By Investigator Editorial
From a rough count, approximately six innocent people have died already and yet more are expected to die as the result of floods currently wrecking havoc in a nation’s capital city. The floods follows controversial works conducted over Nakivubo channel by Hamis Kiggundu, popularly known as Ham, backed by his godfather, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
Museveni’s authorization is contentious especially in light of the absence of prior authorization of the works issued by National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). Impliedly, the ongoing works were illegal right from the word go and remains so even as Ham, who is, incidentally a lawyer by training, continues to conduct them.
No wonder, in absence of an impact assessment duly issued by NEMA, highlighting measures against potential environmental hazards, Ham’s illegal works have since deepened the challenge of floods, leaving the business community counting heavy losses as the result of stocks soaked in the running rain water.
To compound matters, apart from loss of business stock with unquantified amount of shillings but believed to be massive, the floods have been claiming lives of innocent people and still counting. Puzzlingly, as the concerning state of affairs unfold, Gen. Museveni, who personally authorized Ham to conduct the illegal works, remains conspicuously silent, highlighting a disturbing lack of leadership amidst a challenge of catastrophic proportions.
Yet from the time Museveni and Ham first contemplated interference with the natural flow of the critical eco-system to the present time, people of a good sense of judgement have prudently been urging for utmost caution. Alarmingly, a nation’s leader and his blue-eyed private investor, on the other hand, have been recklessly throwing all caution to the wind, compromising a country’s capital city’s critical drainage system, opening floodgates, culminating into unnecessary human deaths and a massive loss of business stocks.
Incredulously, all authority in this silly republic is vested in one mortal man called Museveni whose other name is Tibuhaburwa, which connotes a man who cannot be advised. For that matter, all of the government institutions mandated to bring sanity to the current chaotic state of affairs all the way from parliament, the police, the city authorities and NEMA, are currently tight-lipped and absolutely lost for what to do in the circumstances.
Just one single man, Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has been consistently pinpointing the great danger the city and it’s inhabitants are doomed to face should Ham and his illegal works be left alone and yet without Gen. Museveni giving any attention to his counsel. Seeking not to antagonize their jobs, the leaders and staff of the public institutions mandated to rein in Ham and his chaos, have since switched off as they pray and hope against hope that the Alpha and Omega in this silly republic finally comes in, putting a stop to the madness unfolding before our own eyes.
As the ongoing madness continues unabated, one question quickly come to mind – how many lives must be lost before the Powers-that-be can intervene and end the same? Unfortunately so, those who are mandated to stop the unfolding madness are busy campaigning for re-election to their individual political office. Yet as if upon succeeding in their campaigns they would not need people to preside over and to tax to sustain their luxurious livestlyes! Honestly, the mind boggles.
Fortunately, the timing of the madness offers a rarest opportunity to the masses to use and vote out leaders who have exhibited a concerning lack of care and vote into power only those leaders who will be going forward, honestly and diligently to champion their interests and concerns.
For context, the first and foremost article of the 1995 Uganda Constitution bestows all power to the people who simply delegates their power to their leaders during elections, and who are constitutionally obliged to exercise that power in the name and interest of the people. Crucially, it is now upon us to stop the abuse of our power by those we delegate to exercise the same, by wisely applying that power during the voting period not lying very far from us. Finally, short of that, the people to whom we delegate our power will continue to act with condescension towards us, our concerns, needs and interests. Stay very warned.
For God and our Country.
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