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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>July 21 saw all media platforms almost freezing with the headlines of Uganda\u2019s distinguished lawmakers and some other officials experiencing a huge rain of Shs200 million for cars on their accounts.When asked by the press, Mr Chris Obore, the director of communications and public affairs at Parliament, asserted that members of Parliament get new vehicles every new five year term.Yes, no one denies the fact that all the 529 lawmakers deserve their privilege, but, why during this critical time? Children are stuck in homes because of school closure, hospitals have no oxygen, people have nothing to eat while businesses are crippled by the pandemic.But the government has the audacity to purchase a Shs200m vehicle for a member of Parliament, who has capacity to improvise on the \u201clittle\u201d salary that they get. How many bags of maize flour can be bought using Shs200m?I don\u2019t even think that children should be perishing in villages because of closure of institutions of learning. If government prioritised them, decided to vaccinate students and teachers first, there would be less risk now.Schools and institutions of learning are not only academic, but also guardians to most young people.Government needs to understand that lockdowns will not be a basic solution to the deadly pandemic since even in homes, there are some silent nocturnal evils that may not necessarily spare people\u2019s lives from contracting the highly contagious virus.Caring for MPs while leaving the majority to die would be a twisted version of the Bible story of the shepherd who ignored the 99 sheep to search for one.Also, such scenarios kill people\u2019s patriotism. The previous lockdown saw different people and companies wholeheartedly donate to government. But, with the disbursement of Shs200m to 529 \u201crich people\u201d, will the individual contribute a single coin to a common cause again?Being a lawmaker has been wrongly perceived by the many as an opportunity to accumulate wealth. Why should the government behave in a way that will always vindicate people\u2019s biases? Sadly, our self-proclaimed \u201cpatriotic\u201d are silent now. I presume if our lawmakers really understood the upheaval that the pandemic has caused to the nation, this would be the right time for them to prove their patriotism.Will our MPs comfortably ride in a Shs200m machine, when they go to bury the electorate, or meet those yawning because of biting hunger? Will they be comfortable?Well, there\u2019s need for proper and fair prioritisation of government implementations. We are in hard times, when, people need government the most. Nobody is against anyone attaining their privileges and entitlements, but, if situations are tough, then, concentration should dwell on tough ones, but not trivial ones.Our esteemed lawmakers, I expected you to even be the first people to turn down and postpone the payment as you improvise until the situation first settles a bitRight now, the nation needs to vaccinate almost half of its population because, this pandemic is highly contagious, it is here to stay and doesn\u2019t discriminate.Adam Nuwamanya is a teacher and prospective journalist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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