This is how it started: In 2016, your MP bought an ambulance for his constituency; why didn't he legislate so that government provides ambulances to all Ugandans, does the senior MP know his role or he is like Ssegirinya?
In Petals of Blood, one of the best novels written by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, young Joseph was badly sick, hungry and in dire need of medication or at least, food. When the caretakers went to Reverend Jeremy Brown’s house for help; the man of God offered prayers and without giving the sick child food, reminded the entourage that man does not live by bread alone; but every word which comes from the Lord. I quote, “the Revered holy bastard could only offer us the food of spirit”.
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| A nurse stands besides Ssegirinya's ambulance. |
When I see an online campaign from selfish people criticizing Hon Muhammad Ssegirinya for lending a hand to his people; setting up a health centre, distributing food to those in lockdown, purchasing ambulances and mobilising them through small scale business ventures, I marvel at the sort of resemblance with the above scenario.
In a lockdown, many people, especially in the city are desperate; they are hungry, they need food now, now and Ssegirinya is trying to help out. Our hospitals lack basic equipment and people are dying when they would not have died. Then you find an idle mind thinking that Ssegirinya is doing wrong?
The thinking by elites that legislation will be the solution to help a person who is hungry because their businesses are locked down in effort to curb the spread of Corona should try to evaporate by putting in context that even if we put to use our entire budget, it would still need donations to save the situation. Let us be real; we should not cloud our brains with fear and hate but rather hope and goodwill.
If Ssegirinya is doing a lot that your MP has not done, move to Kawempe North or else, shut up!
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