Speaker Rebbecca Kadaga left in a trap
By Angela Nyakuni
Although President Yoweri Museveni’s talk on TVs and FM radios last night did not meet expectations of many Ugandans, it somehow pleased them after he dissected the sh 10 billion the parliament gave to MPs.
The president said: It is morally reprehensible for MPs to give themselves money for personal use when the country is in such a crisis; totally unacceptable to me and the NRM.
“They have entered themselves into a trap and the best way out is to donate the money to the districts where they come from.”
When I met with the Speaker, I told her they should get out of that trap and the best way to do it is by not spending this money on themselves. I agreed with the her to donate that money to the district task forces,” Musevebi said.
I heard that some MPs went and bought things, you are not a purchasing officer of the state. This is public money, not personal money, if you spent it wrongly you will pay it back with your salary; this will be sorted out by the Auditor-General.
Those MPs and ministers who interfered with our war on coronavirus through distributing these things they bought should be warned. We are in an emergency; how did you distribute these things?
What structures were you using? These are serious issues and political leaders should be perfect examples, this is why MP Francis Zaake was arrested. How do you arrest Zaake for interfering with the anti-corona virus wars and you leave these ones of the NRM including ministers who are purchasing food and collecting people?
It is clear that the Speaker of Parliament, the Right Hounorable Rebbecca Kadaga, was left alone in this act of robbing taxpayers’ money. Mr. Museveni jumped out of the wagon; the speaker is left to voters, who will skin her alive. The public is not happy and illicit money deals irritate them the most.