Five Kisoro District Local Government officials, including the district speaker and the chairperson of the district service commission (DSC), have been arrested over allegations of soliciting and receiving money from job applicants in exchange for purported assistance in securing employment.
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President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda 🇺🇬: "The problem with Africans is an inferiority complex. When they are Christians, they try to become Europeans. They think being Christian is being European. When they are Muslims, they want to become Arabs."
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Title: How Much Has Uganda Lost?
Yesterday in Bundibugyo, I saw the shocking remains of Tokwe Bridge, reportedly constructed at a cost of 350 million, yet found without basic steel reinforcement. The bridge collapsed before it could even be commissioned.
And this is not an isolated story. Over five bridges have been washed away in Bundibugyo. How much public money has Uganda lost in this madness?
What does Uganda need?
President Yoweri Museveni has done his part for Uganda, but we as leaders and citizens have let him down. Government provides resources for infrastructure and services, but corruption, poor supervision and shoddy workmanship continue to rob our people.
Let everyone involved answer. Where did the money go? Who designed, supervised, certified and paid for these works? Who approved them? Who benefited?
We must establish the facts, recover every lost shilling and hold those responsible accountable.
Whoever ate even a cent meant for these bridges will vomit it.
The era of eating public funds is over. Zero tolerance to corruption. Value for money. Improved service delivery. Uganda must work for Ugandans.
At 78, when many people would be expected to rest and depend on their families, Henry Balikowa, a resident of Iganga District, continues to fetch water every day to earn a living.
Balikowa fetches about 50 jerrycans of water daily, selling each 20-litre jerrycan for just Shs 500. On each trip, he carries only eight jerrycans, forcing the elderly man to make several exhausting rounds to complete his daily work.
Despite his age and the physical strain, Balikowa says fetching and selling water remains his source of survival. Every round he makes is another painful journey in his struggle to earn enough to meet his daily needs.
For Balikowa, water is not just a basic necessity; it is the burden he carries every day to survive.
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