Todwong's Message was a Dud in Luweero

Richard Todwong is a Minister Without Portfoliio in Charge of Political Mobilization. #$%&**6^! If you understand what that position is about, let me know. It looks like  it is a position that is paid for by the government for NRM party-related work.Talk of fuzzy accounting!  In addition he is also a helper to the elderly Amama Mbabazi in his hat as the NRM Secretary General---thanks to the go-getter NRM MPs who wanted to clip the Prime Minister's wings which were soaring a little bit too high for the comfort of the Godfather.
 

So, how has Mr. Todwong risen so high so fast  as a first-term MP from Nwoya in Acoliland? The simple answer is:  he is one Acoli warrior who delivered in 2011 to another fierce warrior of Nkore extraction, the Godfather of the NRM, Mr. Yoseri Museveni.
 

Todwong first met with elders of his clan of the Payira in Nwoya. He promised the elders that if they electd him as the NRM flag barer and sent him to parliament, he would be close to the President's ears to enable the flow of goods and services to the region. Mind you, he was talking to a people who had been dehumanized in Museveni's concentration camps and were grasping at any straw. He provided hope amidst squalor.

I am your son. I'll scratch your backs

The high-level talks of the opposition on human rights, land grabbing, or democracy fell flat. Mr. Todwong's message was reinforced by the military power exuded by his brother who was commander of the UPDF 4th Division in the area. Similar message was duplicated in cookie-cutter fashion throughout Acoliland. The rest is history.
 

Richard, here is kito kidogo. It should do it for us

 

In Luweero, Mr. Todwong swaggered to the podium and babbled the same message that brought him national fame: Send NRM Nalwanga to parliament and she will be close to the President's ears, and goods and services will flow your way. The guffaws of laughter throughout  the social media was deafening. Dude, the Luweero area has had a vast arrays of substantive ministers and, if they didn't deliver to the satisfaction of the natives, you think your girl was going to be any different? That was probably what went through the minds of his audience. And they gave him the finger with their votes.