Mr President, permit me to thank you for being a tolerant grandfather who does not act based on rumours. This is the reason why, when the saga involving Among kept coming to your attention, you did not react hastily. Instead, you took your time to gather all the facts about Anita Among.
As a very intelligent President, you did not turn down any invitation by the former Speaker of Parliament to her functions, even when you were not happy with how she was conducting herself.
You kept quiet until you said enough was enough on Anita Among.
Mr President, this is the same approach I would still request you to take with the Ministry of Works. If you go deeper and investigate the ministry, you will be surprised to find that those who claimed to be whistleblowers are actually the culprits who should have been fired and arrested.
Mr President, as your Bazukulu, I have learnt that what is happening in the Ministry of Works is like a child who is loved so much at home. When the parents are away, the child plays well with the others, but the moment he or she sees the parents returning home, he or she starts crying loudly, accusing the others of beating them when, in fact, they did not.
Mr President, that is the fate of the six dismissed Ministry of Works officials. They would want to express themselves to you, the appointing authority, but who can lead them to you is the question.
They have not been given an opportunity to explain themselves regarding what could have caused the delayed works. But as they try to find every possible way to do so, the babies who are crying loudly to the parents have gone ahead and started beating this innocent child even before the parent says a word. This is what has happened. Those who claim to be clean and truthful are, in fact, even dirtier. They have quickly signed dismissal letters for the officials. I thought such action should have been directed by an investigative body like the Inspectorate of Government (IGG).
Mr President, I do not have any relationship with any of the six dismissed officials. I am just a patriotic Ugandan who believes in fair judgment for any official implicated.
When you look at the case of Among, there is evidence against her because she was given a fair hearing.
Mr President, as your Bazukulu, I still plead with you to grant the dismissed officials an audience so that we do not miss important information surrounding the Ministry of Works. There is a lot that is still not coming out clearly about what is happening in the ministry.
The writer is a senior veteran journalist.
