Kadaga just needs a bed rest and a standby ambulance
The acute disease most NRM cronies are suffering from seems to spread like wildfire. No one is ready to relinquish power peacefully and handover to other able Ugandans. Everyone seems convinced that they’re the best in the positions they hold and any alteration in the status quo is an abomination. This has been developed, well nurtured by the so called revolutionaries that are obviously masqueraders. Just like her colleagues, Kadaga is not ready to say goodbye unless forced out.
Hon. Kadaga has been in parliament since 1989, held so many senior positions in the Museveni led gov’t..Though she has nothing much to show, she still wants to continue being at the helm in public service. She has interesting, but also unfortunate reasons to support her stand.
Kadaga says she must serve her 2nd and last term as speaker of parliament, arguing that all her predecessors served two terms which is a lie. James Wapakhabulo and Francis Ayume served a single term each. Only Kiwanuka Ssekandi served a two term stint, in fact, it was Kadaga that fought and made him and abandon coming back for the 3rd term. Remember, the term of speakership in Uganda is open, there are no term limits.
She wants to Gazette the speakership position, a culture of self entitlement she seems to cherish.
Another reason she gives why it’s a do or die for her is that she represents woman emancipation. Unfortunately, these politicians think Ugandans so naive and stupid! As I pointed out earlier, this woman has been in parliament since 1989, held so many senior positions in the Museveni gov’t. What’s in the Busoga region where she hails from? A part from extreme poverty and jiggers, what can we talk about from the region? If woman emancipation was directly impacting women, Busoga would be like New York, don’t you think?
The first lady vice president in Uganda, Specioza Kazibwe hails from Busoga, the current NRM Secretary General Justine Kasule Lumumba is from Busoga, what have they changed? It’s public knowledge that over 2.4m Ugandan girls can’t go to school when in their monthly periods, reason; they don’t have and can’t afford sanitary pads. If she claims to stand for women emancipation, let her tell us how she has helped these helpless and hopeless Ugandan girls before preaching woman emancipation.
If indeed emancipation is what she stands for, how about the 18 women that die daily when giving birth? As I write this, probably a woman is dying somewhere in a banana plantation while giving birth. It’s no secret therefore that Kadaga’s women emancipation is for the fat cats in Kampala, not her fellow women wallowing and riddled in absolute poverty deep in villages.
