Corridors Of Power
Jul 25, 2007
<b>Nyombi’s memory</b><br>Is he too busy with state affairs to remember some things? The legal and parliamentary affairs committee chairperson Peter Nyombi on Tuesday amused members of the committee when he asked the committee clerk to identify for him which of the keys on the holder was for his
Nyombi’s memory
Is he too busy with state affairs to remember some things? The legal and parliamentary affairs committee chairperson Peter Nyombi on Tuesday amused members of the committee when he asked the committee clerk to identify for him which of the keys on the holder was for his office. “Which of these keys is for my office?†he asked as one MP retorted: “Are you trying to say that you are a visitor to your own office?â€
MPs relax
It is only one year since the MPs of the eighth parliament took office but they seem to be tired already!
After bagging sh35m for cars and sh5m each as ‘development fund’, the legislators seem to have lost interest in their work. many of them now dodge committee proceedings and a few who turn up meet over tea and samosas and leave for failure to raise quorum.
Have they forgotten the promises they made when they were canvassing for votes?
Odit wonders
He is very good in financial matters but rather lacking in legal affairs. Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime Mutebile needs some legal coaching, according to MP John Odit. In a letter the governor wrote to MPs stopping them from probing PostBank branches, the governor quoted article 90(4) of the constitution which does not exist. “I don’t know which constitution the governor quotes because when I look at the Constitution, article 90 (4) does not exist. The article stops at 90(3). He needs to be assisted with legal matters,†Odit said.
Ssekandi’s defence
Parliament speaker Edward Ssekandi is perturbed when the ‘balaalo’ say that the term ‘balaalo’ is an insult. “Here in Buganda since time memorial the term ‘balaalo’ refers to cattle-keepers. Even the man who looks after my cattle at home we refer to him as a ‘mulaalo’. I didn’t know that it was an abusive term,†he told Fred Mukasa the lawyer representing the pastoralists involved in the Bulisa standoff with the Bagungu. The lawyer said the term was derogatory and preferred to be called Banyarwanda born in Masindi.
Is he too busy with state affairs to remember some things? The legal and parliamentary affairs committee chairperson Peter Nyombi on Tuesday amused members of the committee when he asked the committee clerk to identify for him which of the keys on the holder was for his office. “Which of these keys is for my office?†he asked as one MP retorted: “Are you trying to say that you are a visitor to your own office?â€
MPs relax
It is only one year since the MPs of the eighth parliament took office but they seem to be tired already!
After bagging sh35m for cars and sh5m each as ‘development fund’, the legislators seem to have lost interest in their work. many of them now dodge committee proceedings and a few who turn up meet over tea and samosas and leave for failure to raise quorum.
Have they forgotten the promises they made when they were canvassing for votes?
Odit wonders
He is very good in financial matters but rather lacking in legal affairs. Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime Mutebile needs some legal coaching, according to MP John Odit. In a letter the governor wrote to MPs stopping them from probing PostBank branches, the governor quoted article 90(4) of the constitution which does not exist. “I don’t know which constitution the governor quotes because when I look at the Constitution, article 90 (4) does not exist. The article stops at 90(3). He needs to be assisted with legal matters,†Odit said.
Ssekandi’s defence
Parliament speaker Edward Ssekandi is perturbed when the ‘balaalo’ say that the term ‘balaalo’ is an insult. “Here in Buganda since time memorial the term ‘balaalo’ refers to cattle-keepers. Even the man who looks after my cattle at home we refer to him as a ‘mulaalo’. I didn’t know that it was an abusive term,†he told Fred Mukasa the lawyer representing the pastoralists involved in the Bulisa standoff with the Bagungu. The lawyer said the term was derogatory and preferred to be called Banyarwanda born in Masindi.