Father Simon Lokodo wants sh800 billions to fight corruption

So Father Lukodo wants his NRM system to use sh100 billion to fight government corruption which amounts to sh800 billion every year?

Do you think it is a good idea?  Can you use extravagance to fight extravagance and wastage? It is what the Catholic priest who turned into politician suggested.

Planting undercover anti corruption operatives in every government agency or department, is the method he chose.

However, it might not work in this current Uganda because these very people they intend to use are corrupt themselves. The society is rotten.

The ineffectiveness of the system not to check itself has given more room for corruption to take control.  There is need for self auditing and interdepartmental auditing.

Ideally the laws we have in Uganda are more than enough to fight corruption but the problem has been lack of will to implement them.

Another problem is impunity; people embezzle public money knowing nothing will be done. These laws don’t apply to some of them even when they are guilty of stealing billions.

We have the Anti Corruption Act 2009 which gives powers to courts of law to seizure the property of the convicted corrupt officials. This law was promulgated on 25 June 2009 and came into force on 25 August the same year.

Over 200 high level and multi billion corruption scandals have taken place between 2010 and 2018 but the Anti corruption Act has never been practically enforced.

Sagas like the ID scandal, Bicycle scandal, microfinance and Specioza Kazibwe Scandal, Bassajjabalaba scandal, presidential handshake, presidential initiative on markets scandal.

The OPM scandals, Pension scandals and so many others have taken place within this period and many of the culprits implicated in these sagas are free and have never been charged for anything.

These people are untouchable because they’re historical and this gives them immunity not to be prosecuted for their crimes.

As some people have always said it before, the problem of Uganda is those ‘historicals’ and the people who wield power in government because they don’t care about the constitution.

What is needed is a new wave of leaders with intelligent minds.  There is need to change the system from the Bush era mentality to another era of true democracy, constitutionalism, rule of law, economic transformation and prosperity.

The problem of Uganda is not Museveni; it is lack of patriotism, people are working for their stomachs. Corruption begins at grassroots.