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Tuesday, 21 January 2020
Poverty and Desperation in Neo-liberal Uganda : When Hundreds camp at New Vision to receive ‘Illuminati money’
Thousands of boda riders flock New Vision offices for ‘Head of Illuminati in Uganda’s’ Shs5m
Sometime this year, the Minister of Finance, Matia Kasaija, was lost
for words when describing the rate at which Uganda’s economy was
growing.
Then, he attributed its growth due to commercialisation of agriculture and increased infrastructure investments.
“The economy in Uganda has been stable over the last two decades and
is expanding,” Kasaija told an awareness workshop for Parliamentary
Oversight Committees on Public Financial Management.
He, however, said although the economy is growing steadily, the gap between the poor and the rich is also widening.
“We still have people who are poor and some cannot afford a meal a day but as minister,” Mr Kasaija said.
The Boda Boda riders and ‘regular people on foot’ who brought
business on Third Street Industrial Area to a standstill are part of
this lot.
Otherwise how do you explain grown men and women in their hundreds
opting to camp around New Vision offices to receive free money as
opposed to toiling for it?
According to our sources, the boda boda riders camped outside
Uganda’s Leading Daily waiting for the “head of illuminati” in Uganda to
come and give them Shs5million each.
This money was allegedly promised by the said chap, Kamada Mulyowa
during a talk show on Bukedde Radio hosted by Uganda Journalists
Association head, Bashir Kazibwe on Tuesday evening.
“The riders reportedly started flocking the premises as early as 3am
waiting for the so-called head of illuminati to show up at 3pm on
Wednesday afternoon,” the source said.
They came from as far Mbarara, Mbale and Rakai.
By 3pm, the lot became rowdy after waiting for too long, threatening to burn down New Vision premises.
The Police and Local Defence Unit (LDU) personnel who had been on
watch since 7am used tear gas to dispese the crowd. Most however refused
to leave, claiming New Vision management and staff wanted to take the
money yet Kamada had specifically said it was theirs.
“This is our gift from (President) Museveni and God. Why would
(Robert) Kabushenga call the Police yet our man (Kamada) is on his way
to help us get out of poverty? Do you know what that money can do for
our lives?” Hassan Kalema, a boda rider from Bwaise shouted as he rode
away from the ensuing chaos.
Together with his colleagues, they were seen re-strategising around Chillies takeaway.
Hundreds camp at New Vision to receive ‘Illuminati money’
Several
youth numbering to hundreds on Wednesday gathered at Vision Group offices located
on Plot 19/21, First Street Industrial Area seeking to meet the alleged head of
Illuminati secret society in Uganda.
The
Illuminati is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically,
the name usually refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret
society founded on 1 May 1776.
Kampala
Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, expressed his disappointment
in the state media after it was announced yesterday that the head of Illuminati
would appear at New Vision offices.
“Our
media houses should check what they broadcast. How can you go on air and
announce that the head of Illuminati will be in New Vision today and he will be
giving out money,” Onyango said.
Onyango urged the media regulator Uganda Communications Commission
[UCC] to take action saying the action had interrupted people’s work.
“People have gathered around New Vision
waiting for him. People can’t work. UCC should look into this matter,” Onyango
noted.
New
Vision journalist Steven Odeke shared a video of the massive crowd camping
outside their offices saying:
“Poverty
has eaten Uganda. So, people camped at Vision Group very early to receive free
“blessed” money from some chap who claimed he is illuminati on radio.”
The hundreds of unemployed youth joined by boda boda riders had
reportedly gone to collect money from the money from a man who publicly
announced on a local radio that he will be distributing illuminati
money.
Police and LDUs deployed
This
was during a talk show on Bukedde Radio hosted by Uganda Journalists
Association head, Bashir Kazibwe on Tuesday evening.
The
“head of illuminati” in Uganda had reportedly promised to hand out Shs5m to
each person who showed up.
In response, people started flocking New Vision offices in Kampala as
early as 3am. Their “saviour” was expected to arrive at the same venue
at 3pm.
Police and Local Defence Unit [LDU] officers deployed swiftly to the
scene to avoid possible chaos and contain the crowd from turning rowdy.
Please forgive me for hoodwinking you on
behalf of the Illuminati man – New Vision’s Kabushenga apologises to
angry boda riders seeking free money
Robert Kabushenga has publicly apologized to people who gathered outside his office with the hope o receiving Shs5,000,000.
On Wednesday morning, hundreds of Boda Boda riders and ‘regular
people on foot’ brought business in Industrial Area to a standstill as
they waited for a one Kamada Mulyowa to give them the said money,
allegedly on behalf of the Illuminati.
Kamada, the self proclaimed head of Illuminati in Uganda, is said to
have made the pronouncement on Tuesday evening during a talk show hosted
by Uganda Journalists Association head, Bashir Kazibwe on Bukedde
Radio.
According to our sources, the boda boda riders camped outside
Uganda’s Leading Daily, New Vision from as early as 3am waiting for the
so-called head of illuminati to show up at 3pm on Wednesday afternoon.
They came from as far Mbarara, Mbale and Rakai.
By 3pm, the lot became rowdy after waiting for too long, threatening to burn down New Vision premises.
The Police and Local Defence Unit (LDU) personnel who had been on
watch since 7am used tear gas to disperse the crowd. Most, however,
refused to leave, claiming New Vision management and staff wanted to
take the money yet Kamada had specifically said it was theirs.
“This is our gift from (President) Museveni and God. Why would
(Robert) Kabushenga call the Police yet our man (Kamada) is on his way
to help us get out of poverty? Do you know what that money can do for
our lives?” Hassan Kalema, a boda rider from Bwaise shouted as he rode
away from the ensuing chaos.
Together with his colleagues, they were seen re-strategising around Chillies takeaway.
This prompted Kabushenga, the Chief Executive Officer, Executive
Director and Managing Director of The New Vision Printing &
Publishing Co to apologise to the agitated lot.
You have asked that I apologise, for all that you have gone through
and before this big camera here, I apologise. Please forgive me,” he
said in Luganda, a local dialect.
He added, “The man hoodwinked us and we also did the same to you. Please forgive me.”
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