On Sunday, during a national televised address President Yoweri Museveni revealed that one of the cars in his convoy had knocked a he-goat near Bweyogerere along the Kampala-Jinja highway.
The president Promised that when the owner of the goat was identified he would be compensated. Well, the owner of the goat has been located and it turns out that the goat in question is still alive and kicking.
Speaking to the press shortly after receiving his money, the owner of the goat who was identified as Rashid Ssemwanga said that he didn’t expect to be compensated.
“Initially I was afraid but later on I was reassured after the President appeared on TV. I was very surprised that the president did something like this and compensated me. I am happy and my goat didn’t die so I will now treat it,” Ssemwanga told journalists on Monday after receiving Shs800,000 as compensation from the Internal Security Organization (ISO).
While addressing the press on Monday at ISO offices in Nakasero, Maj. Alex Abenatwe, the Director of ISO in Kampala Metropolitan area said that he received the directive.
“The message I have is to compensate for the goat because it may not be as effective as it was. So I talked to him and valued his goat at shs 600, 000 that I am going to give him with an extra shs. 200,000 to help him with transport and other costs,” Abenatwe said.
“Initially I was afraid but later on I was reassured after the President appeared on TV. I was very surprised that the president did something like this and compensated me. I am happy and my goat didn’t die so I will now treat it,” Ssemwanga said.
