Corridors of power
Feb 10, 2008
<b>Dodgy Mamerito</b><br>WHEN things go wrong, it is not strange for people to become dodgy. Such was the case with Kiira Town Council’s mayor mugerwa Mamerito in the St. Peter’s Naalya School building tragedy that claimed 11 lives.
Dodgy Mamerito
WHEN things go wrong, it is not strange for people to become dodgy. Such was the case with Kiira Town Council’s mayor mugerwa Mamerito in the St. Peter’s Naalya School building tragedy that claimed 11 lives. When the building collapsed, Mugerwa participated in the rescue operation. However, when it came to a press briefing with Police spokesman Gabriel Tibayungwa, Mamerito was dodgy when asked whether the building had been authorised by local authorities. “I don’t know. I will have to find out,†he said.
Ocula’s bad manners
It seems Parliament decorum ended with the Seventh Parliament. If not, why did no member of the August House raise a finger to MP Michael Ocula’s comment that Kenya president Mwai Kibaki “looked like a thief as he was being sworn in.†Ocula (FDC) added that his son in Primary Six could read a “thief’s looks†from Kibaki’s face. Security minister, Amama Mbabazi attempted to water down Ocula’s outburst saying: “Our Primary Six children are usually innocent and say what they hearâ€, but he did not point out that Ocula had used ‘un-parliamentary’ language.
Naughty Mbabazi
Security minister Amama Mbabazi has added being naughty to his light side of contribution to Parliament. It all began when Arua MP Christine Bako Abia stood in for shadow foreign affairs minister, Reagan Okumu to give the opposition’s reaction to the Government’s statement on the situation in Kenya. When Bako blamed President Yoweri Museveni for congratulating president Mwai Kibaki when elections were still being disputed, Mbabazi remarked it was his first time to hear Bako speak with such energy. A naughty MP quipped: “She wants to become a grandmotherâ€. Mbabazi mischievously responded: “How can I talk about her being a grandmother when I don’t know if she has conceived.â€
Cautious Medard
Buganda Kingdom’s minister for information Medard Lubega believes the Land Amendment Bill, if passed as it is, won’t come to any good. His argument: stakeholders were not consulted. “The amendments, if passed, are bound to fail in addressing the land problem. That I can bet,†he said. His way with words came to the fore while commenting on press reports which quoted President Museveni as having said Mengo was being used by the opposition. “I would not like to believe that the President made those remarks, but if he did, then it is unfortunate.†Now that is what we call treading with tact!
WHEN things go wrong, it is not strange for people to become dodgy. Such was the case with Kiira Town Council’s mayor mugerwa Mamerito in the St. Peter’s Naalya School building tragedy that claimed 11 lives. When the building collapsed, Mugerwa participated in the rescue operation. However, when it came to a press briefing with Police spokesman Gabriel Tibayungwa, Mamerito was dodgy when asked whether the building had been authorised by local authorities. “I don’t know. I will have to find out,†he said.
Ocula’s bad manners
It seems Parliament decorum ended with the Seventh Parliament. If not, why did no member of the August House raise a finger to MP Michael Ocula’s comment that Kenya president Mwai Kibaki “looked like a thief as he was being sworn in.†Ocula (FDC) added that his son in Primary Six could read a “thief’s looks†from Kibaki’s face. Security minister, Amama Mbabazi attempted to water down Ocula’s outburst saying: “Our Primary Six children are usually innocent and say what they hearâ€, but he did not point out that Ocula had used ‘un-parliamentary’ language.
Naughty Mbabazi
Security minister Amama Mbabazi has added being naughty to his light side of contribution to Parliament. It all began when Arua MP Christine Bako Abia stood in for shadow foreign affairs minister, Reagan Okumu to give the opposition’s reaction to the Government’s statement on the situation in Kenya. When Bako blamed President Yoweri Museveni for congratulating president Mwai Kibaki when elections were still being disputed, Mbabazi remarked it was his first time to hear Bako speak with such energy. A naughty MP quipped: “She wants to become a grandmotherâ€. Mbabazi mischievously responded: “How can I talk about her being a grandmother when I don’t know if she has conceived.â€
Cautious Medard
Buganda Kingdom’s minister for information Medard Lubega believes the Land Amendment Bill, if passed as it is, won’t come to any good. His argument: stakeholders were not consulted. “The amendments, if passed, are bound to fail in addressing the land problem. That I can bet,†he said. His way with words came to the fore while commenting on press reports which quoted President Museveni as having said Mengo was being used by the opposition. “I would not like to believe that the President made those remarks, but if he did, then it is unfortunate.†Now that is what we call treading with tact!