Kutesa the politician and mentor

Fellow countrymen and women, we all know that man eateth where he worketh but this particular story is a sad one. The story is that government is recruiting new police cadets to bolster our small number of police officers. Aptitude interviews have already been done.

But the highly guarded info that Grapevine has however stumbled on is that the interviews were not free and fair just like our national elections. Grapevine reported recently that a certain powerful MP from western region had submitted 10 names of her campaign agents to the Police Authority to be endorsed for recruitment into the force. The influence peddling did not stop with this lady.

We now have reliable information that some officials from the Public Service Commission (PSC) made a lot of money from selling interview papers to the applicants. Grapevine was informed that most applicants were terrified by the aptitude test but were relieved after PSC officials gave them plan B. Plan B involved selling and buying of interview questions.

We are told that applicants with sophisticated networks paid Shs400, 000 to access the questions in advance. So, while other unlucky Ugandans relied on their brains, some were sure of passing courtesy of their cash. Ah! Ah! We wonder what kind of cadets these fellows who bought interviews will be. Definitely, they will be demanding kitu kidogo (bribe) from the population they are supposed to protect. The job is now cut out for you Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura.

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FDC completes paying for party headquarters

The Forum for Democratic Change has completed paying for its party headquarters premises in Najjanankumbi on Entebbe Road. One of the top party officials told Grapevine but declined to be named.