Letter to President Museveni

President Museveni concluded his campaign trail by issuing a stern warning against the theft of Parish Development Model funds, promising a nationwide audit and arrest of implicated leaders.

Dear President Museveni,

I write to express gratitude for your leadership and dedication to Uganda’s development. Your legacy as a patriot, freedom fighter, and parent to the nation is undeniable. As you seek re-election, I humbly present some “what ifs” for consideration:

1. Reduce Parliament size: Channel savings to infrastructure development.

2. Trim Member of Parliament’s salaries and allowances: Tax them like other government workers.

3. Revise MP credentials: Require self-sufficiency, education, and experience.

4. Government workers use government services: Improve facilities and accountability.

5. Improve welfare for essential workers: Teachers, doctors, nurses, and security personnel.

6. Ministers and MPs experience public services: Understand challenges first-hand.

7. Infrastructure development: Flyovers, one-way roads, and efficient transport systems.

8. Transparent procurement: Single sourcing and integrated systems to defeat corruption.

9. Reduce domestic arrears: Enable government service providers to deliver quality services.

10. Support industries and businesses: Special banking and loan facilities.

11. Performance-based contracts: Renew contracts every two years, evaluate performance.

12. Merit-based recruitment: Reduce corruption in public service commission.

13. Prosecute corruption: Heavy penalties, including death penalty for severe cases.

14. Reduce national borrowing: Encourage lean budgeting.

15. Tax reforms: Review policies, reduce double taxation, and support businesses.

16. Support informal sector: Integrate into tax base, realistic taxes.

17. Tourism development: Boost revenue and foreign exchange.

18. Express courts: Timely justice, reduced case backlog.

19. Streamline investigations: Efficient police operations.

20. Reconcile and release political prisoners: Unconditional release.

21. Food security and agriculture: Fund Naro, irrigation schemes, and cash crops.

22. Parish Development Funds: Channel to banks, simplify access for common Ugandans.

23. National medical insurance: Affordable contributions, quality healthcare.

24. Regulate essential services: Rent, transport, education, electricity, and water.

25. Investigate land speculation: Prosecute and compensate fairly.

26. Accurate census data: Inform national planning.

27. Budget allocation: 50 percent development, 50 percent other expenses.

28. Competence-based curriculum: Practical implementation, talent development.

29. Sports development: Foster talents, export, and tax them.

30. Review advisers: Fresh perspectives for better governance.

I pray for peace and wish you the best as you consider these suggestions.