Hon.Dr Agaba Bridge Murokole

Broken Promises and the Cost Paid by the Youth ! Dear Hon Asio Gloria Omaswa, This letter is written with a heavy heart, not just for one young man, but for an entire generation of Ugandan youth who are repeatedly mobilized, praised, used, and then quietly forgotten. Agaba Bridge Murokole is a committed supporter of the National Resistance Movement @NRMOnline, a young man from Busongora who believed like many others, that loyalty, sacrifice, and obedience to party leadership would eventually be recognized. On 23rd August 2025, he was summoned to State House and sat face-to-face with @KagutaMuseveni and in attendance were @AnitahAmong @CHRISBARYOMUNS1 @RebeccaKadagaUG ,Mr Tanga Odoi ,Mr Alhajji Moses Kigongo .For any young politician, such a meeting is not ordinary; it is life-changing. It signals trust, recognition, and hope. During that meeting, party politics were discussed, particularly the contest for 1st National Vice Chairperson. Murokole, who had invested his limited resources, energy, and reputation campaigning for the position, was asked to step aside in favor of the incumbent, Al-Hajji Moses Kigongo. He agreed—not because it benefited him, but because he was told to put the party first. Like many young people before him, he chose loyalty over ambition. What followed was a promise that changed everything. He was verbally appointed Commissioner for Poverty Eradication Operations and Wealth Creation, a role aligned with the government’s flagship program, Operation Wealth Creation. He was told his appointment letter would be processed immediately. He was instructed to submit his résumé. Photos and videos were taken. Hope was planted. Four months later, that hope has withered. As this letter is written, Murokole has never received an appointment letter. He has never reported for duty. He has never been formally recognized. The office responsible for processing such directives, led by Gloria Asio Omaswa, has issued no explanation. Silence has replaced the promises that once sounded so certain. This is not just about one appointment. It is about how young people are repeatedly told they are the future, yet treated as expendable tools of the present. They are mobilized to campaign, to defend, to withdraw, to sacrifice often at great personal cost while being promised heaven and earth in return. When the work is done, phones stop ringing. Doors close. Letters never come. Many youths like Murokole carry scars from these experiences. Some are publicly embarrassed. Others are criminalized when political protection disappears. Some sink into debt after financing campaigns that lead nowhere. And yet, they are told to remain patient, loyal, and quiet. This letter asks a simple but painful question: how long will Uganda’s youth continue to be used as stepping stones rather than stakeholders? How many more must wait indefinitely for promises that were made in the open but abandoned in silence? Until political promises are backed by integrity, accountability, and written truth, young people will continue to pay the price for believing. And for Agaba Bridge Murokole, and countless others like him, the wait continues not just for a letter, but for justice, dignity, and honesty in leadership. @StateHouseUg @GovUganda @edthnaka @AntiGraft_SH @KagutaMuseveni @PublicSquareEA