Friday 28 October 2022

GOD IS GREAT: HOW THE PEOPLE WHO HACK INTO OUR ACCOUNTS TOOK THEMSELVES TO POLICE.

In between July and early October 2022, I had my two Facebook Accounts hacked into. First was: William Kiwanuka Kituuka. They hacked in under the guise of securing my account. This led to asking me for new Passwords, and after each password, I would go back to the same circle.

I was left with: William Kituuka Facebook Account. Towards end of September or very early October, I found myself off Facebook.

In the past, from 2010 and 2015, when I fundraised to stand for President of Uganda, my email (s) communication was hacked into. And, at the end, all the funds I raised were instead shared.






I thank God because I trust Him. Imagine the people who do the injustice to us reported themselves and exactly what they do for which they are paid!

WHETHER KAMPALA DISTRICT IS TO BE PUT ON LOCKDOWN OR NOT, THE DECISION HAS ALSO TO INVOLVE FINANCIAL EXPERTS.

By William Kituuka Kiwanuka

The Observer of October 28, 2022 has an article: ‘Broke Govt to borrow Shs 2 trillion from StanChart to finance budget. 'Broke' govt to borrow Shs 2 trillion from StanChart to finance budget. In the first quarter of this FY, only Shs 10.25tn out of expected Shs 14.57tn was released. In the 2nd quarter, only Shs 7.3tn has been released observer.ug/news/headlines…

We are aware many Governments borrow to finance their budgets as a norm. However, not all is well for Uganda’s economy.

Recently, Dr. Adam Mugume an Economist at Bank of Uganda and Director of Research and Policy is quoted to have said, “We are only assuming now that either we have the Oil revenues coming on board or we go back and ask for debt forgiveness or we default. A part from these options, I don’t see how we shall repay our debts”.

Finance Minister Matia Kasaija while appearing before the Parliamentary committee for finance disclosed to the inquisitive lawmakers that government has totally run short of funds to run the country.

“We are totally overwhelmed at the moment. What we have in the national coffers is too insufficient to sustain the national economy,” Kasaija says. “We have no money to run the country. This work is hectic for me yet I can’t step down. I cannot resign as many of you have been asking me to,” Kasaija added.

https://ekyooto.co.uk/2022/08/12/minister-says-govt-has-run-bankrupt/

We ought to be aware that Uganda is where it stands today mainly because of two developments: 

1. The COVID induced lockdown of the economy 2020 through 2021.

2. The Russia invasion of Ukraine since February 2022.

Following the COVID lockdown, UBOS came up with policy interventions as stated below to better the situation.

IMPACT OF COVID - 19 ON KEY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN UGANDA AND SUGGESTED POLICY INTERVENTIONS.

Policy Interventions

Uganda Bureau of Statistics got a number of feedback particularly from the private sector on possible interventions Government could undertake to stimulate economic growth in the short – to medium term and consequently maximise social welfare (consumer surplus) in long term. The policy interventions are highlighted below.

1. Support crop and livestock farming activities by extending affordable credit facilities to organised rural households (women, youth, cooperative societies), providing improved farm inputs and quality extension services to households and commercial farmers, making available water for production, strengthening storage facilities and minimising post-harvest loses, storage and transportation to improve supply chain of food crops, cash crops and livestock products,

2. Need to support agro processing Industries to increase production of what is being imported that can be produced locally. For example; (a) with milk, the country can produce pasteurized milk and powdered milk to substitute the imported ones; (b) manufacture of animal and vegetable cooking oils; (c) textile manufacturing from cotton lint, (d) further processing of coffee, tea (for beverages), maize, cassava (for raw materials in manufacture of pharmaceuticals, and starch), Irish potatoes, sorghum, fish, to mention but a few.

3. Accelerated support to science and innovation hubs in the geographic regions using higher institutions of learning to research in areas of for chemical, electrical and electronic products given the abundance of raw materials, base and other metals in the country,

4. Provide tax incentives to SMEs and large enterprises for at least two years.

5. Avoid increasing import tariff of intermediate products, reduce the non-tariff barriers and the cost of

doing business to promote final-goods industries relying on imported intermediate products

Table 2 below provides a matrix of suggested cross sectoral and specific interventions from private sector,

which Government should have a close look at to stimulate the economy.

https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Impact-of-COVID-2019-On-the-Ugandan-Economy692020.pdf

Given the above background, it will be VERY WRONG for the Government of Uganda to rely on technical advice by just the Medical exparts to lockdown Kampala and possibly Wakiso district.

That is my input.

FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY.

Thursday 27 October 2022

THE PENSION SCAM CASE WHICH IS A BIG SCANDAL TO UGANDA’S JUDICIARY REQUIRES TO BE URGENTLY REVISITED.

Hon. Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo Chief Justice of Uganda,

I wish to put your attention to the Pension Scam case where the brief detail of the case is given in the summary below:

The Anti-Corruption Court (located in Kololo, Kampala) delivered judgment as regards the accused involved in the pension case in which Shs 88.2 billion was stolen. The money is said to have been used to pay “ghost” pensioners.

Lwamafa, the former Ministry of Public Service Permanent Secretary, Obey, Principal Accountant and Kunsa, Director Research and Development were on August 19, 2015, arraigned before court and charged with several counts in relation to the irregular budgeting of National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and misappropriation of sh88b allocated to it.

This case came four months after the collapse of the sh165b pension scam case. The case was dismissed for lack of prosecution evidence after it had stalled for one and a half years without any witness being produced in court.

According to the charge sheet, the embezzlement, fraud, conspiracy, false accounting and diversion took place in two financial years, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012.

Briefly, the three accused were said to have masterminded a fraud scheme using an unapproved payment system, in which they created ghost pensioner accounts, and then purportedly paid billions of shillings into these accounts, which money was eventually withdrawn by people who were part of this scheme. According to the State, the accused budgeted for NSSF, an item the ministry does not budget for and when the money was remitted, they diverted it to an unknown third party.

In his judgment Justice Lawrence Gidudu noted that the money was fraudulently paid to former employees of the defunct East African Community board.

He also said that the sh88.2b was siphoned through a syndicate which was initiated at the ministry of public service, modified at the ministry of finance, perfected at the Bank of Uganda and executed by Cairo Bank.

A judgment was made as result of a 15 months trial , In his judgment Justice Lawrence Gidudu exonerated the Secretary to the Treasury Mr. Keith Muhakanizi of allegation of conspiring with the accused had earlier been raised against too, this was because he had made it expressly clear to the accused prior to the loss of money which was allegedly reported stolen that the payment scheme was not approved and not efficient however the accused had gone ahead and used it to make payment to non-existent individuals. The court received cooperation from the office of the Secretary of the Treasury and as such Mr. Keith Muhakanzi had written to court and the prosecution in regards to the case and his caution to the accused. The accused Christopher Obey was sentenced to 15 years, Mr Stephen Kiwanuka Kunsa was sentenced to 5 years and Jimmy Lwamafa was sentenced to 7 years they were also ordered to as well as to refund shs. 50 billion of the shs. 88.2 billion Jointly.

My Lord, this case arises from a situation where I William Kituuka Kiwanuka organized to raise funds to be able to stand for President of Uganda. I used Cairo International Bank in Uganda to help with the collection of the funds. Mr. Ssentongo Ishaq A the Assistant Manager Operations was the contact person I approached over the fundraising. He told me that no money had been collected on my behalf. However, this was wrong. Instead it comes out that the funds I raised are part of what became the Pension Scam.

My Lord, I need justice in this matter.

My Lord I fail to understand the role played by the various Government Agencies in ensuring justice in this case. The agencies include: The Inspectorate of Government; The Auditor General, The Criminal Investigations Directorate and the Directorate of Public Prosecution.

My Lord, in handling this case it is not clearly brought out the source of the funds which were shared. Secondly, the actual beneficiary of the funds is not brought out.

My Lord, this matter clearly points to a scheme that was meant to deny me receipt of funds I raised and instead other parties ended up benefiting.

My Lord, 10 years down the road, I call for justice.

THE ACCOUNT: ULTRA SIMPLEX ENTERPRISES – 000686

I happened to open an Account with Cairo International Bank when the Bank was on Sure House Building in Kampala. The Account: ULTRA SIMPLEX ENTERPRISES – 000686 was to help me among other things have where to deposit cheques from those who advertised with my Career Tips Magazine. With time, business became difficult and the Account became dormant.

In 2010, I got an idea to contest for President of Uganda. I worked on a Blog which currently runs as: IDEAS WILLIAM KITUUKA KIWANUKA HAD FOR THE PRESIDENCY PRIOR TO 2011 GENERAL ELECTIONS (If you search on Google, you see the content). This article when accessed on the Internet gives the content of my appeal for President of Uganda for 2011. I had a challenge of a bank account to use to collect the proceeds of my fundraising. I decided to go to Cairo International Bank which had re – located to where Greenland Bank used to be on Greenland Bank Building – Kampala road.    I was referred to the Manager on 1st Floor who was in charge of Dormant Accounts among other duties. I told him that I wanted to have my account re – instated so that I use it to collect proceeds of my fundraising. He agreed. I was then able to send out appeal emails worldwide with the web address of my Blog included. I got the skill to send out Email appeals from Regional Partnership for Resource Development (REPARED) whose contacts are: John Chikati, IFDM Gardens, Ngong Road, Nairobi, P.O. Box 5027-00506, +254 387 28 23. These people used to send to me literature to do with fundraising when I was Chairman: Makerere University Private Students’ Parents’ Association (MUPRISPA) from 2001 onwards given that they believed we could use the skills to fundraise for Privately Sponsored Students at the University.

I was however surprised when I checked at Cairo International Bank and the contact person Ssentongo Ishaq. A the Assistant Manager Operations kept telling me that they had not received funds to the credit of my account. As the Nomination date for Presidential Candidates got nearer, I wrote to the Governor Bank of Uganda about my problem and copied the letter to the Chairperson Electoral Commission (Letter attached).

I finally resigned with Cairo International Bank after I was told that the bank had not received any funds to the credit of my account. After sometime, when I checked at Cairo Bank, ULTRA SIMPLEX ENTERPRISES ACCOUNT - 000686 had been closed!

The Pension Scam in Cairo International Bank

When I was in a position of disbelief, I learnt that some ghost pensioners had shared money in Cairo Bank. I took a lot of interest in the matter. I was later to learn that staff in the Ministry of Public Service had been involved in the scam.  I also learnt that a Till was allocated to those who called to the bank to collect the loot. I also learnt that shs 150,000 was got by the bank from each of the beneficiary accounts to the fraud, and that there was only one transaction and the account would be closed!

