Hon. Fred Badda, MP Bujumba, Kalangagala
As is our customer, all Ugandans and friends of Uganda introduced themselves to the MP and he in turn introduced himself to us. He told us about himself, his party-the National Resistance Movement (NRM), his constituency, the Uganda parliament and the current political situation in the country presently. Being an interactive session, he requested members present to ask any questions on topical issues that he would try to answer in the best way possible.
Questions ranged from Kabaka’s relationship with the central government, movement versus political parties correlation, incineration of drugs yet there is a shortage in the country to Commonwealth Heads of Government summit meeting (chogm) funds theft. Others included wastage of taxpayers’ money on motorcades of VIPs, universal Primary education (UPE) system, transport to Kalangala, electoral commission and the ever increasing number of districts.
In response Hon Badda assured the Diaspora that the constitution is clear about corruption, that is why parliamentary oversight committees like the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the Local Government Committee, the statutory bodies committee and the like are all headed by opposition members of parliament. About incineration of medicines, he claimed that in most cases it is those preventive drugs like for Ebola that are destroyed after their ‘use by’ date passes, without there being any outbreak. The government now labels all its drugs making it difficult for them to be stolen and vigilance measures have also been increased.
On UPE, the MP assured us that loopholes were being addressed and that performance had lately improved. As for Kalangala transport, a new ferry was underway which will commute 6 times daily. About the Buganda Kingdom relation with government, the MP said, there has been no other government in history friendlier to the Kabaka as the NRM and that negotiations are proceeding smoothly which will culminate in opening of CBS radio and solving of other existing wrangles.
He reacted to most of the questions in a not so different way from the way the president and most movementists react to wastage of public funds and corruption. That, institutions are in place to tackle those ills including the constitution and penal code, police, Inspector general of Government and auditor general among many others.
The meeting took place in a cordial environment and compared to many visitors hosted here, hon. Badda had a very soft landing.
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