Rather than have parliamentary committees conduct in-depth investigations into corruption instances that are brought to light in their reports, President Yoweri Museveni wants police to go into these cases in detail.
Speaking on Friday at the National Resistance Movement-NRM Liberation Day celebrations held at the Wakitaka church of Uganda grounds in Jinja city, Museveni stated that the police’s investigative arms ought to take centre stage instead of squandering time in boardroom discussions once the auditor general releases reports on corrupt agencies and individuals alike.
His comments coincide with a few weeks after the Auditor General’s report revealed that, among other connected ills, phantom works and corruption were impeding attempts to guarantee service delivery.
According to Museveni, relying on institutions that failed to prevent graft in the first place is a bad sign of political failure that should be addressed through the legal system.
According to Museveni, stealing public monies is an illegal activity for which there are legal proceedings.
All relevant government entities had to be made aware of this.
Museveni also charged that superpower nations coerced third-world countries to submit to their demands using loans, aid, and influence.
Citing Moses Simbwa as an example, who used the Liberation Day platform to accuse opposition members of bribing him to stage accusations of torture against the government, Museveni asserts that Uganda is constructed on robust mechanisms that are vulnerable to attack by sabotage groups.
Simbwa stated that he was in an accident before the election, but opposition politicians assured him he would receive a million shillings if he were prepared to publicly accuse the government of torturing people in front of foreign media.
Simbwa claims that he freely consented to their transactions. Still, after experiencing months of terror, he contacted the Liberation Day organizers, who provided him with a forum to expose the truth about his predicament.
Museveni adds that there are preparations to expose opposition leaders identified in many intelligence reports for forming alliances with Western nations to undermine Uganda’s economy and public image.