It has been a talk as old as time…at least as old as my time. In a country where I have experienced one government for over 25 years (and counting) there has been a brewing of hatred not just for that one man but for his men, his advisors,. it has trickled down to his family, his wife, and his children.

For 25 years I have witnessed judgment upon the family by all that deem him as nothing more than a tyrant that has desecrated the “purity” of a nation under the disguise of bringing peace… peace to the nation. Nostrils flare, as do the tempers at the mention of this family and woe unto them that do so in his defense. Might as well be part of them. He has brought political, social and economic division in a country that was once “soo united” or so we like to think. “Corruption!” We cry… “He must GO!” We resolve… “ he is evil” we judge… “ Hope he dies soon” we condemn. He and all like him… I think I make a well-labored point.

Corruption in my opinion happened long before the era of this dispensation. It happened in Uganda as it did in Eden. It was never the leadership that lacked, it wasn’t the political line that was blurred, nor was it the decline in the economic growth. It wasn’t even the poverty line that seemed to increase, as many would have us believe! Something deeper, something stronger, something more vicious birthed, fed and grew Corruption to the limits it is. I am more convinced now more than ever that the “Office” cannot corrupt a man… He corrupts it. So no… I will not blame the position of leadership for Corruption, and I consider it narrow minded indeed to limit it to the offices of political leadership.

Corruption in its purest form started in the home; the birthplace of our communities, our societies and our nation. When fathers abandoned their sons, and defiled their daughters, where mothers drunk themselves to shame, and cheapened all they ever were, where men devalued their wives, the mothers of their children, and taught the same to the innocent and pure… The boys grew with the knowledge of violence and greed, the girls knew nothing more than to offer of themselves to get what they needed … And these, all yee that read this, are the Leaders we have and we are to have…These are the young men and women that enter into the office of leadership, corrupted by the home, the society and communities that raised them… One of my favorite quotes is from a man known to be an agent of change in this country. He says “

For our nation to be reformed, there must be a transformation in the hearts and minds of Ugandans” Godliness, a sense of goodness must return to the core understanding of every Ugandan and as a result, a restoration of proper moral conduct. If you train and educate a generation in Godlessness, u will most definitely reap a nation rooted in waywardness and total chaos. It is no wonder we are where we are.

Every passing generation taught less and less about virtue and moral uprightness, and emphasized science and technology that haven’t transformed our nation much. We still devalue our sons, our daughters and ourselves and then blame a decayed system and those in leadership. Never do we take responsibility for the demise of this our once great nation. If we are to see Reformation, “ he says, “ it starts with you and me! “

We must reckon with what our nation’s motto and anthem call us to return to:

GOD and my Country.