WHAT IF YOUR EMPLOYED TO GUARD SACKS OF MONEY?

What if you employed to guard sacks of money?

By John Blanshe Musinguzi

Let’s imagine a situation. You have a tank of ‘waragi’ and you want to hire someone to guard it. Fortunately, you hire a man good at drinking. This lad has spent time without tasting it because he lacks money to purchase. Wherever he sees some one taking waragi, he starts salivating. We shall also assume that the guard does not know what is in the tank. As the owner, you take the advantage of this unemployed man, you exploit his labour-pay him unfairly.

He starts his job in good faith, goes on for a reasonable time without cheating on you. For you as the owner, having the right to use this tank of ‘waragi’ the way you want. Let assume how you will use it. Gather your friends and bring them to this place where (tank of waragi) is guarded from, show it to them and you also order the guard to give them access whenever they come.

Before end of that real day, they start coming with jerry can, fill them with ‘waragi’ and then go. This goes on and on for many days. The guard later discovers that actually what he is guarding is his best drink. He decides also to help himself get what to drink, he then remove his uniform, press down the gun and disappears. What would you do to him if you arrest him?

The story of the six soldiers who allegedly stole about 700millions from President’s Office on Okello house is back with shocking revelations. First, how where they tried and who tried them. Sunday monitor of 24^th November 2013 revealed. Disciplinary Court at Kasenyi in Entebbe shortly after their arrest. The Unit Disciplinary Court was chaired by Brig Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

 Secondly, the disciplinary court had convicted the soldiers before they arrived for trial. Upon arrival in the court at Kasenyi, they found a judgment had already been made and it was just read out to them

Thirdly, top government and NRM officials and some ministers’ wives would frequently come to Okello House, load some sacks of cash onto their cars and drive away.

This new story truly indicates ho rotten our society is. Someone who has never studied law is assumes power of chief justice to deliver a ruling. We surrendered some of our power to you. Why can’t you should try by all means to use this power in the best way?. You have the capacity to do it.

It time for minister to tell us where were they taking such sacks of money?, was that money accounted for?, when and how?. As we continue the fight against corruption, we may never reach Damascus in if government continues to keep large sums of money wherever they wish. We have banks and such money should be left in bank. If a poor endeavors to keep his money in bank, then why can’t government keep money in banks?.

Let government increase salary of the most hardworking employees, teachers who have laboured to train all of us deserve a better pay. Soldiers and police officers who spend all night awake to protect our life and properties deserve better than what then earn. Most of these workers have lost the spirit of working but they have no escape route.

 The salary of an MP is about x70 that one of a primary school teacher, most soldiers and policemen.    

Our politicians need to take a leaf from Ghanaian president John Mahama, he took 10%, Joyce Banda of Malawi took 30% reduction.  Ministers, MPs, employees such as Jennifer Musisi who earns a lot of money can relinquish a small portion of the salary.