By Sam Mwesigye
Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has revealed the source of funding for the construction of St. Charles Lwanga Kigarama Church.
Days ago, the social media was awash with reports that Tayebwa single-handedly built the church using his own resources.
The church was officially opened on Sunday.
Speaking during the launch, Tayebwa revealed that despite criticism in the public over the decision to construct a church at Shs2.7Bn and questions swirling over the sources of funds used to construct the church, he said that most of the money was raised from his friends from the business community, where in one meeting that lasted about 30 minutes, Shs1.7Bn was raised for the construction of the church by his friends.
“It (church construction) will cost us Shs2.7Bn, and I heard some people say, You get government money, you build such a church, just in less than one hour. When they passed home, these people gave me Shs1.7Bn. But we are completing it. Don’t see no glasses, and you say these people are in fundraising; we have the resources to complete it. Even tomorrow, the contractors are continuing. But we prematurely did this because we had to celebrate Mzee. You would say, Why did you call a few? They called themselves, so don’t think you aren’t my friend because I didn’t call you,” added Tayebwa.
This is not the first time Tayebwa is under public scrutiny over his expenditure. Weeks ago, it was about his watch, which reportedly costs millions of shillings.
