The scorpion, the frog and Gen Otafiire

During the week, Monitor reported that the Internal Affairs minister, Maj Gen Kahinda Otafiire, without referring to any government official, took a swipe at those in Uganda using public offices to enrich themselves, saying they didn’t go to the bush to come and steal public resources. He then challenged the youth in Uganda to “support those of us who stand up and say ‘no’”. 

Gen Otafiire’s utterance recalls the animal fable of The Scorpion and the Frog, which teaches that vicious people cannot resist hurting others even when it is not in their own interests.