Ever since, I have come to believe beyond reasonable doubt that the funds involved in the pension scam were actually proceeds to my fundraising which had been a success, but that I was denied access to the money I raised.

Information about the Pension Scam can be searched on Google: ‘A brief summary of the pension scam - Barefoot Law’

The Banker – Customer relationship

It is very clear that state actors got involved in this fraud that denied me funds I raised. However, with my understanding of banking, given that I practiced as a Commercial banker for some years, if a customer’s account has issues, these MUST be brought to the attention of the customer.  My fundraising registered a big success. Some people saw it as opportunity to deny me the money. But whatever they got involved in is fraud or outright robbery. The bank should have called me and discussed issues surrounding my fundraising, but they didn’t.

The Court Case regarding the Pension Scam.

I was patient as the court case for the Pension scam went on. There was no mention of the source of the funds, nor the rightful beneficiary (ries), however, some money was recovered as if it is the Government of Uganda that had lost the funds!

Ten years down the road, my patience has died out.

After realizing that 9 years had passed and I was not getting justice, I decided to write to Mr. Asubo Sydney, the CEO Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) – the letter is dated December 17, 2019.  Asubo was attached to the Inspector General of Government (IGG) office by the time of the fraud – (he was the Director Legal Affairs at the Inspectorate of Government) and now he is the FIA CEO. Unfortunately, up to the time of my writing to you, Mr. Asubo has never made any effort to write back to me over the subject. When I realized that Asubo had not responded, on March 9, 2020 I decided to hand deliver my complaint to the Auditor General’s Office given that they had made some report about the same fraud in Cairo International Bank. I have however never got a response from his office.

Decision to involve Bank of Uganda.

I decided to send my complaints to Bank of Uganda. Cairo Bank got my complaint from Bank of Uganda. I got a call from the Cairo Bank on 24th August 2020 – actually via Tel. +256782196936 registered in the name: Angelina Nyakake. It was acknowledgment that they had got my complaint. I responded to Bank of Uganda that the way to sort my matter with Cairo Bank was to have an audit of the transactions to account 000686 – Ultra Simplex Enterprises. This letter I copied to Cairo International Bank. Unfortunately, Cairo Bank has since not updated me of the developments.

ATTACHMENT NO.1: LETTER TO GOVERNOR BANK OF UGANDA.

WILLIAM KITUUKA KIWANUKA

P. O. Box 33917,

KAMPALA.

Tel: +256714981628

Email: wkituuka@myself.com

29th September 2010

The Governor

Bank of Uganda

P. o. Box 7120,

Kampala.

Dear Sir,

RE: FUNDING FOR MY PRESIDENTIAL BID

Up to now, I am one of those who wish to stand as Independent candidates for President of Uganda.  Unfortunately, I cannot proceed to collect Nomination Papers if I have no funding, which funding I have endeavoured to campaign for widely.  Unfortunately, the contact email I circulated: williamkituuka@hotmail.com has for some time now not been accessible to me for reasons which I am not aware of!  That means I cannot have information via that email address.  Time has run out as my last hope to be able to collect Nomination Papers is Friday, October 1st, 2010.

The purpose of this communication therefore is to kindly request the Bank in case there is any funding in my favour to avail information to me.  I look forward to maximum cooperation.

Yours faithfully,

William Kituuka Kiwanuka

cc Senior Staff Bank of Uganda

cc The Electoral Commission


ATTACHMENT NO. 2: WEBADDRESS FOR MY APPEAL TO FUNDRAISE

http://hecarethforyou.blogspot.com/2014/10/ideas-william-kituuka-kiwanuka-had-for.html?m=1


ATTACHMENT NO. 3: A SUMMARY OF THE PENSION SCAM

https://barefootlaw.org/a-brief-summary-of-the-pension-scam/

WILLIAM KITUUKA KIWANUKA WAS BROUGHT UP IN A SIMPLE HOME OF A TEACHER, BUT SOME UGANDANS HAVE NO HUMAN HEART.

Having been brought up in a simple family with the father as a teacher at Namutamba Teachers’ College in then Mubende District, I decided to concentrate seriously on my studies at Namutamba Demonstration School. I loved to join St. Mary’s College, Kisubi (SMACK) I made it. I have no regrets going to SMACK then because we had freedom of worship. As a member of Church of Uganda, I have no regrets. We had the best time worshiping. I can never thank Mubende District enough given the bursary I got which covered one third of the yearly tuition for 4 years.

I was later to use my abilities to raise funds from outside Uganda in 2010 and 2015.

I have failed to understand one thing: The rule of law in Uganda, whether it is real or not. How could some people decide to steal all the money I have raised from outside Uganda since 2010?

We see people we should be respecting in Uganda, but some of them what they do as they execute their duties is simply criminal. All the billions I have raised to Uganda have been stolen by people who imagined that I am an idiot. You take somebody’s money and you do not have the courtesy to imagine that he needs to survive.

For 12 and 7 years now, and continuing, I am unable to access a coin of the money I raised, instead some people have shared and put up whatever they wish.

For all who have stolen my money, either because they believe they are connected or entitled, I am sure, if they have any Religious background, they should know that what they have done to me, and continue doing to me is wrong.

Surely, I don’t see why anybody should subscribe to God’s punishment because he stole my money.

Yes, I am confined to poverty and they are enjoying. I leave all to God our creator. I at times wonder whether that is part of the fundamental change NRM ushered in. I wonder whether there is any Government that would treat me unjustly as NRM.


Wednesday 26 October 2022

PRELIMINARIES AS KIWANUKA KITUUKA PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE 2016 UGANDA PRESIDENCY.

SLOGAN: “TO GET UGANDA TO THE PROMISED LAND”

Kiwanuka Kituuka is founder of: Makerere University Private Parents' Students' Association (MUPRISPA) and Good Governance Practice (GOGOP). 

Kiwanuka Kituuka stands for:

1.   Clean leadership

2.   Security

3.   Prosperity

4.   Togetherness

Of the people of and within Uganda

WHY KIWANUKA KITUUKA IS OFFERING HIMSELF FOR PRESIDENT OF UGANDA

Majority of Ugandans yearn for a positive change in the management of the affairs of their country, but are resigned about seeing such change in their life time yet life grows harder year after year.  Kiwanuka Kituuka has identified weaknesses of the Opposition Leaders in Uganda.  He is convinced that when these are corrected, it is possible to catch the Presidency.  These among others include failure to deliver tangible results to the electorate before seeking for elective office.  Kiwanuka has been involved in playing various roles to see to the welfare of privately sponsored students at Makerere University since 2001, among other areas.  There is need to deliver to the people before going to ask them for votes.  Secondly, the opposition has not been able to have the ability to ensure credible representation at all the polling stations countrywide so as to be able to have counter tallying of the results to what the Electoral Commission delivers, some of which are believed to be altered.   

For over 20 years now, he has been a student of Good Governance, hence the eventual registration of Good Governance Practice.  He has found himself contributing to alternative and better policies for Uganda.  Some of such policies have had the audience of the NRM Government and have been implemented, the most recent being the one he made in 2009 regarding changing the approach to payment of the fee for National Examinations (UNEB) after a number of students were missing final examinations following Head teachers embezzling the money.  UNEB says starting 2015, parents will pay direct to UNEB through various channels.  Much of his works on policy and Human Rights issues can be found on the various blogs he has on the Internet which are for public consumption.  Following the promises in President Museveni's re - election Manifesto of 2001 to implement a Student Loan Scheme, he came up with a model of a Sustainable Education Loan Scheme under Makerere University Private Students' Parents' Association (MUPRISPA) which he had founded earlier.  This proposal was however ignored by the NRM Government and instead, a non - sustainable discriminative scheme has been put in place in 2014 with all the odds which the MUPRISPA approach had addressed.

The people of Uganda who yearn to see a prosperous country have been frustrated more so when the country leadership is at liberty to shift goal posts, as the country's development is compromised.  The colossal amounts of money lost in corruption related scandals are simply ridiculous.  It is sad that many such deals sail through after taking short cuts and institutions that would counter such scandals and eventually loss of tax payer money are rendered powerless in such circumstances.  There is no consensus on a number of things such that the executive for example is at liberty to take the UPDF to South Sudan to support one faction of the fighting groups without prior approval of Parliament.  In such circumstances, it is sad that the tax payer has in addition to foot the bill for maintaining UPDF in South Sudan, meanwhile Government employees including teachers, the Ministry of health staff among others have complained of not getting salary some up to 4 months, with unconvincing reasons including payroll problems, yet some of these have in the meantime had the monthly loan installment liabilities by Government to the various creditors, yet with no salary paid to these people.  This status quo is worsened by the NRM Caucus which in most cases takes the President's position and when back to Parliament the members just endorse the President's wishes.

It is now the norm to have Uganda Police Force and UPDF as priority areas where recruitment is sure and in good numbers on a yearly basis.  In the New Vision Vol. 16 No. 105 of Tuesday, may 2, 2000, under: "Museveni woos graduates to armed forces," the President is quoted to have said, "idle graduates with qualifications irrelevant to the Ugandan market should go back for retraining or join the armed forces.  The unemployed graduates with degrees in unmarketable courses should take advantage of the 22,000 vacancies in the Police Force."

In the circumstances, Kiwanuka Kituuka sees himself as a person who has never been compromised from the days of the NRM 5 - year Bush war.  He say the NRM/A approach then no solution to Uganda's problems, and he was not wrong, because the engineer of the revolution has been compromised, and the best the people of Uganda are disagreements in between the players in Government with President Museveni always emerging as 'Mr right.'  Kiwanuka is convinced beyond reasonable doubt that he can unite the people of Uganda many of whom see that enough is enough.  He promised to be the string that will hold together the people of Uganda with various convictions, but with consensus as the way to go to the brighter future on a journey to the Promised Land.

While Kiwanuka has positions on some issues, he is convinced that many others over which the NRM Government has been uncompromising are much more of common sense issues where the consensus positions should rule, these among others include having the Federal Arrangement countrywide with at least not less than 60% of those the Odoki Commission approached okayed it with 60%.  Ugandans need to see Uganda's institutions functional.  It is absurd when many see the President as the clearing house for nearly everything, and this is becoming a very big problem for the country.  Credible people are available locally and can be identified to help the proper functioning of Uganda's institutions.  Accountability is a must, and this cannot be compromised anymore.  It is absurd that a few people in big positions are at liberty to do unlawful things. There is need to get the clearing business out of State House so that accountable organs of the State handle them.

