In a land where hospitals remain empty shells, roads decay, and citizens scrape to survive, Museveni flaunts an extravagant project—the Shs18 billion All Saints Cathedral—shamelessly masked as a place of worship. This cathedral, commissioned by a regime notorious for its ruthless grip on power, is a monument of hypocrisy, dressed in religious sanctity yet hollowed by corruption and oppression. For nearly 14 years, this government has bled the country dry, but now it unveils a structure built not for worship but for washing its hands of the blood and tears of Uganda’s most vulnerable.
With seating for 5,000, this cathedral is a display of waste and excess amid a nation where most can barely find the means to meet their basic needs. Flanked by his wife and an entourage of sycophants, Museveni presides over this colossal farce, symbolizing a government drowning in greed, detachment, and sheer callousness toward the very people it claims to serve. The so-called All Saints Cathedral, now lauded as East Africa’s largest worship space, is not a sanctuary for the faithful; it’s a fortress of the regime’s wealth and indulgence, starkly contrasting with the reality of ordinary Ugandans who live in poverty and despair.
November 1, All Saints Day—a date meant to honor saints and sacrifices—has instead been hijacked by a power-hungry administration trying to clothe its iron-fisted rule with a thin, holy veneer. What blessing does this administration dare to claim when Ugandans suffer daily under a regime that uses religion as a tool for its self-serving agenda? Museveni has spent years manipulating religious symbolism to disguise his tyranny, positioning himself as some false savior to a nation he’s systematically exploited. This cathedral project is simply the latest in a long line of manipulations, and its leaders have sold their souls, willingly becoming puppets to cement Museveni’s political facade.
As the project pushes forward, demanding another Shs7 billion, we’re left questioning how much of this figure truly reaches the project and how much fills the pockets of officials and committee members. The government has mastered the art of converting public projects into personal treasure chests under the pretense of “national progress.” This cathedral is no exception; it’s merely the latest trophy in a portfolio of stolen wealth. Ugandans, robbed of their hard-earned tax shillings, have unwittingly funded this monumental lie—a structure built to entrench a regime that cares nothing for their struggles or faith.
Speaker of Parliament Anita Among’s remarks only deepen this spectacle’s grotesqueness. This isn’t about faith; it’s a theater, a stage where elites can showcase their mock humility while tightening their grip on power. The cathedral stands not as a sanctuary but as a playground for Uganda’s privileged, who parade as pious leaders while their real deeds contradict every value they claim to uphold.
The truth is glaring: All Saints Cathedral now serves as a symbol not of devotion but of deceit. This is the latest in Museveni’s arsenal of propaganda, and the Ugandan people are left to pay the price. It’s nothing more than a gleaming facade for a corrupt administration, one that distances itself from the people it’s bound to serve.
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