Judith Heard
Former model Judith Heard has added her voice to many others who have come up and condemned the organisers of the just concluded Coffee Marathon event that featured Diamond Platinumz, Bebe Cool and the Ben among others.
Their performance was not the issue, but the amount of money that Diamond was paid for this performance.
It is alleged that he was paid a whopping Shs750 million on top of chartering a plane for him.
According to Judith Heard, the leaders have chosen who gets to eat while the rest are just statistics.
“We were told Kim Kardashian and Kanye West would boost Uganda’s tourism. That their visit would bring in $200 million, create 2,000 jobs, and whatever they filmed here would stay online and market Uganda forever. Till today, nothing. Not even a single post from Kim about Uganda. No jobs. No growth. Just another flashy scam to waste taxpayer money while the poor continue to suffer,” Judith Heard tweeted.
She added that the same government released Shs750 million to a foreign artist for a one-day event to “promote coffee”, something that farmers have done for decades without any help.
“To every young person reading this, please, wake up. No one in this government is planning for you. They are securing bags for their children, their families, their legacy, not yours. They want even Ugandans working abroad to pay tax on foreign income, but can’t show you what they’re doing with the money already stolen from you.”
She further added that even the artists that we have grown up loving are silent and don’t speak for us anymore. They’ve joined the system.
“I’m not here to fight anyone. I’m just tired of seeing us being fooled over and over again. Tired of seeing my fellow citizens struggle while billions are thrown at PR stunts with zero impact. Uganda is yours. Wake up. Question more. Demand better.”
issejjombwe@ug.nationmedia.com
