The Speaker of Parliament, Hon Anita Annet Among has penned a response to the allegations that she owns properties in the United Kingdom.
Anita says that she doesn’t own any property in the UK.
This response comes at a time when President Museveni asked the speaker to confirm if she indeed owns a house in the UK
“I have got information that is contrary to what you told me, that you, indeed, own a house in London in the form of Flat 4, Silk House, 7 Waterden Road, London, E20 3AL, United Kingdom,” said Museveni in a letter to Among.
“Do you own that house or are you renting it?” Museveni asked Among.
Below is the Speaker’s full response.
Fellow Ugandans,
While I had chosen not to respond to the pieces of malicious content and schemes thrown at me by various actors from within and outside our country, I wish now to comment briefly on the issue of my alleged ownership of properties in the UK, which is now a subject of diplomatic engagement between our two countries.
I am glad that His Excellency the President of Uganda has given attention to this matter and rightfully chosen to seek the truth through formal diplomatic channels.
Indeed, like the known principle of natural justice recognized in most jurisdictions of the Commonwealth (including Britain), the one who alleges must prove.
Since the UK government claims I own property, it should be prudent of them to state which property I own as Anita Annet Among.
Forgery should be the least the world can expect from them. I am sure this is the answer my President, our government, and myself want from them. Nothing else.
The alleged house plot, Flat 4, Silk House, 7
Waterden Road, London, E20 3AL, United Kingdom, which they informed the President is owned by myself, surely has an owner who is registered in their own system (the UK Government), and this owner, as per their own record, is not Anita Among.
Fellow Ugandans, while this matter is exciting to some because of our own internal political contradictions and intrigue, I insist and wish to alert all, soundly, that the issue is not the alleged corruption or ownership in the UK.
The attempts to forge and claim that I own property when their own records show the contrary tell it all.
The real crux of the matter is about targeting Anita Among for being vocal against homosexuality. The rest is a cover-up.
The truth will set me free. (John 8:32)
