What Museveni said when he walked with ‘corrupt civil servants’ in Kampala

The December 4, 2019 Anti-Corruption Walk should be remembered in Uganda’s ‘civil history’ because those who have deliberately slowed development of the country by engaging in the vice “participated in it”.

Besides, the walk attracted high profile persons; those in public and private sectors, and ordinary people, alike.

Unlike President Yoweri Museveni who said before the walk that he has never bribed, been bribed, those [some] who joined him in the walk in 2019 swindled huge funds meant for different government projects.

Under the theme: “A Corruption Free Uganda Starts with Me”, the walk was held to raise awareness on the dangers corruption offers and government’s efforts to fight the vice and seeing perpetrators punished.

Speaking as a chief walker at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds where he spoke to the country, President Museveni said Uganda has got many laws to fight corruption despite the fact that it has not been achieved due to poor implementation policies.

“The problem is in implementing and I think the mistake was in the recruitment in the office of the IGG and Nakalema’s office and URA. Never recruit people based on qualification, but based on integrity,” Museveni directed, adding that “many laws are in place”.

The President who said he’s very rich, with no corruption records, likens corrupt officers to parasites for they get wealth they have not worked for.

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Uganda’s president since 1986 noted: “If you don’t have jobs and income, the temptation is high. Everybody who is able should make sure that people get jobs and they get wealthy.”

He also adds that corruption is caused by “acute needs”, noting that the following 3s; the moral, the spiritual and the material should be addressed.

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“Let us improve our economy and we can speak on the moral and spiritual sides but having addressed the material side of the human needs,” he added.