Otunnu’s attire
It seems the new UPC president, Olara Otunnu, badly needs a wardrobe designer. He stunned journalists when on Monday he came to address them in the same attire he had been wearing since Saturday. The tunic designed out of UPC colours of black and red has been worn for three days in a row! But being a hot season, we cannot rule out that Otunnu washed it overnight after being declared the new UPC boss. Way to go, Mr. President.

Katuramu excited
No one has ever been as excited as Hood Katuramu Kiribedda as when he recovered his passport. The NRM legislator recently lost his passport which had four visas to different countries. But as luck would have it, he managed to find it. He was very excited and merrily went about showing his green passport to whoever cared to see. On top of exhibiting the passport, he also went about hugging those he came across telling them: “God is good, I have my passport with all my visas. I am set to travel to the United States tonight.” The amused MPs and parliamentary staff simply congratulated him and grinned behind is back.

Speaker’s solution
Parliament is drastically affected as fewer and fewer MPs attend the plenary sessions as the 2011 general elections approach. To solve this problem, Speaker Edward Ssekandi has said he will start a secret roll call. “I know where each of you sits. I will be ticking once you enter the House. But if you miss 15 consecutive times I know the punishment I will give you,” he warned the MPs. Let us wait for the punishment he will give to the errant legislators.

Ssekandi’s trouble
If you have been spanking your four- year-old child because she can’t get her counting right you are not alone. Some senior citizens in this country also find trouble counting. Recently, when Parliament was passing the International Criminal Court Bill, Speaker Edward Sekandi had trouble counting and pronouncing the Bill’s clauses. Much as the clerk to parliament would call out “clause 101” The Speaker would repeat, “Clause (90 or 93). This happened repeatedly throughout the whole session. Mr. Speaker, there are books on the market to help you with counting.