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Voters fake death to get cash from legislators
The latest victim Political Xtra has learnt is the Bubulo East MP, Mr Simon Mulongo. File photo
Posted Wednesday, January 21 2015 at 11:54
In Summary
Discussing the report findings, Cissy Kagaba, the Executive Director Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda said the commercialisation of Uganda's politics explains why MPs don't interface with their voters
The rate at which voters are conning their representatives in Parliament is alarming.
The latest victim Political Xtra has learnt is Mr Simon Mulongo, the Bubulo East MP.
This is how the MP blasted the fakes on his Facebook wall: "I am not happy with some colleagues from Masaba land who have turned conmen. I have had several cases involving lies about dead bodies for transportation to false burials that require my assistance." "This time it was a one Mukasa from Lwakhakha, who claimed to be stranded at Nakawa. He said he needed money for accommodation and transport back home. From his Facebook status, he is a student at Kingston University, Kampala," Mr Mulongo said.
"He did not prove he was stranded. When I called him on the registered number, he failed to defend himself. He was visibly fumbling," he added.
"Please, fellow Bamasaaba, do not take assistance from MPs for granted. Legislators have capacity to detect certain lies. By abusing their kindness, you may spoil cases for genuine need."
According to a new survey on the commercialisation of politics, MPs are compelled to meet a host of financially-related demands by their constituents, leaving them highly indebted.
The results of the survey, "Who Pays the Piper" commissioned by Alliance for Campaign Finance Monitoring released on Tuesday, revealed that on average, MPs spend Shs4.6m each to provide personal financial support to their constituents on a single visit with the lowest amount spent being Shs100,000 and the highest Shs100m.
In the past year alone, a single MP spent Shs36.7m on average, with the least and biggest spenders disbursing Shs400,000 and Shs300m respectively, the survey further reports.
According to the study, an individual MP from the western region spends at most Shs6.1m on a visit to a constituency while that from the north spends at least Shs2.4.
The survey conducted by National Democratic Institute (NDI) targeted a population of 275 directly elected MPs excluding ministers (74), Youth MPs (5), representatives of special groups and other Ex-officio (26). A total of 146 (53.1 per cent) of the target population were randomly sampled between November and December last year.
Discussing the report findings, Cissy Kagaba, the Executive Director Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda said the commercialisation of Uganda's politics explains why MPs don't interface with their voters.
"Our politics has become transactional and commercial and this explains why our MPs don't want to go back to the constituency because they know they will spend much," she said.
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