Kiwanuka promises the people of Uganda a better Uganda if they support him to be at the steering.  He will avoid the wrong relationship as can be depicted between a Bank manager and a cashier.  He says, "If you want a cashier to stick to the rules, you don't start issuing vouchers for her to hold so that she holds them as part of her cash - on - hand as well as entertain any sexual relationship with her.  Instead, you get to spot check her any time without prior notice so that she keeps her till clean.  You don't encourage customers to call on you leaving out the respective lower cadre staff who would handle them, given that it is only matters beyond such staff would be referred to the manager."

The problem with the NRM leadership is that many are so compromised, that is the reason why those below find liberty to loot public property including outright stealing of cash.  Kiwanuka Kituuka is promising clean leadership to the people of Uganda who yearn so much for it.

"FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY"    

 THE PROBLEM

Uganda’s problem is the mass poverty, ignorance, high youth population figures with majority unemployed, disease, environmental degradation, the difference between the budget and budget out-turn of about 30%, corruption, the unsustainable debt burden, poor governance record due to the fact that the regime is using all possible strategies to retain power, an unbelievably huge administrative infrastructure and the too much power which the President holds.  These are greatly attributed to the bad NRM – O politics.   

Uganda’s involvement in the regional conflicts is a very big liability to the country as it is calling for a lot of resources which otherwise would go into development initiatives, and also, a lot of money is needed to counter terrorists targeting the country not forgetting loss of manpower which constantly leads to dependent population needing support.  We must remember that this is responsible for the increasing budget on classified expenditure.

The unfair distribution of the national cake with the biggest pie to the NRM – O members, and President Museveni while campaigning for NRM candidates always fronts the delivery of services in favour of constituents that elect NRM – O candidates

One cannot guarantee that potential funders will be able to get the funding to him/her given the road blocks the NRM – O Government has put in place.  These are bound to frustrate any potential candidate who eventually may just give up competing in national elections, yet the NRM – O even encroaches on the Consolidated Fund to fund party activities.

Youthful population

The State of Uganda’s Population Report 2012 was released in December 2012, according to the ­ findings; Uganda has the world’s youngest population, with over 78% below 30 years, while more than 52% of Ugandans are below 15 years.  Currently, at least 83% of young people have no formal employment, partly due to slow economic growth, the small labour market, high population growth rate, the rigid education system, rural-urban migration and limited access to capital.

67% of Ugandans vulnerable to poverty

About 67% of Ugandans are either poor or highly vulnerable to poverty, the expenditure review for Uganda 2012 by the Directorate of Social Protection in the gender ministry has revealed.

Dr. Fred Matovu, a senior lecturer of economics at Makerere University, who participated in the review, said the study was aimed at establishing the number of Ugandans who require social protection due to their susceptibility to poverty.

Matovu said the 67% represented both Ugandans who spend below the poverty line of $ 1.20 (about sh3,170)per day and those who are below twice the poverty line, $2.40 (about sh6,340) per day.

Going by the United Nation’s Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), Uganda currently has 34.5 million people, meaning about 23.1 million are prone to poverty, and about 8.4 million of them (about 24.5%) are trapped in absolute poverty.

Source: http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/640813-67-of-ugandans-vulnerable-to-poverty.html

Good Governance and Human Rights in Uganda

Uganda as a country has a governance record that is positively affected by the NRM – O wish to be in State House for a very long time.  It is already 28 years with one President.  It can be a big miracle for such a Government not to violate rights of the people in order to retain office.  This is the reason that greatly affects the Good Governance in Uganda.

        I.            There is need to focus on strengthening democratization, protection of human rights, access to justice, peaceful co-existence and improved accountability in Uganda.

      II.            Greater support to Justice, Law and Order Sector, that is focusing on promotion of the rule of law. This includes direct support to the Judiciary concentrating on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the institution.

    III.            Enhance the quality of service delivery through improved local governance and accountability.

The Environment situation

1)     Many of Uganda's natural ecosystems are undergoing conversion, degradation, and decline in a totally unplanned and uncontrolled manner. Examples include: uncontrolled expansion of agricultural land; erosion of soils and a decline in soil fertility; falling quality and availability of water; unregulated encroachment and degradation of wetlands; encroachment of forest reserves; deforestation and overgrazing of rangelands; and invasion of weed species and bush encroachment. With the country's current population of 22 million set to double by the year 2020, these pressures are bound to be insurmountable without sustainable action at both the national and community levels.

Source: http://fsdinternational.org/country/uganda/envissues

2)     Most Ugandans are completely reliant on natural resources to survive. Forests provide fuel-wood and cleared land frees arable soil for agriculture. Uganda loses about 6,000 hectares of forests every 30 days according. If no action is registered by 2050, Uganda’s per capita forest cover will be zero (NEMA, 2009). Already 28 districts have lost their entire forest ecosystem while another 19 districts have forest cover lower than 1%.

As forests give way to agricultural land, the soil is exposed to erosion and loses its fertility. Where cattle are introduced, grazing also affects soil quality, opens the way for invasive species and reduces the diversity of plant species. Other related problems include falling quality and availability of water.

There must be a deliberate effort to see sustainable environment management policies in place through enhancing sustainable conservation and utilization of natural resources and climate change adaptation and mitigation, strengthen the capacities of institutions (Government and Civil Society Organisations) to undertake sustainable environment and natural resources actions aimed at:

Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration of Degraded Ecosystems,

   Scaling-up successful SLM models and approaches, (iii) Enhancing Efficient Utilization of Biomass Energy, Renewable Energy Technologies (RET), and reduction in GHG emissions and

     Promoting Climate Change Resilient Development.

Uganda's Debt Stock

A report on loans, grants and Guarantees for Financial Year 2012/13 presented to Parliament by the Minister of Finance, Planning & Economic Development dated June 13, 2013, states that as March 31, 2013, the total stock of public debt stood at USD 5.6billion (shs14,576.3 trillion, or 26.7% of GPD) of which external debt was USD 3.5 billion (shs 9,152.8 trillion, or 16.7% of GDP, of GDP) and domestic debt was USD 2.1billion (shs 5,423.5 trillion, or 9.9% of GPD).

It is important to note that Uganda’s debt stock at 26.7% of GDP has reached unsustainable levels.  Looking at the Domestic debt, the component which is not bank funded is crippling the business entities in Uganda and some are having their assets being liquidated by the creditors.

There is need to make a review as regards debt in Uganda and sustainability.

Big administration infrastructure

1.      69 Ministers, 327 Members of Parliament, 278 political appointees who include 80 resident District Commissioners and assistants, 75 presidential advisors and 43 private presidential secretaries and their deputies. This is just a picture of Uganda's over-the-top public administration. Pearl of Africa as commonly known is argued that not only is it a sleeping giant but also an over-governed and unproductive country.

2.      It has many administrative units; 45,000 local councils, 5500 parishes, 1026 sub-counties, 151 counties, 18 municipalities and 80 districts. All these structures have executive 10 man executive officials. So, the total number of officials is 10 times the number of every administrative unit.  

3.      How does this nation manage its servants? Uganda's expenditure is very enormous and abnormal.

4.      A presidential advisor and his deputy earn 908.5 million Ugandan shillings enough to pay 378 primary school teachers a salary of 200,000 Ugandan shillings a month.

5.      Private presidential secretary and his assistant earn 7.5 billion shillings enough to; support 2,077 primary schools with 800 pupils each, buy drugs for 890 health centers, construct 935 classrooms or pay 37,500 primary school teachers. Members of Parliament altogether earn 57 billion excluding the allowances, the 69 ministers have all sorts of allowances and only government expenditure on Ministers vehicles fuel, oil and maintenance in 2006/07 was 92 billion Ugandan shillings.  

6.      Uganda has over 31 million people. According to the Ministry of Health, there's one doctor to every 300,000 people. Surprisingly, there's one administrative leader to every 6 Ugandans. Uganda has one of the poorest administrative structures in the entire world. The poor administration can and only provides poor services to its citizens. The government at times makes good policies but it's very hard for them to be implemented leading to all these and many other deficiencies.

Source: Major Problems facing Uganda today –

 http://www.africaw.com/major-problems-facing-uganda-today

The matter of a huge administrative infrastructure must be addressed in national interest.  The NRM - O is using it as a strategy for regime longevity, hence keeps people who should have long retired on pay roll even when they are not productive. 

Disease

Over 11 million Ugandans are suffering from Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and if not treated some may lead to death.

This was revealed by the national coordinator of NTDs, Dr. Edridah Tukahebwa during the launch of the country’s master plan for elimination of NTDs by 2020.  Tukahebwa, who is also the assistant commissioner health services (vector control) in the ministry of health, disclosed that 2m Ugandans are infected with Bilharzia in 63 districts out of 112 in the country.  She said 4.8m are suffering from Elephantiasis in 54 districts while 4m are infected with River blindness in 37 districts and 1m are suffering from Trachoma in 36 districts.

Source: http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/648057-11m-ugandans-infected-with-neglected-diseases.html

Corruption:

The World Bank says that corruption costs Uganda over Shs 900 billion per annum, equivalent to the annual budgets of the government’s biggest departments.

Regionally, Uganda is the third most corrupt country in the East African region after Burundi and Kenya according to the Corruption Perception Index 2011 released by Transparency International in December 2011. Rwanda and Tanzania are “cleaner” than Uganda.

See more at: http://www.independent.co.ug/News/news-analysis/5079-corruption-in-2012#sthash.4ISKtcm1.dpuf 

This money can easily be saved if there is the political will as those who play a big role in the theft are those politically connected.  You can ask yourself where the NRM – O gets all the money they pour into the polls.  They are a beneficiary of the corruption machinery, hence, in the circumstances; it is a joke to imagine that they can seriously hunt the animal that feeds them.

I am not corrupt, and I can promise a law to conclusively deal with the corrupt, where the giver and receiver of corruption both end up in Luzira or its equivalent with no option for a fine, and also losing the Government job as well as publicity on Internet that whoever deals with them does so on his/her own risk.

Presidential Powers:

The proposals in place to see to reduced powers of the President have to be debated and implemented.  Uganda should get modern with a President who suits the modern times, not a dictator who is backed by the instruments of power, and as the proposals are passed, they should immediately become law in the same term.

I have not subscribed as a member to any existing Political Party in Uganda because I am not satisfied with them.  I don’t need to form a Political Party to day, what is needed is that mass of Ugandans interested in a clean up in the governance of Uganda, this, together with a worldwide mobilization of resources to back the strategy.

