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“Give me [government] more taxes so that I don't have to borrow. Give me taxes … stop complaining when I increase taxes.”

— Matia Kasaija

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Quoted in Give govt more taxes to stop borrowing - Kasaija, July 18, 2022 by Dorothy Nakaweesi, Monitor publications.

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Matia Kasaija appearing before Committee of Presidential Affairs to explain about the iron sheets saga in Uganda.

“So members crucify me knowing I am totally innocent. I never asked for them; the iron sheets found me in my compound.”

“I am not proud to be a borrower and these days in Parliament they call me Minister of borrowing because every two weeks I am forced to go to cabinet to seek permission to borrow.”

"Instead of using schools to apply and promote sexual education, why don't we go back to our traditional aunties (senga) and uncles (kojja)? Stop conveying the gospel of homosexuality to our children. You should stop and stop."'

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