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Subject: Re: ugnet_: Re: Museveni
declares $24,000 annual income; leaders state their wealth-BBC
Mukyala Kintu!
Definately not madam Kintu. There are no typing errors. At first glance,
I could not believe my eyes and my first thought went to my fellow
ordinary Ugandans at home who are constantly harrassed to pay taxes on their
meagre and hard earned incomes by the Uganda Revenue Authority. The
whole declaration is amusing as even an elementary economist would
find it hard to accept it.
For example, what formula have been used to value the President's
Rwakitura farm? Most of the cows in the President's farm are
imported "0" grazing categories and they are certainly not less
than 100 in numbers. To this, one may add more than 100 or so long
horned Ankole cows plus goats, sheep, chickens
etc... which obviously places the value of the farm well above
the declared $ 30000 value mark. Mind you, farm machineries like tractors
etc...and the elegant farm houses we see in pictures are part and parcel
of the farm assets.
Lets watch and see if parliamentarians and the office of the Inspector
General of Government (IGG) will have the guts to raise queries or perhaps the
rubber stamping/ endorsement may already be a foregone conclusion.
Omar Kezimbira.
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Assumpta Kintu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello
Mr. Kezimbira!
Are you sure there are no typing errors in the
figures
reported in this document?
Just checking!
--- Omar
Kezimbira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Last Updated: Sunday, 26
October, 2003, 13:51 GMT
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> Uganda leaders state their wealth - BBC
>
>
>
Museveni says he has not amassed a fortune while in
> power
>
> President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and all his
> ministers
have published their assets.
> The detailed declarations are required
by a law
> designed to encourage transparency in government.
>
President Museveni - who has been in power for 17
> years - declared
an annual income of $24,000.
> He said his main asset was a farm and
that his bank
> accounts held no more than $2,500.
> Ugand an
law states that those in public office must
> disclose their assets
and liabilities every two
> years.
> The declarations were
published on Sunday by the
> state-run New Vision newspaper.
>
It said that President Museveni's most expensive
> possession was a
farm valued at about $30,000.
> He has about $2,500 in the bank and
does not own a
> personal car, the paper says.
> Sophistication
> The declarations are open to public scrutiny and
> people are
allowed to challenge them.
> The BBC's Will Ross in Kampala says that
in
> principle the move has been welcomed by Ugandans.
> But -
our correspondent adds - critics question the
> authenticity of the
declarations and doubt whether
> the process will curb corruption.
> Potential whistleblowers can go to jail if their
> challenge
is deemed to be in bad faith.
> One Ugandan politician told our
correspondent that
> the methods of corruption were now
extremely
> sophisticated, adding: "I can't possibly tell you
>
more."
>
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