Every dog has its day. one down another to go.... On 7/23/13, Herrn Edward Mulindwa <[email protected]> wrote: > Robukui > > > > Uganda politics was decided by Baganda when they saw a Dog fit to replace > Obote. When you go after the Dog’s administration of Uganda, you directly > become anti Buganda. Let a Dog run the country for it was adorned very > publicly sir and you were not. > > > > EM > On the 49th > > > > > > Thé Mulindwas Communication Group > "With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy" > Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi > "Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko" > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robukui . > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: {UAH} Uganda Govt On Brink Of Bankruptcy > > > > Frank, > > The thieves are broke, and now are trying to mortgage Uganda's future > further by borrowing more from the IMF. > > > > > Viele GruBe > > Robukui > > > > On 23 July 2013 08:26, Frank Mujabi <[email protected]> wrote: > > *** GandaTalk - For A More Balanced Ganda View *** > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > THORNY ERA: Government Runs low on Finances and pushes to Rush the 2013/14 > Budget to save the already Embarrassing Situation as MPs, Ministries, Local > Govts, Teachers, UPE, USE, Suffer the blow > > _____ > > > By Stephen K Muwambi > <http://www.investigator.co.ug/details.php?option=acat&a=933> 22nd, July > 2013 > > _____ > > <http://www.investigator.co.ug/files/media/govtdidonehetjsanmk.jpg> > > > The country's three financial players are in trouble as Government nears > bankruptcy > > > Disturbing news reaching our desk indicates that the government is broke > and > is having a hard time clearing salaries, paying suppliers as well as > contractors. > > Highly placed sources within the Finance Ministry confirmed the > government’s > current embarrassing financial position when we sought them out. > > As a result, the government is moving to have the Parliament pass the > 2013/2014 budget passed as fast as possible. Government has also cut down > on > imprest and allowances given to ministries and government departments. > > Our source cited some of the evident scenarios that prove the regretful > state our government is in. > > > Teachers > > As we filed this report today, teachers had kicked off yet another strike, > demanding an increase in their salaries. In fact, the NRM Parliamentary > caucus members are at the moment holed up in a crisis meeting with their > chairman President Yoweri Museveni to find a solution to the troubling > financial times. > > Professors and lecturers at Makerere University have also put government on > notice that they will not turn up to lecture rooms come next semester. > > “ The University administration should not waste time opening the varsity > for the next semester if the promised salary increase does not come to > pass,” Makerere University Academic Staff Association Spokesperson, Louis > Kakinda told journalists last week. > > Their source of grievance, Kakinda explains, stems from government’s > promise > to increase their pay by 100% this financial year. > > > In subsequent meetings attended by government representatives and the > lecturers, Kakinda claims, agreed that the increase will be implemented in > bits starting with a 20% increase. The 20% increase, Kakinda adds, was > agreed to be implemented in the next semester. > > “We have information that government has gone back on its word regarding > the > 20% salary increase which is even captured in the 2013/14 budget. We shall > not take the betrayal lying down. We shall express our displeasure by > withdrawing our services come next semester,” Kakinda charged. > > > Doctors > > Info we have is that even doctors are also gearing up to go on strike if > government does not implement the salary increases it promised them. > > Some heath centers, especially those in the countryside, are said to be > lacking drugs and other equipments used to treat patients. > > However, the management of National Medical Stores (NMS) has always > dismissed the reports, assuring Ugandans there are enough drugs to sustain > the nation. NMS chiefs blame the lack of drugs on doctors who steal them or > hoard them until they have been given a bribe. > > > UPE & USE > > UPE schools around the country are also said to be stuck with no money to > operate the government’s free Universal Primary Education. > > Our investigations indicate that private schools that are offering > Universal > Primary Education are contemplating sending the beneficiaries home because > of delayed remittances from the Central government. The same is true for > private secondary schools that are offering Universal Secondary Education. > > > Contractors and Suppliers > > Contractors and suppliers of goods and services, we learnt, are too feeling > the pinch with the broke government failing to deliver monies on time. > Majority of such contractors have in fact been dragged to court for failing > to pay suppliers of materials they use to perform contracts for government. > > Under pressure, such contractors have in turn sued government or served the > Attorney General, several ministries or government departments and agencies > demanding payment. > > > Security > > Some policemen and security officials, we understand, have also not been > paid salaries for at least two months. Government has instead resorted to > giving them free food so they can carry on in the absence of salaries. > > > Judiciary > > In the judiciary, courts mostly upcountry are reported to be lacking > stationery and ink and litigants are made to buy files in which to fasten > their case documents. > > Source of brokenness ?? > > The Government’s financial woes heightened when the ruling party “raided” > the treasury and drew sacks of money to fund the 2011 presidential and > parliamentary elections. The election has since been billed as the most > expensive in the country’s history. > > > Military Jets > > There was also uproar when government picked around 11 trillion from the > national treasury without Parliamentary approval and bought six fighter > jets > from Russia. Government would later have Parliament approve the deal > belatedly. > > > OPM/ Pension Scam > > Still reeling from the foregoing financial setback, Ugandans would later > wake up to disturbing news of the more than Shs50bn that was stolen in the > Office of the Prime Minister. The money was meant to rehabilitate the war > ravaged northern region of the country. The donors were so disappointed > that they turned off the dollar taps. > > Stuck, government still returned to the national treasury and secretly > picked money to refund the donors’ stolen dollars. But the donors were not > impressed by the refund. > > > Defeated, government chose to hike taxes through the 2013/2014 Budget so > that businesses would end up deflecting on the already financially hard up > common man by increasing much needed commodities such as paraffin et > cetera. > > But, keen political observers blame the country’s financial woes on the > wasteful government, whose priorities are upside down. They argue that > government spends way beyond its means and so is definitely destined to run > into money problems. > > Observers also argue that government spends a lot of money on a bloated > cabinet, civil service, local government, Presidential Advisors who rarely > do their jobs, stadia of RDCs, DISOs, GISOs, who perform duplicated work, > among such bureaucracy. > > In short, the pundits say government is wasting more money on consumption > other than production. There are many mouths waiting to be fed than the > hands willing to engage in productive work. > > > > http://www.investigator.co.ug/details.php?option=acat > <http://www.investigator.co.ug/details.php?option=acat&a=933#.Ue5kj6yHvTp> > &a=933#.Ue5kj6yHvTp > > > > --- > > > > _____ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3204/6014 - Release Date: 07/23/13 > > _______________________________________________ Ugandanet mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet
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