It's long overdue that we confronted the daylight extortion disguised as parking enforcement by Multiplex Ltd.
Their attendants casually slap a UGX 1,000 or UGX 2,000 parking ticket onto your vehicle and disappear. Those tickets are often blown away by wind, soaked by rain, or missed by motorists rushing to their next destination. Once the ticket goes unpaid, mysterious penalties begin piling up, yet nobody clearly explains the legal basis, formula, or justification for those escalating charges.
But even that is not the worst part.
The real outrage is the abusive manner in which these penalties are enforced, and the experience of @c_mwanguhya perfectly exposes the problem.
His outstanding penalties stood at UGX 18,000. Earlier today, while he was still seated inside his parked vehicle, Multiplex attendants rushed to clamp his car. When he stepped out demanding an explanation, they casually informed him that he had arrears and that their only responsibility was to clamp the vehicle.
The absurdity is that the very act of clamping instantly attracted another UGX 40,000 charge. By the end of the ordeal, Charles was forced to pay UGX 58,000.
The question then is, if the driver is right there, ready and willing to pay, why rush to clamp the vehicle before even speaking to them? Why deny them the opportunity to clear the outstanding amount and instead deliberately trigger an extra UGX 40,000 clamping fee?
The same abuse happened to me opposite Watoto Central. Their attendants clamped my car while I was standing there. I repeatedly told them I was prepared to pay immediately, but they ignored me. Even after paying both the parking charges and the clamping fee, they still kept me waiting for almost an hour before removing the clamp.
This is not enforcement. This is exploitation.
We demand accountability. We demand fairness. We demand justice.
Un but de plus pour Kylian Mbappé. Contre le racisme cette fois. Tout mon soutien. Quand les mots salissent, nos valeurs répondent : dignité, respect, fraternité. @KMbappe 👏
Our prayer is that you come back safe and alive, for we know you will tell your story eloquently and boldly.
You have never failed to stand for the things you believe in. Your contribution to the democratization of our country, your unrelenting pursuit of the rights of women, and the girl child will not be diminished by the cowardly acts of your detractors.
Your name is indelibly inked in history and our hearts in ways that your abusers can only envy and therefore seek to destroy you. They may disappear you, but never your ideas. Theirs is brute hollow and backward force.
Those who ingratiate themselves with your abusers know in the deep recesses of their thoughts and hearts, too well, that you have done nothing wrong.
Two leading civil society leaders and distinguished lawyers, Dr. Sarah Bireete E.D @ccgea1 and Eunice Musiime E.D @amwaafrika are the latest victims of the ongoing criminality. They have been abducted by the military and driven off to an unknown destination. These are definitely tough times, but the TOUGH PEOPLE OF UGANDA will outlive them. Uganda will be free!
You should have things you don't do, places you don't go to, substances you don't take, words you don't say
By all means, have Principles and Standards.
You be there in the City, having one solid meal a day, tea+bread in the evening meanwhile your mother has "adopted" a second 15 year old child in the village.
You be fighting for your life to soften hers & the lumpen just exacerbates your struggle.
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RE: SPEAKERSHIP RACE
I wish to draw the attention of the public to the matters regarding the Speakership race.
After wide consultations and deep introspection, and to maintain harmony and clarity in my beloved party, the @NRMOnline, I wish to categorically and unequivocally state that I will not be offering myself for the Speakership race of the 12th Parliament.
I am greatly indebted to H.E @KagutaMuseveni, my party, the @NRMOnline, and members of the 11th Parliament for giving me the opportunity to serve as Deputy Speaker and Speaker.
I am equally indebted to my family and friends for the solidarity and support they have extended to me over the last five years.
I pledge my total support to the candidates who will be endorsed by the President and the Party, and Implore all colleague MPs of the 12th Parliament to do the same.
I shall remain available to the service of my country as the party and the President may assign me.
In the meantime, I pledge to continue cooperating with all ongoing investigations as initiated by the relevant organs of the state to get to the root of all the allegations raised.
FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY.
ANITA ANNET AMONG