Museveni Warned of Army Revolt Over ‘Among’s Extravagance’ as Corruption Crackdown Widens
ENTEBBE, Uganda – A high-level meeting at State House Entebbe last Thursday descended into a tense confrontation, with President Yoweri Museveni being warned that the extravagant lifestyle of former Speaker Anita Annet Among had become so egregious it risked sparking a revolt within the army, multiple sources have revealed.
By the time the President summoned senior religious leaders and top political figures to the meeting, the mood inside Uganda’s power circles was already fraught. What began as a discreet conversation about endemic corruption in Parliament would, within days, spiral into one of the most dramatic political crackdowns in recent years.
The meeting came on the heels of intelligence briefings presented to Museveni, alleging that a network of politically connected lawmakers—working through parliamentary committees and officials in the Finance Ministry—had been systematically inflating government budgets. This scheme, the intelligence claimed, was designed to create room for the large-scale diversion of public funds.
According to multiple sources familiar with the closed-door discussions at State House, Museveni spoke with unusual bluntness. He was directly told that the opulence displayed by Among and her allies was not only politically destabilizing but also a direct threat to military morale, raising the spectre of discontent among the ranks.
Present in the room were key religious and political figures, including Uganda Joint Christian Council chairperson Anthony Zziwa, Archbishop Moses Odongo, and former Speaker Rebecca Kadaga.
The warning appears to have triggered immediate action. In the days following the meeting, security forces raided Among’s homes, seizing a fleet of luxury vehicles. The pressure culminated in Among’s dramatic withdrawal from the race for Speaker of the 12th Parliament, marking a significant victory for the President’s stated crackdown on high-level graft.
State House has yet to issue an official statement on the specifics of the meeting, but the rapid series of events signals a sharp escalation in Museveni’s campaign against alleged corruption within the ruling establishment.
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