The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has been yet another shameful monument to Museveni’s corrupt regime. This agency, set up under the guise of infrastructure progress, was nothing but a sham—a fattened pig of bureaucracy meant to serve as a feeder for Museveni’s cronies, particularly those from his loyal Western base. UNRA’s collapse isn’t surprising; it’s simply what happens when an entire organization is built as a vanity project, oozing with nepotism, incompetence, and waste.
UNRA became a symbol of Museveni’s rottenness. Allen Kagina’s leadership only drove this cesspool deeper into corruption, with decisions solely focused on padding the pockets of Museveni’s political pets. Ugandan taxpayers were forced to watch as their money vanished into this corrupt machine, one that did little for infrastructure but plenty for those with the right connections. Kagina, herself a key enabler of this decay, has been in lockstep with Museveni’s loyalists, ensuring that this institution served the political class, not the people.
Now, as UNRA crumbles under the weight of its own dysfunction, Museveni’s regime attempts to dodge the responsibility of paying the remaining staff. This government, with all its trickery, wants to reduce fair terminal benefits from 227 billion to a meager 46 billion shillings, shamelessly twisting laws to justify this act of betrayal. Biribonwoha and his legal maneuvers only show the lengths they’ll go to cheat loyal Ugandan workers out of their hard-earned dues.
Meanwhile, the hollow promises from Minister Musa Ecweru about “absorbing” staff into Public Service are as empty as they sound, no more than a pathetic attempt to sweep this disaster under the rug. UNRA’s fate is yet another example of how deeply Museveni’s government has betrayed its people, transforming every opportunity into another vehicle for greed and unbridled corruption.