President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned religious leaders against conducting fundraising events, saying they partly contribute to the promotion of corruption in the country.
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| president Yoweri kaguta museveni at state house Entebbe |
By Ritah Bwayo .
“I
would like you, the Church, and the Mosque people to help us, it is not the
main source, but it is also a contributory problem. The fundraising culture is
very dangerous, especially for you Church people. The young politicians are
intimidated by you, the religious leaders, they think they will go to heaven if
they please you,” he said.
Museveni made the remarks during the End of Year National Thanksgiving prayers
held at State House, Entebbe. The president explained that whenever religious
leaders organize such events, it is mostly the young politicians who suffer
since most of the people they lead are poor and have nothing to contribute to
the cause.
“You organize a fundraising event, then the community has not been mobilized to
create wealth, so they don't have money; they just come and the only person who
has some money is the MP. This puts these young people under pressure to go
into debt by borrowing and getting involved in corruption. This should stop,”
he asserted.
"Fundraising is wrong, it is premature. If villagers have not been
mobilized in wealth creation and they don't have money, stop this fundraising
because it is a means of extorting money from these young politicians who are
dishonest; they don't want to tell you that they don't have money. Now, because
they are supposed to do the oversight role of parliament, they cannot do it
because they are looking for money to go and bribe people in the constituency
by fundraising and giving bursaries. You are not the government. How can you
give out bursaries?” Museveni wondered.
The president also reiterated the government's commitment to fight corruption
in the country. He said corruption is becoming a big problem that needs to be
dealt with as soon as possible.
“We are going to crush it because it is going to derail us,” he assured.
Museveni stressed that the vice is mainly orchestrated by people he described
as “parasites” who want to have an easy life.
“We the farmers, the manufacturers are the ones who suffer from this corruption. If you build a bad road because you have diverted some of the money, where will our crops pass?” he said.
“And we are going to fight it, we are mobilizing ourselves. They mainly steal government money; the source of that money is known, and we can monitor it. It is possible to fight corruption.”
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