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As events show, the People’s Parliament now appears to have been muzzled and compromised by the Executive. Parliament is no longer serving the people’s interest. Its leadership now clearly has abandoned its responsibilities of representing the interests of the people and instead has resorted to becoming a mobilization agency for the Head of State, the President of Uganda.
Instead of checking the excesses committed by the Executive and providing and demanding checks and balances from the Executive, it has instead become a public relations representative and image repairer for the Executive.
The People’s Parliament has abandoned its responsibility. This makes it ineffective and inefficient. It has lost its relevancy even in the eyes of sleepy Ugandans. Parliament has failed to implement proposed Constitutional reforms which include Electoral reforms as recommended by the Supreme Court.
Parliament leadership has become toothless. There is overwhelming evidence that it plays to the tune of the Executive which makes it embrace bad leadership and bad governance. Parliament’s efforts are now consumed in appeasing the center of power.
The leadership has failed to demand from the Executive why service delivery has gone too low from expectations. Parliament has failed to fight corruption in government. The way things are moving, it appears in Uganda there is no corruption.
Individuals and institutions involved in massive corruption go scot-free. The issue of abuse of human rights, the poor state of our healthcare, and the poor conditions of roads both in the city center and rural areas are appalling.
Where is Parliament? The country is being looted and the leadership has kept a blind eye. Increasing wealth for the country will only succeed if we go into mechanized agriculture. With that succeeded, then the industry sector will expand to provide jobs.
Unfortunately, Uganda failed to enter the middle-income status because our income per capita remains at $800 which is below the required rate of above $1000 and the minimum salary remains at 300,000shs.
Our service delivery systems are very poor and weak. The healthcare system is in shambles. This explains why top government officials always die abroad. There is virtually nothing in return the ordinary taxpayer gets rewarded for when he goes to seek medical care. Ugandans are on their own when it comes to medical care.
Again the most unfortunate part is the existence of professional nurses going to Arab countries to do odd jobs in a harsh unfriendly environment.
Before we go into the campaign season, we demand proper accountability from all public institutions to expose the thieves looting this mother country Uganda so that we can get rid of the cancer eating up Uganda by electing only patriotic Ugandans who love to serve the people.
Uganda is looking forward to a Presidency that is accountable to the voters, a person who subscribes to decency, transparency, tolerance, and respects human rights, a leader who does not pursue deceit, not a war monger but simplicity in this poverty-stricken country.
Mugoya Paul Polly, concerned citizen and peace monger.
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