“Vote out the corrupt.”

In a recent report by Transparent International, it is revealed that at least one in every four Ugandans was involved in bribery in the last one year. At the heart of corruption in the country is the leadership, local or national. Service delivery has been hamstrung because of theft of public resources at most levels of governance. Ugandans can reverse this trend by choosing to vote for only those people with no known history of corruption. That corrupt individuals can keep bouncing back into political oppositions means that we as a people enjoy being stolen from, and have no desire for clean governance. We need to teach our people in the villages that their vote is an important tool for ensuring the restocking of drugs in hospitals, improving education, and making better policies. This is our call, our duty if we claim to love country. And yet, hope is not lost; people at the grassroots such as the gentleman in this photo understand how much power they yield in just a single ballot. In the end, when we spread the word to those it matters to most, these votes will add up, and the corrupt will diminish.