From President Yoweri Museveni’s public speaking notes these days, corruption in government is a major problem delaying and derailing Uganda’s socio-economic transformation and has recommitted to “crush it.” According to the president, the subterfuge is widespread down to the parish levels where officials extort money to provide public service meant to be free of charge.

With Emmanuel Macron (France) and Rishi Sunak (UK) election tumbles, and the sad spectacle of Donald Trump, and Joe Biden visibly showing senility at the presidential debate rematch, many in the wild west, probably cannot help, but blame Russian president Vladmir Putin for seeking to destroy the superpowers. Ninety minutes of debate between Biden 81 and former president Trump 79, left many to conclude that America could be a lost country. 

Recently president Yoweri Museveni presented in parliament state of the nation address giving hope that all is progressing well despite many challenges still ahead in the socio-economic transformation journey but what passes for political opposition roundly dismissed him. Yoweri (Joel) Besekezi Ssenyonyi, the newly crowned Leader of opposition Parliament (LoP) has been leading the attack dogs, but many think he will probably end lower than Mathias Mpuuga, Ogenga Latigo, or Wafula Oguttu.

Recently president Yoweri Museveni presented in parliament state of the nation address giving hope that all is progressing well despite many challenges still ahead in the socio-economic transformation journey but what passes for political opposition roundly dismissed him. Yoweri (Joel) Besekezi Ssenyonyi, the newly crowned Leader of opposition Parliament (LoP) has been leading the attack dogs, but many think he will probably end lower than Mathias Mpuuga, Ogenga Latigo, or Wafula Oguttu.

Two months ago, prime minister Robina Nabanja tried to inspect the state of public works within the Kampala City but abruptly abandoned it, expressing disgust, frustration and anger at the pace, quality, and cost towards the contractor rather than KCCA management. From her media outbursts recorded by several television stations, Nabanja terminated her inspection to give the Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) and the Contractor time to deliver good work which she would return to inspect later.

At last week’s State of the Nation Address to parliament, President Yoweri Museveni revealed that he now has hard evidence against corruption racketeers between the Ministry of Finance, and parliament vowing to give them a decisive “crush” and so far, three little-known NRM MPs got arrested and indicted this week for tempting to extort from Mariam Wangadya, chairperson Uganda Human Rights Commissioner, and a former deputy IGG. How silly they were.

Many are happy that the British and US governments have slapped sanctions on Uganda government officials among them Speaker Anita Annet Among a.k.a. AAA for allegedly helping themselves to the public till with reckless abandon. Last week I dared call Anita Annet Among to inquire what’s going on and she swore over the phone that she doesn’t have a single property in the UK and had been there only once in her lifetime to take measurements for Parliamentary gowns when she spent two days and proceeded to Paris.

Four months ago, Mathias Mpuuga, the Nyendo-Mukungwe MP was still flamboyantly flying his coat and necktie as Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LoP) on the ticket of a recently formed National Unity Platform (NUP) which he, and other DP-Buganda politicians joined on the eve of 2021 general elections.

The Bible in Exodus and Deuteronomy talks of God ordering Israel to destroy Amalek for ambushing Israelis while exiting Egypt. “Put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys,” which prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is delivering without remorse.

The United Kingdom government sanction on Speaker Annet Anita Among and two former ministers is like holding a stick from the wrong end and shouldn’t spin heads in Uganda. After all a while back, similar measures were placed on Gen. Kale Kayihura and Prisons Commissioner General Johnson Byabashaija, yet life has continued normally.