Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday left his followers in stitches when he joined the anti-corruption walk in the capital, Kampala.
The veteran leader has been facing criticism over his attitude towards the fight against corruption, with state officers linked to loss of millions.
But while condemning corruption, Museveni suggested that being obese is a strong indicator that someone is corrupt.
Apparently, he revealed his decision to cut weight, arguing that doctors had advised him to shed off fats which had accumulated in his body.
“I have decided to cut weight. I was 106kgs, now I am now 76kgs. I think obesity is also a sign of corruption,” Mr Museveni said as quoted by Daily Monitor.
He also asked authorities to recruit workers based on their integrity, ruling out performance in higher learning institutions.
“Do not recruit people on basis of papers but look for integrity; that is common in URA, IGG and State House anti-corruption unit. Maybe in judiciary, army and civil service. Those ones we need the papers,” Mr Museveni said while addressing Ugandans at Kololo Airstrip after his march against corruption in Kampala.
He also lauded the Daily Monitor newspaper for unearthing corruption cases in the country.
"I sometimes read useless papers like the Monitor, by the way Monitor is a bad paper. I rarely read papers but once in a while when I read them and I see something, I follow it up. So there was a story I read and I tasked my monitoring unit to follow up and indeed they uncovered a lot of corruption. One of the things failing us in this war against corruption is poor supervision," Msuseveni said.