Most foreign investors are proxies of greedy Ugandan politicians, says Kabuleta

The National Economic direction Dialogue (NEED) leader Joseph Kabuleta has disclosed that the majority foreign investors in Uganda square measure staff of greedy and powerful politicians within the country.

According to Kabuleta, some politicians scoop remunerative government deals and obtain foreigners like Indians and Chinese whom they use as proxies for his or her multibillion businesses.

The former presidential candidate created the assertion whereas meeting leaders and locals of Kigezi sub region on Wednesday.

“We Ugandans find yourself thinking that the companies belong to the questionable investors nonetheless in actual sense they’re not investors. they’re agents of our flesh pressers WHO steal our country’s wealth,” same Kabuleta.

The former presidential candidate is presently on a nationwide sensitization campaign premised on protective Uganda’s national deposits that might be utilized by voters to alleviate themselves from financial condition.

He additional that since the thus known as ‘investor’ square measure agents of huge shots in government, they need over up mistreating and exploiting Ugandans.

“If he’s associate degree Indian, he’s liberal to go and produce all his Indian colleagues to return and work from their corporations in Uganda so rendering voters idle. And some of you WHO get jobs in their factories, square measure molested, overworked and underpaid. sadly, we’ve got obscurity to report them since they work for the massive individuals,” Kabuleta same.

“They create USA lose morale to figure as a result of we have a tendency to square measure exploited. My fellow Ugandans, we’ve got to fight such. we will forever come back up with a scenario whereby for one to be thought of associate degree capitalist, he /she should have a minimum quantity of capital they ought to accompany in Uganda. we have a tendency to don’t need somebody to use capital from our flesh pressers as a result of that’s forever our taxpayers cash. Secondly, what percentage voters square measure planning to get jobs from your enterprise? third, don’t bring a foreigner to figure from here once a Ugandan will perform a similar role.”

The Pastor turned politician additionally criticized government for mercantilism merchandise from countries like Kenya and African country nonetheless they’re additionally created in Uganda.

“You realize that a farmer here grows excellent irish potatoes however government goes ahead to permit the importation of a similar explicit crop from alternative countries. This has killed the marketplace for our domestically created merchandise. If government may say, we have a tendency to don’t seem to be permitting irish potatoes from outside countries and other people WHO have takeaways and hotels ought to initial obtain from the native farmers from Kabale or the other district, Ugandans can mint money from the merchandise and within the finish their livelihoods would improve,” Kabuleta urged.

” Like altogether the areas we’ve got been too, they need heaps of natural wealth however native individuals square measure still poor. that’s what we would like to fight as want, we’d like individuals to relish their wealth that is presently being enjoyed by some individuals in power. allow us to begin the voice communication.”

Launched last year, NEED, a movement underneath the post of Kabuleta has to date managed to unfold the economic direction message to Busoga, Buganda, Bugisu, Bukedi, Teso, Sebei, Lango, Acholi, West Nile, Tooro, Rwenzori and Kigezi sub-regions.