You need to work; forget handouts
Feb 27, 2007
SIR — Given my nature of work, I have toured the whole country. I can confidently state that while some people are working hard, others are either sleeping or being taken for a ride by politicians. <br>
SIR — Given my nature of work, I have toured the whole country. I can confidently state that while some people are working hard, others are either sleeping or being taken for a ride by politicians.
Some people have become too lazy to even put some mud on their mud houses. They expect the Government to go and plant food for them. Perhaps they are waiting for the next elections to get bribes for survival. I am talking about the villagers especially in the east and central regions.
Sincerely, there is no major agricultural activity taking place in most homesteads. Someone plants six stems of maize, five of bananas and three of coffee. Please don’t give shortage of land as a reason because even those with land have let shrubs take over.
I am sure many politicians had a chance to travel to the western part of Uganda when they went to bury Hon Otafiire’s wife (may her Soul rest in eternal peace).
They must have noted a difference in that part of the country.
Westerners are working. They have large banana plantations. I am not fuelling tribal conflicts but I am being realistic. I plant trees all over Uganda but we always have to import manual labour from Kabale.
People in the east and central regions, if you don’t wake up and work, you will soon die of hunger. Even in the war ravaged north, people plant food. For example in Gulu, they are doing massive planting.
Politicians, advise your people to stop waiting for handouts and in this way, we shall be able to curb corruption. Ugandans will be able to vote wisely without being enticed by a bar of soap. We should all have an income-generating activity.
The youth in the central have made it a habit to follow politicians around and to swallow as much teargas as possible because they are redundant and expect to get some income from the power hungry politicians.
No wonder they insist on having rallies in the city centre because some of them (youth) want a chance to “earn†from the unsuspecting public and shop owners.
Politicians, please sensitise your voters at the grassroot or else they shall face the “long arm†of hunger.
Molly K Karuhanga
mollyk@nfa.org.ug
Some people have become too lazy to even put some mud on their mud houses. They expect the Government to go and plant food for them. Perhaps they are waiting for the next elections to get bribes for survival. I am talking about the villagers especially in the east and central regions.
Sincerely, there is no major agricultural activity taking place in most homesteads. Someone plants six stems of maize, five of bananas and three of coffee. Please don’t give shortage of land as a reason because even those with land have let shrubs take over.
I am sure many politicians had a chance to travel to the western part of Uganda when they went to bury Hon Otafiire’s wife (may her Soul rest in eternal peace).
They must have noted a difference in that part of the country.
Westerners are working. They have large banana plantations. I am not fuelling tribal conflicts but I am being realistic. I plant trees all over Uganda but we always have to import manual labour from Kabale.
People in the east and central regions, if you don’t wake up and work, you will soon die of hunger. Even in the war ravaged north, people plant food. For example in Gulu, they are doing massive planting.
Politicians, advise your people to stop waiting for handouts and in this way, we shall be able to curb corruption. Ugandans will be able to vote wisely without being enticed by a bar of soap. We should all have an income-generating activity.
The youth in the central have made it a habit to follow politicians around and to swallow as much teargas as possible because they are redundant and expect to get some income from the power hungry politicians.
No wonder they insist on having rallies in the city centre because some of them (youth) want a chance to “earn†from the unsuspecting public and shop owners.
Politicians, please sensitise your voters at the grassroot or else they shall face the “long arm†of hunger.
Molly K Karuhanga
mollyk@nfa.org.ug