From: Omar Kezimbira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: ugnet_: Re: Museveni declares $24,000 annual income; leaders state their wealth-BBC
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 11:16:17 -0800 (PST)
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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 wrote: > Last Updated: Sunday, 26 October, 2003, 13:51 GMT > E-mail this to a friend Printable version > 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. > Ugandan 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." > > E-mail this to a friend Printable version > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears
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