Anti-corruption campaigners oppose a move by the legislators to have government increase its contribution to their pension scheme warning that it will greatly affect Ugandans financially. This following a parliamentary sitting last month in which MPs called for amendment of the pensions act to increase government’s contribution up from the current 30%. They argued that the increment will help them live a better life after living parliament.

Addressing journalists at ACCU offices, Cissy Kagaba, Executive Director Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda, Peter Wandera, Executive Director Transparency International, and David Walakira budget specialist said government should expedite establishing an independent   salary review commission to stop such selfish motives further warning that they will de- campaign every MP who supports such an amendment.

Meanwhile Ugandan women are strongly condemning the increasing acts of militarism in the country saying that this is alarming and spells doom for the nation that is heading into the political climate. Irene Ovongi Odida, the Executive Director, FIDA-Uganda mentions that the  rising brutal arrests of women activists who also end up being humiliated scare them away from political leadership of the nation depriving women of their right to participate in the governance of the nation.

Ovongi called on government to revise the way it is aggressively handling the citizens and ask citizens to speak out through the legislative arm to have such crimes brought to a stop.