How showbiz, bribery have eaten into school politics

Offering money, sweets, and other inducements during children’s campaigns in schools now buys more votes than empty words.

The schoolchildren have caught in their infancy the adult political bug, including all its obscene display of pomp, financial muscle, and open bribing of voters.

 Recently, pupils from a city school in Kampala were seen cruising around the school premises in fancy and top-of-the-range LandCruisers, complete with outriders, and brass bands music during campaigns.

 The video that did the rounds on social media caused a stir…