Thursday, October 13, 2011

How rich is Sam Kuteesa?

Sam Kuteesa
When the Ugandan tabloid The Red Pepper sometime back alleged that the Ugandan foreign affairs minister (Sam Kuteesa) had 60 billion Uganda shillings lying idle on his account in Crane Bank, everyone thought it was a joke.
However, his recent oil scandals have made a very convincing defense for The Red Pepper’s claims. Everyone can now believe that the man is a super thief and mega rich.
Imagine! In a period of 4 months, Sam Kuteesa had received a bribe of 17.5 million Euros an equivalent of 64 billion Uganda shillings from Tullow oil for oil exploration and production contracts.
This is enough money to pay 22 million Ugandan primary school teachers for a whole year at a salary of 250,000 per month. Uganda doesn’t even have 22 million primary school teachers.
It is enough money to fully fund the Uganda ICT ministry for 5 years. It is enough money to fund Mulago referral hospital for 2 years. It is enough money to fund all the district hospitals for 12 years.
Since joining this government, Sam Kuteesa has been involved in every corruption scandal starting from privatization, Chogm and now oil.
This is the man who even failed Uganda Airlines for his own personal interests. He now has a monopoly called Entebbe Handling services (ENHAS) which makes millions of profits everyday.
If you want to know Kuteesa’s monetary worth, count his ‘salary’ and the number of years he has been in government as an influential figure.
For further information to help you in your calculations, the recent oil scandals has proved that Kuteesa earns a ‘salary’ of 64 billions every 4 months and he has been in government as a highly influential and senior figure for more than a decade - The day his daughter married the first son – Col. Muhoozi Keinerugaba.