There is serious weakness among the opposition candidates in Uganda in that they are even unable to come up with statistics showing how people voted at various polling stations throughout the country, hence wait for the figures by the Electoral Commission!  This should be made history, in that, at all Gazetted Polling Stations, there should be manpower that can finally get a copy of the agreed to results sheet duly signed, meaning that as the Electoral Commission compiles results, the opposite team is equally compiling and can release the outcome at liberty if need arises.

I don’t believe in a policy that Government does not get involved in business.  For the sake of employment creation as well as having our industries competitive enough, Government MUST do business more so agro – processing industrialization, and ensure that monitoring is well done.  This does not leave the areas of cooperatives and marketing unattended to, Marketing Boards MUST be re- instated.

There must be motivation to the Medical Doctors and teachers among other professionals so that they deliver 1st class services to the people in Uganda.  Infrastructure for treatment of cases currently referred out of the country MUST be realized, hence phase out this treatment from abroad which costs so much the taxpayer.

Regional Governments have to take shape in a Federal arrangement throughout the country, and the states must be able to determine their priories for growth.

The Parliament size has to be reduced so that the 2021 elections come when Uganda has a size of Parliament that fits the budget, representation must be according to population figures.

Government sponsorship which currently does not make economic sense has to be phased out, instead see reduced tuition fees and a needy scheme as well as a sustainable loan scheme in place.

Women Empowerment

        I.            Although Uganda has made considerable strides in gender equality, especially manifest in the proportion of women national legislators at 34.9 percent - higher than the world average of 19.47 percent - there is still a challenge to empower women at domestic levels. Maternal mortality rates are still high, with 16 women who die while giving birth every day. UNDP supports the government to create gender-sensitive policies, budgeting and economic plans. It also works towards social and economic empowerment of women at grassroots.

      II.            The social domestic setting gives women an unfair start in life compared to men. The average Ugandan woman spends nine hours a day on labour activities such as fetching water, firewood and caring for the sick, according to the Uganda MDG Report 2007.

    III.            The burden of care makes the woman particularly vulnerable when it comes to competing on the job market as it affects girls’ ability to concentrate on education and compete favourably. It is no wonder literacy rates for Ugandans aged 10 years and above is at 79 percent for men, but 66 percent for women, according to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics’ Statistical Abstract for 2012. For women, dropouts from school are due to financial constraints, family responsibilities, illness, early marriages and pregnancies.

  IV.            Girls in social settings are handed domestic household chores, usually because their mothers are working in farm and non-farm activities to supplement household resources.  And although women comprise an estimated 70 percent of those working in agriculture, they  experience unequal access to, and control over, important productive resources, notably land, which limits their ability to raise productivity and even move out of subsistence agriculture, according to the Uganda MDG Report 2010.

Persons with disabilities

According to the 2002 Population and Housing Census, at least 4 out of every 25, or 16 per cent of the population, are disabled.

There is need to promote more chances/opportunities in employment and other areas for people with disabilities.  The need to improved access to basic education, vocational training relevant to labour market needs and jobs suited to their skills, interests and abilities, with adaptations as needed. There is also need to dismantle other barriers – hence making the physical environment more accessible, providing information in a variety of formats, and challenging attitudes and mistaken assumptions about people with disabilities.

Agriculture

FOR a country with fertile land and abundant rainfall which give it a strong comparative advantage in agriculture, Uganda’s agriculture performance is weak. Agricultural productivity per worker, at approximately $200 per year, is among the lowest in the world.

Real growth in agriculture has averaged only two percent per annum over the last 10 years, less than a third of the average growth of the rest of the Ugandan economy. Productivity is especially low in the food crop sub-sector, which is dominated by smallholder farmers, because farmers use rudimentary farm technology and produce mainly for subsistence rather than the market. 

Unless there are radical changes in our approach to agriculture, our agricultural performance will weaken further, with very deleterious consequences for rural poverty, employment, inequality, geographically balanced growth and food security. 

It is imperative to implement a comprehensive strategy to support smallholder agriculture if we are to avert a long term decline in the agricultural sector; a decline which will be accelerated by the exploitation of our oil resources.

If we can help the broad mass of farmers in this country to become more productive, raise their yields and sell more of their output on the market, it will be possible to create a more dynamic agricultural sector which is strong enough to survive despite the adverse impacts of oil on the real exchange rate.

Furthermore, by supporting Uganda’s farmers to increase their marketable output, we can boost agro-processing industries and thus promote industrialization. Strengthening agriculture will not be possible without devoting more public resources to support the sector, but how we spend public resources is critical. 

What should be our strategy for agriculture? 

The goal of agricultural strategy should be to support the modernization of agriculture. Modernization entails farmers adopting good agricultural practices to maximize their profit and selling more of their output on the market. It will bring about a switch towards the production of higher value crops, as well as raising yields per acre and yields per worker. 

A feasible strategy for agricultural development in Uganda must have at its centre support for smallholder farmers. Smallholders comprise 96% of Uganda’s farmers. It is unrealistic to expect that Uganda’s agricultural performance can be turned around by ignoring smallholders and focusing instead on large farms. 

Modernizing smallholder farming will entail smallholders making greater use of purchased farm inputs. Hence modernization will require smallholders having better access to finance.

Nevertheless finance is unlikely to be the binding constraint on modernisation of smallholder agriculture and unless more important constraints are tackled, enhancing smallholders’ access to finance will be ineffective.

Policy measures to strengthen the provision of financial services in the rural areas must be part of a much broader set of interventions to support smallholders to adopt modern farm technology and produce for the market, of the type I have already mentioned.

Unless smallholders have adopted good agricultural practices, such as the use of improved seeds, proper field preparation, timely planting, weeding and pest control, proper harvest and post harvest handling, etc – practices which can improve yields significantly - they will not be able to utilize credit effectively because their farms will not be profitable. 

THE BETTER UGANDA AGENDA

Within 2 years of getting elected to office, I should be able to present to Parliament a Coordinated Programme of Economic & Social Development Policies, in other words, the Uganda Shared Growth and Development Agenda (USGDA).  This should form the basis for preparation of development plans and annual budgets at the sector and district levels throughout the country.

The Better Uganda Agenda to encompass the following social and economic goals:

         i.            Putting food on people’s tables;

       ii.            Providing citizens with secure and sustainable jobs;

      iii.            Rehabilitating and expanding infrastructural facilities;

    iv.            Ensuring gender equity in access to productive resources such as land, labour, technology, capital/finance and information;

      v.            Expanding access to potable water and sanitation, health, housing and education;

    vi.            Ensuring the safety of life and property;

   vii.            Embarking on an affirmative action to rectify errors of the past, particularly as they relate to discrimination against women;

 viii.            Reducing gender and geographical disparities in the distribution of national resources;

     ix.            Ensuring environmental sustainability in the use of natural resources through Science, technology and innovation;

      x.            Pursuing an employment – led economic growth strategy that will appropriately link agriculture to industry, particularly manufacturing;

     xi.            Creating a new order of social justice and equity, premised on the inclusion of all hitherto excluded and marginalized people, particularly the poor, the underprivileged and persons with disabilities;

   xii.            Ensuring that the benefits of economic growth are fairly shared among the various segments of society;

  xiii.            Improving transparency and accountability in the use of public funds and other national resources;

xiv.            Accelerating economic growth rate to at least 8% per annum.

GOALS FORESEEN

Promoting Investment

We see ‘modern dynamic industry’ as the core of a competitive economy.  We therefore intend to strengthen entrepreneurialism and improve innovation and investment conditions.

Foreign Policy

We hope to face up to ‘International challenges’ - Peace Keeping, respect of Human Rights, Support for development and Climate Protection.  Work to promote the East African Community Initiatives as a group, Support the International Criminal Court (ICC), work to see to the promotion of a meaningful and developmental African Union Initiatives, getting the various local fora to discuss democratically initiatives that the country may subscribe to, as well as have interventions in other countries (like we are in South Sudan) after the endorsement by Parliament.

Innovation

We shall borrow innovative ideas that have worked elsewhere (though with some modifications to suit our conditions) to boost development initiatives locally.

Appraisal of Government Liabilities

We shall undertake to appraise all on – going Government liabilities and establish strategies to manage them sustainably.

Campaign to Subscribe to Uganda Development Corporation

A big campaign shall be undertaken after having a law in place to have as many Ugandans as possible subscribe to the capital of Uganda Development Corporation (UDC), which should be the engine for local investment drive hence economic development.

All active population involved in income generation & Social Security

Strategies to be put in place at community level to see that all able bodied people in Uganda are involved in income generation of some sort and all these to be under some social security arrangement.

See Federal a reality

We see different levels of growth in the country because many areas have had a raw deal as regards share of the national cake.  A federal arrangement with some finance powers can help adjust the anomaly.

Promotion of Accountability & Strengthening Procurement Systems

We shall ensure that workable measures are put in to see that before Government is committed to any expenditures and or taking on contractors, value for money is established by getting various Government offices involved ( the Auditor General, the Solicitor General, The Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Assets Authority, the Inspector General of Government, the Auditor General among others).  This should eliminate the contracting of works and audits done after money was dispersed finding that rules or procedures were not followed.  It will also eliminate the loss of tax payer funds as is the case today when audits are done long after the transactions took place.  The Auditor General’s office should then just coming to establish than the instructions and recommendations for the various undertakings were followed as per the specifications.  However, this will call for appropriate motivation of staff in the concerned offices as many are active players in the corruption tendencies by virtue of offices and authority they hold, and in these transactions, International Standards on Auditing (ISA) to be observed.

Support to the Tourism Sector

We shall endeavour to get guidance from the players in the Tourism Sector on what has to be done to boost the sector to be a major earner for Uganda, and funds shall be identified to see the objective realized.

Limit Presidential Pledges

According to a report by the Parliamentary Committee on Government Assurances which was leaked to the Daily Monitor, the President has not delivered on 817 pledges, since he captured power in 1986.  “The pledges  totaling 817, are estimated to cost the Uganda taxpayer more than Shs12.9 trillion in key areas of Infrastructure such as roads, hospitals, schools, airport, bridges, electricity and machinery,” said Mr. Odonga Otto, the Chairperson of Parliament’s Government Assurance Committee.

This situation is simply unbelievable.  If we get to power, we shall ensure that Presidential pledges are phased out, and donations made when cash is available and limits must be clearly defined.  And, majority of pledges unpaid to be written off as many must have been for political gain to ensure regime longevity, yet those that can be incorporated in genuinely fundable projects by Government shall be considered that way as it should be the right way to handle projects.

