Hon. Nambozo Florence, You Are Not Going to Tiptoe Your Way Into a Compliment

_By Silent Observer in Sironko Politics_ 

Let’s get one thing straight: not every microphone is a stage, and not every title is a legacy. So, before Red Pepper rushes to hang medals around Hon. Florence Nambozo’s neck, perhaps they should take a walk through the dusty paths of Sironko and ask the people themselves.

Hon. Nambozo, you don't get to wrap failure in ribbon and call it success. Not this time.

First of all, if you're looking for someone to blame for your underwhelming decade in office, leave NRM out of it. Stop dragging the party through your own leadership lapses. NRM is not a bulletproof vest for failed service delivery. Own your record. Sironko isn’t a battleground; it’s a peaceful district until you open your mouth and start yelling “division” where none exists.

Speaking of division, you are its founding mother in Sironko. Let’s talk about that shameful day in church. Yes, we remember. You turned a pulpit into a political pulldown platform, publicly accusing the chairperson of Christians of hypocrisy simply because he didn’t support you. The congregation walked out in protest. That wasn’t strength. That was spiritual vandalism.

Now let’s dissect your “development efforts." You proudly speak of distributing books to school children. Reality check: you handed out outdated 32-page exercise books that schools no longer accept. These are the very books now used to record medical symptoms in rural health centres. So no, Madam, that’s not education reform. That’s dumping leftover stationery. That is mere political posturing and mockery, not well intended support to the education of the children of Sironko.

When it comes to government pledges in honour of fallen heroes, please sit this one out. The real credit belongs to the fallen heroes, their families, the communities, the patriotic leaders who lobbied tirelessly and the honest President who never disappoints on his word - the presidential pledge. Where were you? Not in parliament. Not at district NRM events. Not during presidential visits. In ten years, your voice in Parliament has been softer than a whisper in a hurricane. You don’t get to show up at the finish line and lay claim to the trophy.

And now, the ambulance debacle. Red Pepper paints you as a health champion. But the truth? The ambulance came from Mama Hon. Rebecca Kadaga’s national initiative, you were simply a name on the distribution list. You never serviced it. Your driver reportedly charges 100,000 UGX per patient. Where is a villager supposed to get that kind of money? Worse still, after losing the NRM primaries in 2020, you spitefully took the ambulance back. That wasn’t just political defeat. It was a moral one.

Let’s talk ICT labs. What labs? Please stop hallucinating development. There is not a single known ICT lab initiated by you in Sironko. If you were referring to Karamoja, kindly relocate there and make your speeches match your geography.

Finally, on roads, yes, you're chair of the Sironko Roads Committee. But your leadership has been a pothole in itself. You drained road funds on unnecessary "planning meetings" that were more about catering for your allowances than construction or rehabilitation of the district road network.  The Namagumba–Budadiri–Nalugugu road project suffered under your watch, as our people's properties affected by the project were undervalued,  compensation of project affected persons has stalled, the project contractor seems to be merely gambling on site and will end up delivering a sub standard road, you intermedled in the project course, making the project to start from its tail end Nalugugu when the project is clearly marked Namagumba - Budadiri - Nalugugu. Besides,  at the project's launch last year, you should have listened to speakers who cautioned you against personalizing that project, as it's an overdue government project that many before you and current have contributed to its actualization.

So, your anonymous praise singer: no, the Bamasaba should not rally behind Hon. Nambozo. Not when they’ve already witnessed what her brand of leadership delivers division, neglect, and vanishing resources. It's my humble advice that other than clinging onto the universal government projects and programs, you come out clear and account to the people of Sironko by showing them what you have managed to do for them in your individual capacity in the preceeding ten years of your idle stay in Parliament.

In 2026, the people of Sironko won’t be swayed by printed PR and recycled promises. They’ll remember what was said, what was done, and more importantly, what wasn’t.

The curtain is closing, Hon. Nambozo. And the audience is no longer clapping.