Voters in Kagadi accuse their MPs of delivering below par

A section of voters in Kagadi have accused their representatives to Parliament of failing to deliver on their campaign manifestos.

Many of the legislators in the district are said to have promised ambulances, lobbying for the construction of Muhooro-Ndaiga road but to-date, there is no communication to the effect.

Kagadi hospital still in a sorry state. Local political analysts now say incumbents will struggle to prove their case ahead of the 2026 polls.

Kagadi was carved out of Kibaale in 2016 and it has an estimated population of 22,813 people.

The district is represented by three members of parliament in the August house who include Eric Musana representing Buyaga East, Barnabas Tinkasimire for Buyaga West and Janepher Mbabazi, the district woman MP.

According to some residents, their legislators promised a lot including lobbying for a modern market, advocating for an upgrade of Kagadi hospital, lobbying for the construction of Muhooro Ndaiga road and pushing for more funding to have roads constructed, but these challenges still persist.

Abiola Musoke says, they promised a lot but when you assess their achievements on ground very minimal.

"When you go to the community and ask them how their MPs have performed many will tell you they have not performed," Musoke said.

"These got excited and promised a lot how they were going to lobby for Kagadi hospital renovation, increased budget on roads, the Muhooro Ndaiga road but look nothing has been achieved."

"All these three MPs promised people an ambulance, none has bought any, it's only Musana ambulance that he bought in the 2016 election that is available," he said.

The voters said even for the ambulance bought by Musana, it only comes when the campaign road map is out.

"Even late in the night you hear 'wi wi wi' just for campaigns, but after it's never seen," Musoke said.

Peter Katusabe Jr said most MPs have prioritized giving handouts, condolences instead of the core issues affecting the entire population.

"We want to look at tangible things like how many youth have you connected for jobs, how about support for women groups, some of them are being implicated in land grabbing, people can no longer be deceived on lunch, mega bytes, and those handouts on mobile money and condolences. That's immaterial people want life-long opportunities like a job for a youth you will have transformed their family," Katusabe said.

The voters have warned the incumbent members of parliament that they risk stiff competition in the forthcoming election, noting that the politics of deception will not work anymore.

"Me looking at these members of parliament and how they have performed, they lied a lot to the population but come 2026 politics of lies will not work here," Musoke said.

While many claim that they talk in Parliament, some voters say they follow proceedings and hardly see the MPs making contributions on the floor.

Dr Mwalimu Musheshe, a political scholar, says people are not interested in what they debate but "besides debate what else have you done for your people?".

"You think people care about debate in Parliament? No, have you lobbied for roads, water and health? If yes, there you are working," Musheshe, who singled out Ms Mbabazi as having a "huge task" on her hands, added.