I have seen and read some confused people bringing in the aspect of the law when the Minister for Local Government, Hon. Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi, is exposing and arresting officials implicated in embezzling public funds. My question is: Why was the law deeply asleep when public funds were being abused, but now waking up when the culprits are being arrested?
Enough is enough. Hon. Balaam does not need to be reminded of issues of the law. What he is doing is to save the lives of many Ugandans who could have died because public drugs have been stolen, buildings have collapsed on them, and patients have died on the roads because of shoddy works as a result of corruption.
Those who attach the law to Hon. Balaam’s anti-corruption operations are actually professional thieves who carry degrees in stealing public funds.
They are the same people who have been castigating the government for failing to contain corruption. Now they are the same people trying to downplay the established efforts to end corruption.
The issue of the headmaster who confessed in Bugisu to have inflated the school enrolment was accepted voluntarily because he knew he was guilty. Now, who forced him to admit?
Is it the law that guided him on how to receive education funds using the ghost names of students?
My advice to Hon. Balaam is that not even verbalising stomach requires someone to visit a pit latrine. So, please block your ears and do what Ugandans want, and what the appointing authority, who is our Fountain of Honour, wants. Enough is enough. Uganda needs to be celebrated for good service delivery.
I will not get tired of thanking the President for appointing Hon. Balaam to help save Uganda. I also want to thank our Badman General Muhoozi Kainerugaba for identifying Balaam, who is now performing more than the rest of the ministers. In fact, the country would only need three Balaams to monitor service delivery.
The writer is a senior veteran journalist.
