Corridors of Power
May 03, 2007
Does Speaker Edward Ssekandi find it very difficult to remember the name of the strongest opposition party in the country?
Ssekandi forgets
Does Speaker Edward Ssekandi find it very difficult to remember the name of the strongest opposition party in the country? As the MPs paid tribute to their departed colleague Okullo Epak (Oyam South) several diginitaries sat at the VIP section of the public gallery. Ssekandi introduced them rightly and when introducing FDC Vice Chairperson Salaamu Musumba, he said: “There is Proscovia Salaamu Musumba the Vice Chairperson of ah…. ah… the Reform Agenda… sorry ah…. . ah of FDC.†When he finally got it right the people burst out laughing.
Tanna denies
Tororo Municipality MP Sanjay Tanna’s loud mouth recently put him in trouble. Shortly after the anti-Mabira giveaway demonstration, he told his colleagues while having lunch at the Parliamentary canteen that he had been part of the demonstration. When Ben Wacha (Oyam North) and Geoffrey Ekanya (Tororo) mentioned his name as part of the demo leaders, he vehemently denied being anywhere near the demo. “I was away attending a function presided over President Yoweri Museveni in Jinja during the Mabira Forest demonstration,†he said, as his colleagues laughed.
Cow with spots
Minister Omwony Ojok’s new name is “cow†among his diplomatic friends. Recently while presiding over a conference on the UN Millennium Development Goals, the UNDP resident representative, Theophane Nikyema amused the participants. “The minister has an interesting name, in his language (Ngakarimojong) it means a cow with white and black spots. Can the cow with white and black spots come and officially open the conference,†he said. The participants broke into prolonged laughter.
Envoy wonders
On the eve of the World Press Freedom Day, journalists arrived early at the US Embassy and promptly occupied the front seats. When the US Ambassador Steven Browning arrived, he remarked: “I am happy and at the same time surprised that the journalists have occupied the front seats. What is surprising is that whenever I go to churches and seminars early, people never take the front seats. Does it mean journalists don’t go to church?â€
Does Speaker Edward Ssekandi find it very difficult to remember the name of the strongest opposition party in the country? As the MPs paid tribute to their departed colleague Okullo Epak (Oyam South) several diginitaries sat at the VIP section of the public gallery. Ssekandi introduced them rightly and when introducing FDC Vice Chairperson Salaamu Musumba, he said: “There is Proscovia Salaamu Musumba the Vice Chairperson of ah…. ah… the Reform Agenda… sorry ah…. . ah of FDC.†When he finally got it right the people burst out laughing.
Tanna denies
Tororo Municipality MP Sanjay Tanna’s loud mouth recently put him in trouble. Shortly after the anti-Mabira giveaway demonstration, he told his colleagues while having lunch at the Parliamentary canteen that he had been part of the demonstration. When Ben Wacha (Oyam North) and Geoffrey Ekanya (Tororo) mentioned his name as part of the demo leaders, he vehemently denied being anywhere near the demo. “I was away attending a function presided over President Yoweri Museveni in Jinja during the Mabira Forest demonstration,†he said, as his colleagues laughed.
Cow with spots
Minister Omwony Ojok’s new name is “cow†among his diplomatic friends. Recently while presiding over a conference on the UN Millennium Development Goals, the UNDP resident representative, Theophane Nikyema amused the participants. “The minister has an interesting name, in his language (Ngakarimojong) it means a cow with white and black spots. Can the cow with white and black spots come and officially open the conference,†he said. The participants broke into prolonged laughter.
Envoy wonders
On the eve of the World Press Freedom Day, journalists arrived early at the US Embassy and promptly occupied the front seats. When the US Ambassador Steven Browning arrived, he remarked: “I am happy and at the same time surprised that the journalists have occupied the front seats. What is surprising is that whenever I go to churches and seminars early, people never take the front seats. Does it mean journalists don’t go to church?â€