UGANDA: Museveni's corruption incubator ' from Nakayenga to Nakalema

MUSEVENI'S CORRUPTION INCUBATOR - FROM NAKAYENGA TO NAKALEMA

CHANGE OF GUARDS - In another gamble at hoodwinking Ugandans, Museveni has appointed his female bodyguard, Col. Edith Nakalema as the head of the newly created Anti-corruption Unit under his State House.  A few days ago, he had also appointed the former vocal Chairman of the Uganda Teachers Association, James Tweheyo deputised by Capt. Martha Asiimwe to the same position.

The country has in place a number of both constitutionally and statutorily mandated institutions to deal with corruption.  The IGG, the Police, the DPP, the Judiciary, the Ministry of Ethics etc. Their operational capacity is undermined by Museveni's lack of political will to fight corruption.  Corruption is used to guarantee political loyalty and luring fence sitters.

Corruption that has become endemic under the Museveni regime started from his army during his Bush War and immediately after taking over power.  It started with outright theft of resources meant for soldier's welfare, supply of air, procurement of substandard logistics, creation of ghost soldiers etc.  Ad hoc measures like painting the army fuel with a green substance,  payment of cash instead of food ration (RCA),  strength verification etc did not help.  In spite of the existence in the army of units responsible for checking MUSEVENI'S CORRUPTION INCUBATOR - FROM NAKAYENGA TO NAKALEMA

In another gamble at hoodwinking Ugandans, Museveni has appointed his female bodyguard, Col. Edith Nakalema as the head of the newly created Anti-corruption Unit under his State House.  A few days back he had also appointed the former vocal Chairman of the Uganda Teachers Association, James Tweheyo deputised by Capt. Martha Asiimwe to the same position.

The country has in place a number of both constitutionally and statutorily mandated institutions to deal with corruption.  The IGG, the Police, the DPP, the Judiciary, the Ministry of Ethics etc.  Their operational capacity is undermined by Museveni's lack of political will to fight corruption.  Corruption is used to guarantee political loyalty and luring fence sitters.

Corruption that has become endemic under the Museveni regime started from his army during his Bush War and immediately after taking over power.  It started with outright theft of resources meant for soldier's welfare, supply of air, procurement of substandard logistics, creation of ghost soldiers etc.  Ad hoc measures like painting the army fuel with a green substance,  payment of cash instead of food ration (RCA),  strength verification etc did not help.  In spite of the existence in the army of units responsible for checking graft like the Inspectorate, Military Intelligence, Special Investigations Bureau (SIB), the Political Commissariat, etc, the vice thrived.

At one time, Museveni appointed a committee of civilians headed by a one lady called Nakayenga to probe graft in the army.  Nakayenga assembled a team of young boys and girls from Kiruhura and set base at the army headquarters, Bombo.  The team only managed to create some fear before it was disbanded without any tangible achievement.  Its predicaments were well put by Gen. Kaziini during the June 2003 Mbabazi, Saleh and Ssejusa committee inquiry into creation of ghost soldiers.

COMMITTEE: We would like you to tell us who created ghosts in 4 Division to your knowledge.

KAZINI: You see we discovered there are ghosts, no army in 4 Division at the time. We made a report to the C-I-C through the AC at that time and he brought somebody called Nakayenga. They found ghosts in 1996, and you remember one paymaster (Lt. Osele) killed himself because he was cornered. He was sending Shs 400m to the Director of Finance, Maj. Bright Rwamirama, at that time every month, even more.

We found that the army was not on ground and we scaled down. There was merging of units. It’s on record. Merged including Brigades, scaled down because the army was not on ground. 405 Bde was deleted from the books at that time under Lt. Col. Dradiga…At that time we didn’t know how many Bdes were supposed to be in UPDF and how many Bdes were cut off because by the time I became COS, by establishment we could see only Bde formations 501 and 503; the rest could appear as battalion formations without Bde. They were there but few.

The parade was supposed to be done at Chwero of Nakayenga. They went there, they didn’t find soldiers. Then when they were going to fly out, Dradiga threatened to shoot an RPG [at the] helicopter of Nakayenga. We had to intervene with mambas. He didn’t fire at it but threatened and when the woman came, she went to the C-I-C and said she has given up the work, can’t continue because she is going to lose her life.
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There you are Col. Nakalema; go ahead and succeed where Nakayenga failed.  May be she will tell Ugandans where the wife and children of Capt Byakutaaga are.

According to the army,  Capt.  Dan Byakutaaga disappeared in 2000 with 1.6b meant for soldier's salaries and has never been seen.  When and where did his wife and children disappear to???

INFORMATION IS POWER AND THE PROBLEM OF UGANDA IS MUSEVENISM