to University and each year we need to raise at least 100 Million to see them through. You being a woman I presume would take keen interest in this effort.
Off the Social Responsibility Budget, it shouldn’t be a significant dent if you chose to extend us UGX 200 Million so we can double the number of girls supported in this initiative. By the way, one of them is soon completing a degree in Medical Sciences at Mbarara University.
End of request.
Now I realise why a one Chris Obore who had languished after being initially fired from his job at Parliament danced ferociously upon Hon Anita Among ascending to the office of the Speaker of Parliament. His exaggerated level of self value and importance is no different from that of a houseboy freshly recruited from the village to take charge of household affairs in a Kyanja neighborhood. He will use a whole can of Blueband to butter two slices of bread as a sign that he has arrived.
His Principal, Uganda’s Maria Antoinette is not any better. One person who is oblivious of the poor conditions her subjects exist in and yet she continues to lead a self-indulgent and obscenely affluent lifestyle.
Hon Speaker, this is a writing on the wall for you. Wake up and become real. There is no need to run an institution in an exaggeratedly mindless manner when we have future generations waiting in line to pick on from where you stop.
Listen to Ensi by Alien Skin. Some Lyrics worth memorizing.
Ssente z’ofuna omala kulumya balala
Tobalilila bulamu bwa balala
Wefudde ali n’oluganda ku Katonda ?
Olimba, ensi ffena etumala
James Wire
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