Kiwanukas story was great
I refer to Jenkins Kiwanukas article titled When Obote fumed at the 1965
London Chogm (Daily Monitor, September 25) and wish to thank him for this
insight into the kind of integrity public servants were expected to project at
all times. What caught my eye most was his revelation that as Administrative
and Press Officer to the Uganda Government delegation to the Chogm, he drew
pounds 8,000 in travellers cheques from the Uganda Commercial Bank as
contingency fund for 20 delegation members.
After attending the meeting, the delegation took a two-month trip to 10
European and Asian countries. Jenkins says he returned to Uganda with a balance
of pounds 6,500 which he handed back to the Treasury. I can sense many Ugandans
who read this dismissing it as a lie or imagining there must have been
something wrong with him.
As a member of a civil society organisation that fights corruption in Uganda, I
found this story an effective weapon in our struggle for public accountability.
It revealed to citizens who were not born by that time that Ugandans have not
always been corrupt, and that the current degeneration can be reversed. During
the period Jenkins wrote about, Uganda was credited with having one of the best
Civil Service in Africa.
Mukotani Rugyendo,
Uganda Debt Network,
Kampala
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