What you need to know:
- ‘‘Uganda has unfortunately degenerated into a tale of two countries, one rich, prosperous, happy and well catered for.”
On July 20, Sabalwanyi addressed the nation on burning issues, including the dire economic crisis facing most Ugandans and a deteriorating security situation. Ugandans expected him to announce concrete and credible measures to solve many serious problems facing millions who are starving in places such as Karamoja where hundreds of people have died, or are dying, of hunger and malnutrition.
Against this background, much was expected by wananchi from the President on Wednesday. Did he deliver or did he not? That is the six million dollar question.
According to a story titled, ‘Museveni offers no solution to rising commodity prices’ published in the Daily Monitor of July 21, President Museveni provided no short-term solutions to the skyrocketing fuel and food prices Ugandans are grappling with. While invoking the Bible, he said Ugandans should take the narrow path which would lead them to salvation.
Sabalwanyi argued unconvincingly that government interventions, such as cutting taxes or giving subsidies, would mislead Ugandans to continue to consume without economising, thus plunging the country into more trouble.
“Because when we subsidise, people will continue buying more and more. You will create an artificial comfort to the people for them to think things are normal when they are not normal and you do that by bleeding yourself,” he said.
Most Ugandans feel that their government is out of touch with the objective realities which wananchi face daily. In our sister and neighbouring country of Kenya, President Uhuru Kenyatta, who appears to empathise with wananchi, has done the exact opposite of what is happening in Uganda. President Kenyatta has given Kenyans a fuel subsidy, reduced the cost of household electricity by 15 per cent, reduced prices of cooking gas and drastically reduced the price of maize flour. By Harold Acemah, Daily Monitor
• Officials at the ninth floor of Transnational Plaza said the office used to belong to the DP.
• “The office was his private office though a financial institution had an office there too,” an insider said.
Azimio la Umoja - One Kenya party presidential aspirant Raila Odinga will not attend the presidential debate slated for Tuesday, July 26.
In a statement released by the Spokesperson of his Presidential Campaign Secretariat Prof Makau Mutua, Raila says that a traditional debate structure with opposing candidates is a bad idea this year.
He will therefore hold a similar exercise with his running mate Martha Karua to avert what they termed as an anticipated 'empty self-serving political theatre.'
"In lieu of a traditional debate, we plan to take part in a televised town hall at Jericho social hall in Nairobi Eastlands with ordinary Kenyans to offer our solutions to challenges facing the country and common people," the statement read.
Azimio's team argue that the decision has been occasioned by the nature of its main opponent, and UDA's presidential candidate William Ruto and his demands.
Azimio insists on having a debate around corruption, integrity, ethics, and governance, pillars the coalition says Ruto is not keen on.
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