Have UPDF much more into direct production

The tax payer in Uganda is spending colossal sums on maintaining Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF).  We see that the outlook of UPDF should change so that instead of being involved in other people’s conflicts, it gets more involved in direct production in Uganda.

Positive effort to boost Uganda’s Competitiveness

Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, a globally-acclaimed academic, once said the reason why countries like Uganda seem to be trapped in the cycle of economic underdevelopment is because of the weak political class whose major worry is how to retain power, not how to move the country economically forward.  A visit to the so many supermarkets in Uganda—and a close sample analysis of the products on market shows that there are few Ugandan products to carry home. So, whose products are Ugandans purchasing? Who sowed this mentality in the minds of Ugandans that good things come from abroad?

Efforts are to be made to implement proposals that can see a boost to Uganda’s position in Global Competitive Index (GCI), Uganda’s overall performance declined by two places from 121 (out of 142 economies) in 2011/12 to 123 (out of 144 economies) in 2012/13.  One reason for the negative competitiveness in Uganda is corruption.  Efforts shall be made to see at minimal with serious penalties to the corrupt as one way to boost the country’

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOLLOWING OIL DISCOVERY IN UGANDA

Given the discovery of Oil in Uganda, it s important to note that oil has the potential to transform Uganda’s economy from the poorest to the richest economies in the world, but it also creates new risks and challenges for the country, this against the background that no country in Sub – Saharan Africa has achieved sustainable growth and stable development from oil.  Oil production has the potential to plunge Uganda into abject poverty, environmental degradation, political instability and misery.

We promise to put in effective, transparent and accountable state structures and institutions to ensure that oil production translates into economic development and tangible benefits by all the people in Uganda.  Where Uganda is concerned, there is need to create the best investment climate which will ensure the country to get money in, then job creation, services, boost in industrial activities hence the uplift of the standard of living of the masses.

The people of Uganda should look forward to oil improving their quality of life.  They should expect increased national prosperity with commercial oil production as our Government will invest in roads, power, plants, education, health services and other social economic infrastructure.  The general public should expect an end of donor dependence and conditionality hence regaining economic sovereignty.  Oil will be no curse to the country as no few influentials will benefit living majority in abject poverty following a solid code of conduct to be put in place to deal with conflict of interest.

Laws in place governing Oil in Uganda will have to be reviewed and consensus arrived at in national interest.  Uganda should discontinue the practice of negotiating Individual Petroleum Sharing Agreements (PSAs), but instead adopt Competitive Auctioning Process.  Competitive Auctioning Process will help in striking a balance between getting responsible foreign investment into the country and ensuring that it comes on the best possible terms for the Ugandan people.

We ought to know that oil companies have one aim: to maximize their own profits.  Companies do whatever they can to cut costs and decrease their tax burden.  Government ought to counter this with detailed regulation, Petroleum Sharing Agreements (PSAs) and strong oversight.  These companies are never willing to do things that cost them money unless you tell them to, and then, you need to look over their shoulder and as, is it what we agreed to do?  It is important to emphasize the role of the Parliament of Uganda regarding the oversight on the industry.  All the regulations would mean nothing unless the Government actually works to hold Oil Companies accountable, and this is Parliament responsibility.

We shall create and enforce strong specific environmental regulations for the Oil industry, more so, how to dispose off the by – products, and water made toxic when it is pumped into Oil wells.

We shall have to avoid the Dutch disease – where additional revenues from Oil will end up not putting pressure on demand for domestic goods and services in away that consequently raises the value of the local currency (real exchange rate appreciation) and makes tradable goods uncompetitive. 

THE NATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING SECRETARIAT IN UGANDA

A report of the African Governors of the World Bank dated September 28, 1996 and addressed to Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group on the subject of Partnership for capacity Building in Africa suggested that one of the instruments to be used in the implementation of the Governor’s report was the establishment of a National Capacity Building Secretariat in each participating country in Africa.  The Secretariat would be the focal point for all capacity building activities in the country and would among other tasks, coordinate and provide leadership to the country’s capacity building efforts.  The African Governor’s had defined “Capacity” as the people, institutions and practices that enable countries to achieve their development goals, and “Capacity building” as investment in human capital, in institutions and in practices.

Following the report of the African Governors, a World Bank “Regional Workshop on Strategy and Approach for Implementation” was held in Kampala, on July 6 – 8, 1997, and it made a number of recommendations aimed at bringing the proposals of the African Governors closer to reality.

We shall support and fund the National Capacity Building Secretariat in Uganda to be able to carry out the following functions:

Coordinate all activities dealing with capacity building in the country,

Provide a vision and set of priorities and guidelines for capacity building,

Develop national priorities, strategies and programmes for capacity building and coordinate national technical cooperation programmes,

Act as a Central Clearing House to receive and disseminate information on capacity building and maintain records of all capacity related activities, and keep an inventory of relevant, accurate data base,

Evaluate the implementation of all capacity building programmes,

Participate in the planning and establishment of regional centres of excellence, regional capacity building secretariats and regional information network on capacity building.  

DEALING WITH EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

According to the 16th Annual Report 2013 of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), there are some emerging Human Rights concerns, these include: increasing incidents of murder; increasing students’ strikes in schools; the challenges of human trafficking; the state of media freedom; and freedom of assembly and demonstration.  Other emerging issues are the delays in the salaries of public servants (some up to 4 – 5 months); youth unemployment and underemployment as well as the plight of older persons.

Proposal to handle incidences of murder

We shall conduct thorough and expeditious investigations into the murders to apprehend and prosecute the culprits as well as manage the fear and anxiety among communities and the country at large;

Spearhead the development of a special prevention and response mechanism to prevent the re – occurrence of such murders, including intensification of community policing programmes and deployment in affected areas;

Scaling up the numbers and professional capacity of detectives to be more effective in detecting and preventing crime;

Conducting mass community sensitization on the importance of residents refraining from tampering with scenes of crime to enable the investigators to get reliable findings particularly in murder cases;

Keeping members of the public updated on the progress on the murder cases so as to re – assure them about the security situation in their communities as well as re – build public confidence and trust in the Police, and

To ensure all security agencies strengthen the control of arms, use and movement.

Handling Human Trafficking

There will be need to harmonize policies in place regarding the operations of companies that assist Ugandans to get employment out of Uganda.  No Ugandan should get involved in such employment without having got relevant Government department clearance.

Handling Media Freedoms

Media managers and journalists need to adhere to the set professional code of ethics and practices,

Security personnel that violate rights of journalists to be brought to book and actions taken made public,

Government to increase funding to Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) to be able to train and sensitize media proprietors, managers and practitioners on their role in the promotion of Human Rights as well as their duties and responsibilities that come with the right to information and media freedom.

Handling Freedom of Assembly and Demonstration

The Uganda Police Force should exercise its discretionary powers judiciously by respecting Article 221 of the 1995 Constitution, which makes it a duty of all law enforcement agencies to observe and respect Human Rights and freedoms in the performance of their functions,

The Uganda Police Force should desist from the use of excessive force and ensure punishment of errant security officers,

The Uganda Law Reform Commission and Parliament should review the Public Order Management Act, 2013 together with the Police Act 303 and Penal Code Act Cap 120 so that they are brought in line with the Constitution,

Institutions of Justice that is: Uganda Police Force, Directorate of Public Prosecutions and the Judiciary should ensure that the Prevention and Prohibition of the Torture Act 2012 is implemented by bringing to book perpetrators of torture.

FLOODS, LANDSLIDES & PROLONGED DRY SPELLS

Government to establish a Disaster Preparedness and Management Commission to deal with disasters in accordance with Article 249 (1) of the Constitution of Uganda and have it well funded given the projections in disasters

To strengthen interventions such as resettlement of survivors in landslide prone areas as well as get durable solutions

To implement a flood management strategy for all districts prone to fllods with among other measures de – silting rivers

To address effects of climate change on the communities within the Cattle Corridor

ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

To ensure that Uganda Licensing Board and Uganda Police Force strengthen the implementation of the Traffic and Road Safety Act. Cap 361, specifically in regard to section 59 (a) and (i) of the Act which provides for Testing drivers/instructors and regulating Driving Schools.  In addition, Section 103 and 106 on Inspection of all vehicles to be enforced

To adequately facilitate the National Road Safety Council to undertake preventive measures including Road Safety Campaigns.

The Ministry of Works & Transport to inspect existing roads in order to re-design and reconstruct them hence remove Black spots, constantly seal pot holes, place traffic lights and as well come up with Road Signs that are not easily vandalized.

ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) TO UGANDA

When a country has unpredictable political climate like is the case of Uganda together with high levels of corruption and a depreciating currency, chances of meaningful Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows are likely to be negatively impacted on.

FDI inflows to the East African Community (EAC) fell by 5.4% to $3.6bn in 2013.  The overall decline was driven by a fall in FDI flows to Rwanda and Uganda.  The stagnating FDI flows to Uganda resulted from a decline in downstream activities in the Oil & Gas Sector.

Source: Uganda Investment Review Issue 3, Vol.1

SENSORING COMMUNICATION

There is a very big problem in Uganda as regards censoring communication content.  This is mostly done in the name of National Security; however, some of us who have already fallen victim see it as a strategy for the Museveni regime longevity!  It is true that Uganda is one of the most liberal markets in Africa and where the number of mobile subscribers has overtaken fixed line users.  The country should be poised to become one of the most vibrant and dynamic in the region, but censoring is greatly likely to reverse the gains.

We shall endeavour to see what can be done to ensure that people in Uganda are not discouraged from using ICT but continue to take advantage of innovations as they come as well as see to the practical methods of seeing lower cost and efficient service delivery.

DEVELOPMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE

It is well known that infrastructure development and modernization is critical in economic development initiatives. 

According to figures from Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda, we are losing more than Sh200 billion annually through corruption in public procurement deals. This amount authenticates the latest findings in the Auditor General reports and the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets on the extent of corruption in public procurements.

Source: The Monitor of Sunday, October 21, 2012.  Article: Who let the ghosts out?

We shall:

Ensure that procurement procedures are not corrupted to the extent of having infrastructure projects in Uganda the most expensive in the world;

Make sure that Government officers don’t keep taking a percentage of the projected cost which leads to either an upward costing of projects and or sub –standard work;

Not use infrastructure projects to finance continuity in Government and bribing the people as has been seen in the most recent history of Uganda;

Ensure that only companies with repute take up infrastructure projects.

