
“Parliament has approved new retirement benefits for the Auditor General, including a one-time payment of Shs500 million to outgoing officer John Muwanga. Retired AGs will also receive a monthly salary matching the current officer, a furnished house, fuel and vehicle repair allowances of Shs2 million per month, and a state burial upon death” (91.2 Crooze FM, 10.04.2024).
The 11th Parliament isn’t subtle, neither is it Government of Uganda (GoU). The National Resistance Movement (NRM) knows how to take care of their own and the loyal cadres. This is a continuation of just that.
The current Auditor General John Muwanga is getting a “service award” and costly perks in retirement. He will lavish and be one of them even when his not serving anymore. This is what the NRM does to its own. While they will not attend or build the institutions of the nation. That’s because the individuals and the inner-circle is more important.
The NRM Regime has funds, missing funds and other sudden complementary expenses. Because, this is gifting away a fortune to a former cadre. He is entitled to a pension and whatever he has earned in the NSSF. However, this is beyond that and giving him new wealth as his ending his public service. That’s because he served in a manner of which the President approved.
It is really telling that the NRM does this and accepts this. We now see who they are and who they prioritize. They are not prioritizing the hospitals, schools or government entities. No, the NRM prioritize their own above all. That’s who they are and this is the NRA Way.
They can say they have tried to work and fix the economy. The NRM can say they changed society, but mostly done for themselves. That’s why the perks of the elite is just rising and the inner-circle is eating of the plate of the state. This is who they are and the expenses the people have to pay for. The money is printed so that the ones who are in good favours get wealth, while the rest struggles to get a thousands of shillings. Meanwhile the likes of Muwanga gets a giant envelope as his ending his time in office.
The NRM isn’t serving the public and neither is there any need to do so. They don’t fear the population or is afraid of an uprising. Because the guns and the army is behind the NRM. They have it all on look and they know the citizens won’t be shocked by this. The population is numb to these things and its a common thing. Though people are struggling and overtaxed, the elites gets a slice of the pie, because they used to serve in the past. That’s who they are and this is the NRM Way. Peace.















