Corridors of power
Jun 23, 2005
<b>Lucky Bukenya!</b><br>Prof. Gilbert Bukenya might be lucky to be Vice-President under the Movement government.
Lucky Bukenya!
Prof. Gilbert Bukenya might be lucky to be Vice-President under the Movement government. At their weekly press briefing on Monday, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) big guns said he would have been taken to task for his utterances about the mafia in government, to name the corrupt and not make him swallow his words like government allegedly did. “I bet my heart if Mr. Bukenya was in FDC he would have been called to reveal the list,†said Wafula Ogutu likening Bukenya to former Prime Minister Cosmas Adyebo who, he said, died with a list of the 100 most corrupt people.
Three red cards
As the debate on whether the presidential term limits for the president should be deleted from the constitution raged in parliament on Tuesday, Erute north MP Charles Angiro revealed what indefinite presidency meant for northern Uganda. Angiro who said his constituency has 12 IDP camps, told the House that President Yoweri Museveni had got three ‘red cards’ for failing to stamp out cattle rustling, the Kony war and abject poverty, and advised him to voluntarily retire. Quoting his constituents, Angiro said that if Museveni was given a third term it would be a "sad term, a mad term and a death term". Oh dear!
Dr. Sentamu saluted
It is no longer news that one of Uganda’s own, John Sentamu was appointed Archbishop of York, making him No. 2 in the Anglican Church. But what is newsworthy is how modest the man of God is. As MP Elijah Okupa on Tuesday moved a motion that parliament collectively salutes the man who has risen Uganda’s flag for good news, at least this time he revealed that when he had just gone to England, racist children spat at His Grace for him only to respond: “You have wasted your Silva. Its more useful in your bodyâ€.
Idi Amin praised
The dictatorship of Idi Amin has been praised as a blessing in disguise. Manjiya MP, David Wakikona said if Amin’s bad rule had not sent Ugandans scampering to the UK, Bishop John Sentamu would probably have remained here and not named Archbishop of York. “Idi Amin is known for many bad things but in this aspect I congratulate him. It is because of him that Sentamu migrated to the UK. If not, he would be here in high court and we wouldn’t be talking about him,†Wakikona said as parliament paid tribute to Sentamu.
Prof. Gilbert Bukenya might be lucky to be Vice-President under the Movement government. At their weekly press briefing on Monday, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) big guns said he would have been taken to task for his utterances about the mafia in government, to name the corrupt and not make him swallow his words like government allegedly did. “I bet my heart if Mr. Bukenya was in FDC he would have been called to reveal the list,†said Wafula Ogutu likening Bukenya to former Prime Minister Cosmas Adyebo who, he said, died with a list of the 100 most corrupt people.
Three red cards
As the debate on whether the presidential term limits for the president should be deleted from the constitution raged in parliament on Tuesday, Erute north MP Charles Angiro revealed what indefinite presidency meant for northern Uganda. Angiro who said his constituency has 12 IDP camps, told the House that President Yoweri Museveni had got three ‘red cards’ for failing to stamp out cattle rustling, the Kony war and abject poverty, and advised him to voluntarily retire. Quoting his constituents, Angiro said that if Museveni was given a third term it would be a "sad term, a mad term and a death term". Oh dear!
Dr. Sentamu saluted
It is no longer news that one of Uganda’s own, John Sentamu was appointed Archbishop of York, making him No. 2 in the Anglican Church. But what is newsworthy is how modest the man of God is. As MP Elijah Okupa on Tuesday moved a motion that parliament collectively salutes the man who has risen Uganda’s flag for good news, at least this time he revealed that when he had just gone to England, racist children spat at His Grace for him only to respond: “You have wasted your Silva. Its more useful in your bodyâ€.
Idi Amin praised
The dictatorship of Idi Amin has been praised as a blessing in disguise. Manjiya MP, David Wakikona said if Amin’s bad rule had not sent Ugandans scampering to the UK, Bishop John Sentamu would probably have remained here and not named Archbishop of York. “Idi Amin is known for many bad things but in this aspect I congratulate him. It is because of him that Sentamu migrated to the UK. If not, he would be here in high court and we wouldn’t be talking about him,†Wakikona said as parliament paid tribute to Sentamu.