THE MINING SECTOR

The Mining Industry in Uganda reached peak levels in the 1950’s and 1960’s when the sector accounted for up to 30% of Uganda’s export earnings.

Strategy in the Mining Sector

We shall come up with cost effective energy that can be used in extracting minerals in Uganda;

We shall industrially extract Phosphates from the Phosphate reserves in eastern Uganda which are estimated to contain at least 230 m tones of high quality phosphate rock.

We shall extract Beryllium from Beryl.  This is found in Ntungamo, Bushenyi, Kanungu and Rukungiri districts as well as Mbale Estate and Lunya in Mubende and Mukono districts.

We shall see good progress take place regarding the Copper extraction & Cobalt at Kasese.

A lot more to be done in Gold undertakings given that Gold is widely distributed in Uganda

Many more metallic minerals to be mined and processed for national good after actual feasibilities are undertaken and the undertakings okayed for economic purposes.

PLACES OF DETENTION

It is true, in Uganda there is a lot of rot.  In the process of handling the rotten people in whatever way they manifest, it will be of utmost importance to ensure that the places of detention are habitable given the conditions prevailing today in many.  We shall be charged with upgrading the places of detention as it will be inevitable not to prosecute the perpetual criminals many of whom are responsible for the backwardness of the country.

Among areas to handle:

Phasing out of the use of buckets for toilets,

Constructing as well rehabilitating buildings,

Constructing Juvenile cells,

Constructing of Female wings where they do not exist,

Acquisition of new skills by prison inmates,

Stopping the abuse of prisoners when their labour is exploited by the prison officers in deals with big farmers in localities,

See to reduced number of inmates on remand,

Provision of food, much of which the prisoners should be able to contribute to when they offer their labour in prison farms/gardens.

Ensure that right disciplinary measures are observed for inmates.

Cases of long and arbitrary detention must be addressed.  These arise when suspects are arrested before conclusion of investigations, delays in sanctioning files by State Attorneys, Irregular Court sittings, poor staffing, and lack of means to transport suspects to court and lack of logistics for work.

BIODIVERSITY

We depend on biodiversity for food, medicine, cloth, building materials among other things.  Much of Uganda’s hard currency earnings come from the sale of biodiversity.  However, despite its importance, biodiversity in Uganda is under threat and some plants and animals have become extinct.

Strategy

We shall work with various authorities in the country to ensure that Biodiversity is handled as recommended by the professionals without fear of favour.

THE BIO – TRADE INITIATIVE

The Bio – trade initiative as introduced in Uganda with the aim of promoting the trade part of the country’s export diversification efforts, to promote sustainable utilization of the resource base on which the products and services are dependent, improve livelihoods of the rural communities, as well as create employment.

However, the Bio – trade sector in Uganda has challenges which include:

Lengthy process to become a member of the Union of Ethical Bio – trade (UEBT),

Lack of labels that include the requirement (Ethical Bio – Trade Labels)

Limited Research Centres on benefit sharing and ecological sustainability,

Lack of appropriate technology for value addition,

Less effort on marketing and supply chain management

Growing demand for Organic Certification especially for natural ingredients,

Competition from other countries,

Reliance on traditional varieties

We promise to get in touch with authorities in this undertaking, evaluate what is required in monetary terms as well as other infrastructure to have Bio – trade thrive in a healthy way to benefit the country and the players in it.

MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE AND PROTECTED AREAS

We shall ensure that the mission statement of Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) is upheld to the later, that is, “To conserve, economically develop and sustainably manage the wildlife and protected areas of Uganda in partnership with neighbouring communities and other stakeholders for the benefit of the people of Uganda and the global community.”

ECOSYSTEMS IN UGANDA

All critical ecosystems in Uganda (forests, wetlands, fisheries, agricultural /arable lands and rangelands) are severely stressed in all districts, albeit with some variations.  The most affected ecosystems are those in areas of high population density.  Poverty incidences are high; where ecosystems are naturally fragile, around urban areas; and where there has been conflict.  In all these areas, interventions are required at both policy and local level.

The way forward

It is important to note that some people in Uganda have used and misused their positions to negatively impact on the ecosystems.  We shall not recognize any person’s position and or political connections as license to abuse and misuse of the ecosystems.

 It is also true that many policies are in place, however, thse have to be translated to suite the prevailing conditions.

Effort shall be made to diversify the rural economy from one that mainly depends on nature.

PRIVATE SECTOR & GOVERNMENT DIALOGUE

In 2004, Uganda’s business community through Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) established a regular dialogue process with the Uganda Government to discuss the major policy concerns of the Private Sector as well as suggest possible reforms to help improve the business environment in Uganda.

We shall continue a healthy dialogue between the PSFU and Government for the better health of Uganda business undertakings.

PRESIDENTIAL INVESTORS ROUND TABLE (PIRT) MEETINGS

The Presidential Investors’ round Table (PIRT) meetings bring together key actors from both the private and public sector to form a common agenda for accelerating economic development.

We shall maintain fruitful dialogue for the better health of business undertakings under PIRT and ensure continuity as well as proper address of constraints raised.

PUBLIC – PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP)

The Public – Private Partnership (PPP) policy provides a framework to enable public and private sectors to work together to improve public service delivery through private sector provision of public infrastructure and related services.  PPP refers to a medium to long term contractual arrangement between public and private sector to finance, construct/renovate, manage and/or maintain a public, infrastructure, or the provision of a public service.

We shall review the law that established the PPP, to see that in built controls are the right ones given the way the corrupt are cheating the tax payer in Uganda; the other objectives for review will be:

Cost effective delivery

Good quality services

Clear customer focus

Enhanced service delivery

Enhanced incentives

Better asset utilization

More project delivery

Wider economic benefits

MILLENNUIM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs)

According to Ahunna Eziakonwa-Onochie the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Uganda, Uganda has already met two of its seventeen MDG targets – halving the number of people living in absolute poverty and achieving debt sustainability – and is on track to achieve another eight. Despite this success, there are a number of areas where progress remains slow, has stagnated or has experienced a reversal. Trends in maternal mortality and HIV-AIDS are particularly worrying, given their direct impact on the lives of so many Ugandans. We hope this report serves as a platform from which to galvanize a national response to these challenges and helps mobilize the will, resources and efforts to accelerate progress and enable Uganda achieve the MDG commitments by 2015.

Source: Drivers of MDG Progress in Uganda and the Implications for the Post-2015 Development Agenda.   Millennium Development Goals Report for Uganda 2013.  Special theme: Drivers of MDG Progress in Uganda and Implications for the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Whether the UN Resident Coordinator’s words are factual, it may be difficult to establish.  However, if we get to office, we shall have machinery to establish the truth about the MDGs and targets. 

The reasons for shortfalls in Uganda are:

Poor Governance marked by corruption

Poor economic policy choices

Denial of Human Rights

A poverty trap with local and national economy too poor to make needed investments

We shall do the following to make better the MGD indicators in Uganda:

Promote vibrant rural communities, by increasing food productivity of smaller farmers, raising rural incomes, and expanding rural access to essential public services and infrastructure;

Promote vibrant urban areas, by encouraging job creation in competitive manufactures and services, upgrading slums, and providing alternatives to slum formation,

Ensuring universal access to essential health services in a well functioning health system,

Ensuring meaningful universal enrolment and completion of primary education and expansion of access to post primary and higher education,

Overcoming pervasive gender bias,

Improving environmental management;

Building Uganda’s Capacity in Science, technology and innovation

YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

We shall have the mission to empower youth to develop their D.R.E.A.M (Dynamic, Realizable, Efforts to Attain and Maintain Success) and to own their future; this through the use of the 4 H Principle that is: the Head; have one’s Heart concentration; use one’s Hands and maintain good Health.

Our major objective will be to help the youth develop their physical, mental, social and spiritual capacities so that they can grow to full maturity as Independent individuals and productive members of society; empowering them to become leaders of character, vision and action in their communities by challenging their creativity and equipping them with practical, confidence  - building and marketing skills.

SUPPORT WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Support to be through:

Establishing high – level corporate leadership for gender equality,

Treating all women and men fairly at work,

 Ensuring the health, safety and well – being of all,

Promoting education, training and professional development for women,

Implementing enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women,

Promotion of equality through community initiatives and advocacy,

Measuring and publically reporting on progress to achieve gender equality.  

REVIVAL OF THE COOPERATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE

We shall borrow a leaf from the infrastructure of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) Government to see how to put right whatever has gone wrong with the Cooperative Movement.  After 5 years, the Cooperative infrastructure should be vibrant and healthy and a big pillar in the economic development of Uganda.

HANDLING OF THE CONSOLIDATED FUND

If we get to Government, we shall ensure that the Consolidated Fund is credited according to the Votes.  A case in point, if Agriculture gets 10 % of the National Budget, a credit of shs 10bn into the Consolidated Fund should have shs 3bn posted as balance to Agriculture.  What this means is that each vote will be able to benefit without discrimination, and planned activities will easily be implemented.  It is in instances where such a vote may have surplus that an agreed mechanism may be used to get part of the money from a given vote.  The budget in this case will be judiciously funded.

All financial institutions involved in Collecting Government revenue will be required to remit daily balances collected to Bank of Uganda to avoid tampering with Government collections.

COMPANSATE FOR BUGANDA LAND DUE TO UNPLANNED DEVELOPMENT

For the time the NRM Government has been in power, the planning function has not been that functional.  What has come out of this is the pressure on land within the area where growth has been witnessed.  This is Buganda region.  Many of the successful people in Uganda have some land and economic undertakings.  This has displaced many people traditionally on this land – the Baganda.  This has been easily facilitated following the arrangement where a few people in Buganda are rich Mailo land owners.  This has made it easy for the beneficiaries of the NRM Governance to buy land where the economy is booming.  The outcome of this is that many Baganda are to end up as paupers in Uganda.  Land appreciates at a very fast rate and many cannot afford to buy land using their meager incomes.

The way forward is that following the establishment of regional governments (the Federal arrangement in Uganda), those in charge will be requested to come up with land to compensate Buganda.  The Baganda needing land should then be able to be allocated part of Buganda land realized in other regions of Uganda.   

THE COMMUNITY AS THE EPITOME FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

We want to have the Local Community set – up as the engine for local development initiatives.  Community initiatives will be Learning centered, Problem solving, Self discovery and Action Oriented.  The people will be inducted into Community Dialogue – which will be a continuous mutual exchange of views, ideas and opinions between people and or groups of people aimed at developing mutual understanding and seeking a solution.  They will, under the guidance of Community Dialogue Facilitators recognize existing Knowledge, Skills and capabilities of communities that can be used to improve or change their situation for the better.

