“Clean leadership has been the hallmark of NRM, we fight for accountability and transparency. By the way if you have noted, it is the NRM MPs at the forefront of this, the Opposition are wobbling, they are looking through the windows, in the corridors, they run very fast they aren’t putting their heads high. But for MPs who came to the strong promise to fight corruption and poor service delivery, this is another call, send those MPs to do their duty here, they must come to Parliament to discharge the cardinal duty to hold Parliament to account. But they are hiding, they are busy down there, they are in business” (…) “We need something like 177 signatures and Parliament should be the last place to run away from debate. The accusations against the four commissioners, they will have their day to explain themselves, so why should anybody fear to come out and explain the Shs1.7Bn shared amongst commissioners? Parliament is the bastion of transparency and accountability. Where are those MPs who came to Parliament chest thumping that they were going to stand for accountability and transparency? For one reason or the other, some have refused to come because we had wanted by the end of this week to close the registration” – Theodore Ssekikubo MP (27.05.2024).
The censoring of the Parliamentary Commissioners and that makes sense after they made themselves a huge payday with their “Service Award”. The additional envelope for serving as Commissioners are a corrupt act and misuse of office. It is noble to discuss it and disown it. However, Ssekikubo MP is forgetting vital things while petitioning the MPs to sign under this.
The 11th Parliament is a den of thieves. The MPs are pocketing funds themselves and if they are going after the Commissioners. They need to look into other additional funds and budget posts that has been created for the MPs and their various roles of the August House. They got the bag and the hustle continues. The racket of being in office is making them rich and finding avenues to eat while they can.
Ssekikubo MP can attack the Opposition for not petitioning this, but we have seen censoring of Ministers, but it is meaning squat. The only thing that is powerful is a decree or a Presidential Order taking an appointment. The President can clip the wings of a Minister, but the Parliament censoring of someone means absolutely nothing.
Ssekikubo MP comes with a Museveni lie about NRM’s “Clean Leadership” because the corruption scandals and “missing funds” is natural staple in the order of things. The NRM thrives on corruption and graft. Everything is a possible scheme and for someone to figure out a way of getting kickbacks from the operation. Therefore, he takes people for granted and don’t think people don’t know. We all see it and its obvious.
He can speak all these big words which have impact, but we know it is meaningless. Especially when there is nothing to enforce it. There is no will and there is no way. The idea is maybe righteous, but the place of purpose it is not.
We have seen people come and go… the stories of bag deliveries and pay-offs to MPs for votes. There are vehicles, suits and whatever reasoning behind it, but the main idea is paying for service rendered, which the citizens would never get. The shillings are moving between the state and the representatives of the state. That’s the game and Ssekikubo MP knows about this… so these people cannot want or have a will for accountability or transparency. Because then the books of dark secrets and kickbacks could come public. Then the skeletons are out of the closet.
Remember…. “Cash rules everything around me C.R.E.A.M… dollar dollar bill y’all”. Peace.
MinBane 