In order for the youth of Buruli to internalize and conceptualize ‘Buluri culture emancipation,’ and promote their talents, the cultural leader of Buluri Mwasansozi Mwogezi Butamanya has organised a football tournament for all sub counties in Buluri sub region to compete.

The winning team will take a Buduuli cup and other gifts, also teams that will perform well and players will go away with gifts. This arrangement, according to sources, will cost 1 3,522000 shillings. By the fact that Buluri kingdom is still at infancy stage, their budget is inadequate and we are told the kingdom as Sabaluri calls it has failed to raise the amount of money needed. So on behalf of the kingdom Sabaluli has requested president Museveni to contribute towards this initiative so that the people of Buluri achieve their goal.

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A source in the accounts section of parliament told our news desk that Brenda, Mwiru and many other MPs are aware that the money have reached their respective bank accounts but they are under instructions not to reveal it to the members of the public.

The same source also told us that by the end of this week all MPs will have received their facilitation for facilitating them acquire vehicles. Each MP has received 103 million shillings for the purchase of vehicles.

The vehicles are to help MPs reach in their constituencies. The MPs who were in previous Parliaments would be the last ones to receive the money. Sections in FDC and DP have supported their MPs to receive money to buy posh vehicles when most families in the country hardly receive super.

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Resident District Commissioners (RDCs), judges and LC5 chairperson have got 50 million shillings each to buy brand new cars. But they have been directed not to disclose information to members of the press.

The first batch of the RDCs, judges and LC5 chairpersons got the 50 million shillings at the beginning of February this year and the last batch will get the cash in March 2012.

The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga says that RDCs, judges, MPs and LC5 chairpersons are all entitled to transport facilitation just like ministers and other government officials.

Ms Kadaga says that the beneficiaries of the car programme are not supposed to disclose details to the members of the press. Recently MPs got 103 million shillings each to buy cars.

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 It should also be noted that hundreds of fans attended Bebe Cool’s show not because of his weight as an individual. But because Bebe Cool had advertised Chaka Demus and Pliers. Many people went to Munyonyo to see Chaka Demus and Pliers.

 When the fans discovered that Bebe duped them-they became violent and damaged the hotel property. Now Sudhiru insists that Bebe Cool has to pay him for the losses worth 40 million shillings or else he takes the matter to court. We are told that the revelers damaged lights, pavements, and wash rooms at Munyonyo, some thing that annoyed Sudhiru so much.

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Unfortunately, the government failed to respond to the pressing economic problems. Instead security forces were ordered to arrest peaceful activists and shoot at protesters, turning the police into an instrument of repression.

Moreover, you policemen and women, who are ordered by the repressive state to harass, arrest and even shoot at us are the ones who have suffered the most from this government’s insensitive policies. You are among the lowest paid public servants, you have never earned a living wage and your living conditions in police quarters are deplorable. Sincerely, a policeman who works 24 hours to earn a better living can never whatsoever (with his/her monthly earnings) take own children to good schools neither by a car.

Whenever we (A4C) see pictures and videos of you beating innocent Ugandans we don’t see those who give the orders, we see suffering policemen who purportedly take orders from above to persecute the same citizens who are fighting for rights that would benefit all of us. As we enter an important stage of our campaign this month, we appeal to you the police to stand in solidarity with ordinary Ugandans who are exercising their democratic rights of assembly, protest and freedom of speech.

When we started protesting, inflation was at 14.1%, today it has doubled to 28.3%. A liter of petrol was at ush3, 400, it now goes for ush3, 900, a kilogramme of sugar was at ush2, 800, now it is at ush6, 000, a sack of charcoal was at ush25, 000 and now it is at ush75, 000, yet the salaries of policemen have remained static.

There is no justification whatsoever in arresting, maiming, tear gassing and killing activists who are fighting for your rights. We are all victims of repression. It is not logical for victims to fight another victim. With such fights all victims lose. We therefore urge you the police to stand with us as we demand for change.

By Mathias Mpuuga

MP Masaka Municipality

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