Ideas as developed at Local Community level which in this case will be a village level shall then be incorporated into sub – county plans and eventually district plans so that resources can be budgeted to see to the funding of projects beyond community means.

The Community Driven Initiatives will also see to the popularization of Self Help Initiatives as vehicles for the promotion of savings and financial empowerment for participating members.

REVIVAL OF THE COOPERATIVE BANK

It is true that the NRM Government contributed greatly to the eventual collapse of the Cooperative Bank.  Initially, vehicles that were owned by the Cooperatives were taken by NRM/A while the LIBERATION WAR WAS ON.  Physical cash was taken by the NRA/M from the Cooperative Bank.  And, highly placed people in Government benefitted from the cash resources of the Cooperative bank and were partly responsible for the liquidity problems of the bank.

If we are given State power, Government will look to partners to capitalize the Cooperative bank with the possibility of getting shares sold to the people of Uganda.

ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATION IN GOVERNMENT WHICH CAUSES CONFLICT

Ever since NRM captured power in 1986, there have been institutions created which have not only fuel conflict but have led to expenditures that would have been avoided.  A case in point is the District Administrators who are the President’s representatives but whose roles have ended up causing conflict and reduced efficiency.  There are already studies showing areas in Government where duplication exists and can be eliminated for promotion of efficiency and reduced expenditure.

WATER FOR PRODUCTION

In Uganda we still use rudimentary methods of production.  Our farmers greatly rely on the weather in growing crops.  Time has come for Uganda to seriously implement strategies to see water used for production purposes.

The objective is to have in place the implementation of the development of the Country’s water resources for production purposes.  This comprises:

1.      Water for crops

2.      Water for livestock and wildlife

3.      Water for aquaculture (to promote Fish Farming among other undertakings)

4.      Water for rural industries.

It is important to remember that Agriculture is the mainstay of Uganda’s economy, but so far, Agriculture in Uganda has mainly been based on rain – fed farming, not on irrigation.  The revolution has to take off.

REVIVAL OF UGANDA AIRLINES

Uganda needs to have Uganda Airlines back.  This is to be properly handled to see how capitalization can be made.  The Presidential Jet will be phased out so that planes are acquired to boost Uganda Airlines.  The Airline to be a viable undertaking shall have to recover all its original routes as well as the Cargo handling services.

PHASE OUT LOCAL COUNCILS

When the NRM introduced the Resistance Councils, in many parts of Uganda, there had been effective local government infrastructures.  If we get to office, the federal arrangement and operations will be agreed to and each region shall come up with a formula for local governance which will see the current LC system phased out.  What is important to having people’s effective representation but at a cost effective level.

REVIEW OF TAX RATES

It is agreed that high tax rates lead to tax evasion.  This is a reality in Uganda.  If we get to Government, we shall deploy experts to review the tax rates as chances are that with lower tax rates, compliance may be easy and much more revenue may be realized.  Secondly, it is believed that Government loses a lot of income that would come from land transactions.  It will be required that land purchase transactions will only be finalized when there id proof (photo copy of a bank draft) that was used in the transaction.  This will make it easy to levy tax on land.  The charges to purchase the bank draft/cheque will be reduced from the amount due in taxes, so that the client pays the balance.  A strategy shall be put in place which may include rewarding informers of those who deli

I NEVER IMAGINED THAT THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR BANK OF UGANDA WOULD BE IN OFFICE FOR 2 YEARS BEFORE I RECOVER WHAT IS DUE TO ME.


2nd August 2022 makes two years since my classmate in Economics at Makererere University took office as Deputy Governor.

When he assumed office, I communicated to him my situation regarding the fraud I suffered regarding the funds I raised from outside Uganda.

I remember that he sent my complaints to two banks: Cairo International Bank (CIB) and ABSA Uganda, the former Barclays Bank.

I was surprised that shortly after I raised my matters, Cairo International Bank changed name to Cairo Uganda Bank.

I did all my ground work to have authorities in Bank of Uganda and Ministry of Finance sort my problem, but as I write I am not aware of any positive development. The former Governor Bank of Uganda died in 2022 and, that was 12 years after 2010 when I registered the first loss and duly communicated to him several times.

I want to inform all concerned that I need justice and will keep looking for that justice. It is not acceptable that some people interfere with my communication and take funds due to me, and then they stupidly ask me to come up with the facts that so and so had sent money to me. My brothers and sisters, stop reaping where you did not sow. I keep telling people that God is on my side. Don’t call for punishment you would avoid from God. Surely, nobody can enjoy my money and he or she just goes free without punishment from the Almighty creator. That one I am sure. There is need for justice. Many times some people sit in offices and they assume that they are the alpha and omega. Sorry, God is there: He is the alpha and omega. He is at liberty to remove a fuse from anyone any moment or handle a person as He wishes. How on earth would fellow Ugandans get me to what I am going through?


Anyway, all my challenges I leave them to God.

WHEN I WROTE TO DR JOHN MITALA THEN HEAD OF CABINET SECRETARIAT.

To: Dr. John Mitala – Head of Cabinet Secretariat

From: William Kituuka Kiwanuka

Date: January 5, 2021

RE: SEEKING THE ATTENTION OF THE CABINET OF UGANDA TO HELP IN RESOLVING MY FUNDRAISING ISSUES WITH BOTH CAIRO BANK (2010) AND ABSA (2015) WHICH ARE OUTSTANDING FOR 11 AND 6 YEARS RESPECTIVELY.                 

My failure to access the proceeds to my fundraising for President of Uganda in 2010 and 2015 has given me the biggest challenge in my life. I do not understand why I am facing the biggest injustice. My problems started in September 2010 when I wrote to Bank of Uganda stating my problem as per the letter attached (ATTACHMENT No. 1), but they never responded, and I resigned since as supervisors to Commercial Banks they did not help. The second time when I contacted Bank of Uganda was when I sent an email dated 11th January 2015 subject matter: “AN OPEN LETTER REGARDING FUNDRAISING OF SHS 60BN FOR MY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN”. Even then, there was no response from Bank of Uganda. However, in August 2020, I decided to send an email to the attention of the Deputy Governor Bank of Uganda stating my complaint that I had failed to access funds I raised through Cairo Bank and ABSA Bank.

The Bank responded by sending my complaints to both banks. However, though I proposed an independent audit by Bank of Uganda, as banks involved in a fraud cannot be asked to audit themselves, in the communication from the Acting Director Public Relations Bank of Uganda, it was clear that Bank of Uganda had not undertaken an independent audit, meaning that no progress has been registered.

It is important to note that the funds I raised actually happen to be part of the Cairo Bank fraud dubbed the “Pension Scam”, and the courts of law pronounced themselves on the matter, however, this was ‘against false claims and evidence”. The Attachment No.4 is an extract from the proceedings of the Court case and I wish to quote:  “In his judgment Justice Lawrence Gidudu noted that the money was fraudulently paid to former employees of the defunct East African Community Board. He also said that the sh88.2b was siphoned through a syndicate which was initiated at the ministry of public service, modified at the ministry of finance, perfected at the Bank of Uganda and executed by Cairo Bank”.

When I wrote to the Deputy Governor, I knew very well that Bank of Uganda serves the role of Supervisor to Commercial Banks. The Banks in this case: Cairo Bank and ABSA had a role in facilitating fraud where funds due to me ended up benefitting other people. As supervisor of Banks, the role of Bank of Uganda in this case is: “To institute an independent inquiry into the transactions that were meant to the credit of my accounts that were not”.

My matter is clear. I was able to send out hundreds of emails appealing for support. 

I did not have any ill motive given that the objectives of my fundraising were:

1.      I saw it as a golden opportunity of raising funds to Uganda to help the welfare of Ugandans since many were to benefit from the funds;

2.      I wanted to show my potential in contributing to knowledge and possible projects that could benefit Ugandans to help boost the national economy.

3.      I saw it as an easy way to raise funds to help the local economic development efforts of Namutamba Parish (Mityana District) where I grew but has greatly declined in a number of indicators.

In the circumstances, I wish to appeal to the Cabinet of Uganda to intervene in this matter. When I set out to fundraise, I was equally planning for my retirement. I knew the funds raised were to help me establish in Namutamba and help the Local Economic Development sustainably given that I studied Rural Economy as part of my degree package. I feel so bad when I get to Mityana and I have to take a boda boda to Namutamba (12 – 13miles) yet when in the 1970’s and 80’s the taxis were readily available. I feel so bad when my former primary school: Namutamba Demonstration School is unable to get a single 1st grade in Primary Leaving Examinations, when in 1973 we made 7 1st grades. 

I appeal to the Cabinet of Uganda to intervene in this matter where I am currently treated as if I were a non entity. I believe no member of Cabinet would leave a close family member to suffer my fate. I therefore appeal to you given that each of you subscribes to some religion to do justice to my case.

SOME SMALL DETAIL ABOUT THE TWO BANK ACCOUNTS:

I happened to open an Account with Cairo International Bank when the Bank was on Sure House Building in Kampala. The Account: ULTRA SIMPLEX ENTERPRISES – 000686 was to help me among other things have where to deposit cheques from those who advertised with my Career Tips Magazine. With time, business became difficult and the Account became dormant.

In 2010, I got an idea to contest for President of Uganda. I worked on a Blog which currently runs as: A Kind Appeal for Moral Support and Funding for my Independent Presidential Candidate bid.

http://hecarethforyou.blogspot.com/2020/11/a-kind-appeal-for-moral-support-and.html

This web address gives the content of my appeal for President of Uganda for 2011. I had a challenge of a bank account to use to collect the proceeds of my fundraising. I decided to go to Cairo International Bank which had re – located to where Greenland Bank used to be on Greenland Bank Building – Kampala road. I was referred to the Manager on 1st Floor who was in charge of Dormant Accounts among other duties. I told him that I wanted to have my account re – instated so that I use it to collect proceeds to my fundraising. He agreed. I was then able to send out appeal emails worldwide with the web address of my Blog included. I got the skill to send out Email appeals from Regional Partnership for Resource Development (REPARED) whose contacts are: John Chikati, IFDM Gardens, Ngong Road, Nairobi, P.O. Box 5027-00506, +254 387 28 23. These people used to send to me literature to do with fundraising when I was Chairman: Makerere University Private Students’ Parents’ Association (MUPRISPA) from 2001 onwards given that they believed we could use the skills to fundraise for Privately Sponsored Students at the University.

