In the heart of Teso, where resilience and community values have long been the bedrock of our people, there festers a wound an abominable betrayal cloaked in the garments of authority and proximity to power. This wound bears the name Acam, the so-called Presidential Assistant from Soroti.
Once entrusted with the sacred duty of representing and uplifting the voiceless, she has instead transformed into a symbol of selfishness, moral depravity, and unchecked arrogance. The people of Soroti and the greater Teso sub-region are seething burning with rage, bitterness, and utter disgust.
Her rise to prominence, it now appears, was not fueled by merit or integrity, but by calculated manipulation and deception. Her record is stained with an alarming series of allegations grave in substance and disturbing in frequency.
Most chilling among them are the whispered horrors surrounding the deaths of not one, but two of her former husbands.
These men, once full of life, perished under suspicious and eerily similar circumstances. While grieving families and concerned citizens cried out for justice, the machinery of investigation was swiftly neutered. Police inquiries were reportedly stifled, investigators intimidated, and the truth buried beneath layers of fear and bureaucratic obstruction. In a nation that claims to value law and order, such deliberate shielding of potential criminality is an unforgivable travesty.
If this were the extent of her alleged misdeeds, the region might have mourned quietly and moved on. But alas, her malevolence appears to know no bounds. Donations made in good faith by the President gifts meant to uplift the downtrodden women of Soroti and Teso—have been shamelessly diverted into the pockets of her family and cronies. Cows meant to nourish homes and empower widows now graze on her private lands. Cash transfers destined for women’s cooperatives and development groups have instead financed her opulent lifestyle and that of her inner circle.
Even more galling is her exploitation of educational grants from the State House. These grants, intended to break the generational chains of poverty for countless underprivileged families, have been monopolized by her children and relatives. While the sons and daughters of Teso walk barefoot to dilapidated schools, dreaming of a future that never comes, her children soar through elite institutions financed by public resources they were never meant to touch.
Such conduct is not merely selfish; it is diabolical. It reflects the mindset of one who views public service not as a calling, but as a personal feeding trough. Her behavior betrays not just the President who appointed her, but the very soul of our region. What crimes could be more egregious than denying a widow her cow, a schoolchild their fees, a community its dignity?
The people of Soroti and the greater Teso region are not fools. We see, we hear and now, we speak. The women—those same women she was meant to empower are the most wounded. They feel the sting of betrayal most acutely, having watched one of their own rise to power only to turn against them with the cruelty of a tyrant. Their anger is not fleeting—it is a volcanic fury forged in the crucible of hardship, injustice, and humiliation.
It is now incumbent upon national leadership to act. Silence in the face of such mounting allegations is complicity. Justice delayed is justice denied not only for the deceased husbands whose cases remain unresolved, but for every child, every woman, and every citizen of Teso whose future was trampled under the weight of Acam’s greed.
Let the investigations be reopened. Let the audits begin. Let the people’s cries echo through the halls of power. For if the nation continues to shield such individuals, we risk normalizing corruption, sanctifying impunity, and abandoning the very ideals upon which our republic was founded.
Soroti deserves better. Teso deserves better. Uganda deserves better.
And to Acam may the weight of every mother’s tear, every child’s shattered dream, and every squandered opportunity follow you like a shadow until the truth is exposed and justice prevails.
