Robbed MPs deserved it - Ugandans on Social Media

Four MPs last night landed at Entebbe International airport empty-handed after armed men in South Africa waylaid them and three parliamentary staff on arrival for an official visit.

The attackers snatched their passports, personal effects.
One lawmaker was reportedly stripped during the robbery at KariBou-Inn Guest House located in a Johannesburg suburb, while their colleagues were put at gun point.
You would expect some sympathy towards the MPs who could already be psychologically tortured, alas, Ugandans on social media are ‘roasting’ and having them for breakfast.
Many are lashing at them for a number of reasons, from their poor choice of hotel in bid to save on costs, to being merely villagers with no experience in dealing with purely urban settings. Others have taken the latest developments of lawmakers asking for overpriced cars on just the four of them, labelling them anything their keyboards can type.

One NE Kato on Facebook even suggested that we change the headline to read: "Gunmen attack Ugandan robbers in South Africa"

Samuel Ndawula: They were given allowances to reside in hotels but they decided to go pay for cheap accommodation. Cheap things are very expensive

Thomas Ochaya: so robbers can also get robbed? that's what you get for being stingy with money, it's ashaming to hear that legislators are booking hotels in the suburbs

Waiswa Leo: Let south Africa help them bt here in Uganda they're unwanted elements jst lyk weeds in the garden.

Odit Frank: Headlines shd hv read Ugandan Thugs (read MPs) beaten hands down to their game by SA robbers.

Martins Luther Mat: Another headline should say Ugandan are happy for the robbing

Moses Earthe: Some of us Ugandan are happy and wishing that the robbery extend even to Kampala. MPs have stollen from us enough.

Ambrozio Barigye Wazabanga Mukiga: Am an ordinary Ugandan but cant risk to stay in such a ghetto hotel while there..They deserved it

Okutibo Willy: The thugs did good to take away our money from these ugandan robbers,we pray for more.

Robert Zziwa: With all the money and allowances given to them, why did they choose to sleep in such a ram shackled motel which had no even a single security guard with at least a panga! "Okwo kwebayita okwekubako enjawulo " they deserved it!

Musika Sam: That's all as a result of greed. Why didn't they stay in a Hotel? I'm sure they were given more than enough money. That's like a lodge or guest house.
I'm being to think all this was staged just so they could increase their allowances once back home. After all money is all they care about

oo Trybe Agumah: Ur given cash to go to Serena but you end up in a Hostel in Katanga with yo flashy tagged luggage...wat did they expect?

Amon Nuwagaba: Diplomats?????,get serious they are thugs also.that's not news to most of us

Kigongo Jamil: Hunter becomes hunted u rip off Ugandans their well earned sweat inform of taxes so dat was a little pay back time .

Kateregga Abubakar: It's the Mps who robbed them selves

Kalema Paul Da problem: we elect poor mps

POSTIVE

Faustin Byendeye: What is wrong with guys,you elect your MPs to Parliament but when they fall in difficult situation you celebrate,you jealous people,it means you don't have an mp in your family no wonder you celebrate.

Background

Those placed at gunpoint on Wednesday included Parliament’s Agriculture committee vice chairman Mr Robert Ndugwa Migadde and other committee members; Ms Santa Sandra Alum, Mr Francis Barnabas Gonahasa and Kenneth Esiangu Eitunganane.
Other victims were parliamentary senior counsel Florence Aceng, Agriculture committee clerk Jacquiline Mutekanga, and Dr Moses Achong Ongom, the marketing officer for Kyankwanzi District.
The committee chairperson Christine-Doreen Lowila Oketayot flew in a day after the robbery, and Uganda diplomats booked her at Emperors Palace Hotel in Alexander Township where her distressed colleagues had been forcibly relocated.

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