By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Anita Annet Among has reacted to President Museveni’s letter dated 23rd May, 2024 informing her that he has information that she owns a house in the UK against her earlier protestations that she owns nothing in that country.
“I have got information that is contrary to what you told me, that you indeed own a house in London in the form of a Flat 4, Silk House, 7 Waterden Road, London, E20 3AL, United Kingdom,” President Museveni wrote.
In the same letter, President Museveni directed the Minister of Foreign Affairs to contact the UK government for more details regarding this house and the IGG was copied in.
However, before the Ministry of Foreign Affairs could conclude with its investigations, Anita Among took to the X Platform on Wednesday, May, 29th 2024 saying she does not expect the UK government to use forgery to malign her name.
“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,” the Speaker wrote.
The Speaker has attached an official copy of Register of Title dated 28th May, 2024 that shows that the house belongs to London Legacy Development Corporation.
SPEAKER ANITA’S FULL STATEMENT
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.
