Uganda: Too Modest for an MP

5 December 2012

With the title MP come lots of stereotypes about people, but Fred Ebil has proved that someone can live a normal, quiet and simple life even when they are a legislator, Samuel Lutwama writes

In Africa, it is largely believed that the standard of one's house should be a reflection of one's station. So with the salaries and allowances, all one would expect of a Ugandan Member of Parliament would be an automatic ticket to a swanky dwelling, preferably in a bungalow with a swimming pool and fleet of vehicles in the compound.

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