EAC legislators are spendthrifts

http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/letters/Cheap_credit_handouts_have_never_eradicated_poverty_76608.shtml

The story about the EAC spending 40 per cent of its budget on hotels does not come as a surprise to me. Our African leaders use a lot of public funds on their personal issues other than improving lives of their wretched electorate. Their allowances are too high, if not obscene. But nobody cares to ask why. Before questioning the officials of EAC on their immoral misuse of public funds, it is better to start with their counterparts; the legislators and other government officials in their respective countries on their penchant abuse of public funds.

Look at the number of ministers in Kenya and the assistant ministers who in some cases are more than two. Doesn’t this explain why poverty is a trademark of East Africa? How can we progress in our economy if all the public money goes in the pockets of a few individuals instead of improving our economy? These are the questions which such MPs should meditate upon, daily.
Susan Wamuyu,
Makerere University