I was however surprised when I checked at Cairo International Bank and the contact person Ssentongo Ishaq. A the Assistant Manager Operations kept telling me that they had not received funds to the credit of my account. As the Nomination date for Presidential Candidates got nearer, I wrote to the Governor Bank of Uganda about my problem and copied the letter to the Chairperson Electoral Commission (Letter attached).                                                                                  

I finally resigned with Cairo International Bank after I was told that the bank had not received any funds to the credit of my account. After sometime, when I checked at Cairo Bank, ULTRA SIMPLEX ENTERPRISES ACCOUNT - 000686 had been closed!

In 2015/ 2016 I used the then Barclays Bank and now ABSA UG to fundraise for President of Uganda. My second attempt at fundraising followed my failure to get correct information from Cairo International Bank regarding proceeds to my fundraising in 2010. I had all the hope in Barclays Bank.

In 2014, on my Birthday - 12th October, I decided to make a second attempt at fundraising to contest for the Presidency of Uganda. This time I made more serious work using my Blogs as reflected by the two web addresses below. Given my bad experience with Cairo Bank, I decided to try my luck using Barclays Bank Ltd.  I opened CURRENT ACCOUNT 6004631844 IN THE NAME: KIWANUKA KITUUKA. Unfortunately; my toil was to waste as no coin has ever been declared to me.

Below are the two blog addresses I used for my fundraising appeal:

http://billkiwanuka.blogspot.com/2014/10/kiwanuka-kituuka-for-2016-uganda.html?m=1

http://kiwanukaofunityinafederateduganda.blogspot.com/2015/05/kiwanuka-kituukas-appeal-for-financial_7.html?m=1

In August 2020, I decided to send my complaints to Bank of Uganda. Cairo Bank got my complaint from Bank of Uganda. I got a call from the Cairo Bank on 24th August 2020 – actually via Tel. +256782196936 registered in the name: Angelina Nyakake. It was acknowledgment that they had got my complaint. I responded to Bank of Uganda that the way to sort my matter with Cairo Bank was to have an audit of the transactions to account 000686 – Ultra Simplex Enterprises. This letter I copied to Cairo International Bank. Unfortunately, Cairo Bank has since not updated me of the developments.

On 7th September, 2020 I got an sms from ABSA Bank as below:

“Dear KIWANUKA KITUUKA we acknowledge receipt of your complaint logged with us. Ref: 19480976. Inquiries: 0800222333/ 256312218348 WhatsApp:  256700375750”.

There were two other sms I got from ABSA Bank on 9th September and 23rd September 2020. The wording of the sms is: “Dear KIWANUKA KITUUKA we would like to confirm that your complaint reference 19480976 is still under investigation. We will contact you upon resolution”.

By the time of writing this letter it is more than 3 months since the 1st communication from ABSA Bank and the bank has decided to completely keep quiet!

I have had a problem with Bank of Uganda in that since I wrote to them a letter dated 29th September 2010 as attached (Attachment 1), the Bank decided not to respond to the issues I raised. I only got a letter from Bank of Uganda in form of an email dated 28th December 2020 which I responded to on 29th December. I fail to understand why Bank of Uganda decided to work that way.   

Thank you Sir.

William Kituuka Kiwanuka

WILLIAM KITUUKA KIWANUKA.                                         

ATTACHMENT NO.1

LETTER TO GOVERNOR BANK OF UGANDA

WILLIAM KITUUKA KIWANUKA

P. O. Box 33917,

KAMPALA.

Tel: +256714981628

Email: wkituuka@myself.com

29th September 2010

The Governor

Bank of Uganda

P. o. Box 7120,

Kampala.

Dear Sir,

RE: FUNDING FOR MY PRESIDENTIAL BID

Up to now, I am one of those who wish to stand as Independent candidates for President of Uganda.  Unfortunately, I cannot proceed to collect Nomination Papers if I have no funding, which funding I have endeavoured to campaign for widely.  Unfortunately, the contact email I circulated: williamkituuka@hotmail.com has for some time now mot been accessible to me for reasons which I am not aware of!  That means I cannot have information via that email address.  Time has run out as my last hope to be able to collect Nomination Papers is Friday, October 1st, 2010.

The purpose of this communication therefore is to kindly request the Bank in case there is any funding in my favour to avail information to me.  I look forward to maximum cooperation.

Yours faithfully,

William Kituuka Kiwanuka

cc Senior Staff bank of Uganda

cc The Electoral Commission

ATTACHMENT NO. 2

THE LETTER TO GOVERNOR BANK OF UGANDA FOR FUNDRAISING

11th January 2015

The Governor,

Bank of Uganda,

P. O. Box 7120,

Kampala. 

Dear Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, 

RE: AN OPEN LETTER REGARDING FUNDRAISING OF SHS 60BN FOR MY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

The 2016 Presidential Elections are about 12 months from the date of this communication.   I happen to be one of the Prospect Presidential Candidates for the race.  However, you are aware that running for the Presidency is no joking matter.  It requires billions.  I have come up with a budget for my campaign marketing strategy of Ushs 60 bn as a candidate for a Government of National Unity.  To raise the required funds, I have sent out an appeal to the people of Uganda and the international community.  Many people out there are sympathetic to the situation Ugandans are going through, and these can readily support a candidate with a proposal to turn around the country for the better.

You are aware of the billions of shillings President Museveni invests in his campaigns, for example, the T-shirts and posters come up to astronomical amounts in shillings.  Please, give me the opportunity to receive this money if it is sent, because there is a possibility that it could be sent and diverted to other businesses without my knowledge.  I am ready to discuss expenditure plans with the Bank to ensure that the funds are not put to areas that may endanger national security.

I am a representative of forces for peaceful change of leadership in Uganda which is now.  I also believe that you would love to be in a peaceful country, and one of the ways you may call for instability is being selective by blocking funds to support a campaign like this while President Museveni has access to the National Treasury and is able to dictate.

I hope we shall have no problem with the Bank in case any friends extend a hand of help to this cause.

Thank you.

Kiwanuka Kituuka

ATTACHMENT NO. 3

WILLIAM KITUUKA KIWANUKA

C/O KAJJANSI TOWN

25th August 2020

The Deputy Governor

Bank of Uganda

Kampala.

Dear Dr. Michael Atingi – Ego,

RE: A REQUEST FOR AN AUDIT OF CURRENT ACCOUNT NO. 000686 – ULTRA SIMPLEX ENTERPRISES NOW CLOSED WITH CAIRO INTERNATIONAL BANK UGANDA.

My communication follows from calls I have received from Cairo International Bank – Uganda through a Telephone number in the name: Angelina Nyakake 0782 196936 and 041723020050 from Cairo Bank International Uganda regarding a communication from Bank of Uganda of the proceeds from my fundraising in 2010. I imagine that it is wrong for a staff of Cairo Bank to interrogate me over telephone.

I opened Ultra Simplex Enterprises Account in Cairo Bank for collecting proceeds at a time when I was involved in publishing and printing Career Tips Magazine. I needed an account where I would deposit advertisers’ cheques. Somehow, business became difficult for me and the account became dormant.  However, in the course of 2010, I approached the officer who was in charge of activating accounts. I told him that I was interested in standing for President of Uganda, so I wanted him to revive Account 000686 in the name: Ultra Simplex Enterprises. He agreed.

I went and designed my Blog which I was to incorporate in an appeal for fundraising for President of Uganda in 2011.  I used to update the Blog regularly as I got new information to communicate. I did not only communicate locally to Ugandans and Uganda companies, but my appeal was international in nature and I sent out hundreds of emails.

I however realized that with time the emails I had used to send my appeals could not be accessed by myself.  I realized that there was external interference in my communication. In Cairo International Bank, I used to call on Sentongo Ishaq regarding receipt of any funds. He told me that they had not received funds at all. I was put off when I checked at the bank and was told that the account had not been declared dormant but had actually been closed.

I got resigned about the matter, however, I was shocked to learn from press reports of a huge fraud in Cairo International Bank where the bank had been involved in some conspiracy with the Ministry of Public Service to open Pensioner Accounts in names of pensioners but the actual beneficiaries of the money were people different from the real pensioners, and that the bank according to reports had charged each account shs 150,000 and that one till was used to pay out the money and the transaction was done once.

That development made me suspicious given that up to now I cannot believe that a person makes an appeal of the type I made internationally and locally to stand for President and he does not realize even US $1,000. I got interested in the court case where staff members of the Ministry of Public Service were charged with fraud, but then the source of the funds which was paid out has remained a mystery. The alleged beneficiaries (Pensioners) should have followed this case to its conclusion to recover money from all who benefitted. This has not been the case. This points to the possibility that the money though labeled for pensioners was actually not meant to benefit pensioners.

Since three of the accounts I used for the appeal collapsed: directoruse@yahoo.com; gogop@myself.com and williamkituuka@hotmail.com it is not possible for me to adduce evidence that I received money following this appeal for funding in the name among others: A Kind appeal for moral support and funding for my Independent Presidential bid.    

This fundraising was based on the skills I got from Regional Partnership for Resource Development (REPARED) and the use of the Internet for raising funds. I believe that there was good response to my appeal and I was denied the funds.

Having practiced as a commercial banker in my earlier career life, I know that the conclusive evidence regarding my matter can only be got from the bank itself or corresponding banks. If there had been no fraud in Cairo Bank involving fake pension accounts opened in the bank, I would surely not have any basis for this matter simply because all the documentary evidence I would have may be was in the accounts I ceased to operate as they were inaccessible in the same period.

Thank you.

William Kituuka Kiwanuka

WILLIAM KITUUKA KIWANUKA.

ATTACHMENT No. 4

THE CHARGE AND ALLEGATION;

This case came four months after the collapse of the sh165b pension scam case. The case was dismissed for lack of prosecution evidence after it had stalled for one a half years without any witness being produced in court.

According to the charge sheet, the embezzlement, fraud, conspiracy, false accounting and diversion took place in two financial years, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012.

Briefly, the three accused were said to have masterminded a fraud scheme using an unapproved payment system, in which they created ghost pensioner accounts, and then purportedly paid billions of shillings into these accounts, which money was eventually withdrawn by people who were part of this scheme. According to the State, the accused budgeted for NSSF, an item the ministry does not budget for and when the money was remitted, they diverted it to an unknown third party.

In his judgment Justice Lawrence Gidudu noted that the money was fraudulently paid to former employees of the defunct East African Community board. He also said that the sh88.2b was siphoned through a syndicate which was initiated at the ministry of public service, modified at the ministry of finance, perfected at the Bank of Uganda and executed by Cairo Bank.