West Budama South MP Jacob Oboth Oboth today left fellow legislators in stitches of laughter after he revealed that they are sexually starved due to immense Kampala traffic jam especially on Jinja Road.
Oboth Oboth, also Chairperson of the Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs said that the traffic jam on Mukono-Jinja road has turned into some sort of family planning method for him and other dwellers along Kampala’s busiest road.
The MP was protesting government’s delayed construction of Shs3.6trillion ($1bn) Kampala-Jinja Expressway which is expected to become a major gateway for all imports and exports into and out of the country.
Bunyole West MP James Waluswaka who first raised the matter on the floor of parliament questioned why government that had prioritized the construction of Kampala-Jinja Highway is shifting from the initial arrangements to have the road constructed by the Chinese funded by the African Development Bank and World Bank and is now resolving to have the road constructed through Public Private Partnership (PPP).
“The jam on Kireka-Mukono road has turned into some kind of family planning. If you have not produced children then you should not stay along Kireka road. People are not having ‘morning glory’ because they have to wake up early to beat the jam. And there is also no ‘evening glory’ because you will delay in jam,” Oboth said as MPs burst into laughter.
“We need to know from Ministry of Finance if this is a deliberate family planning method. Why do you take us lightly? What kind of planning is this, is it family planning? We need this [road] to be done. If you want to reduce the population of the people from the East then you should tell us.”
Oboth also wondered why government was resorting to Public-private partnership yet parliament had approved a loan for construction of Kampala-Jinja Expressway.
