Corridors of power
Oct 06, 2005
<b>Mukula raps KCC</b><br>STATE minister for health, Capt. Mike Mukula has described the KCC planning department as “planners without plansâ€. he said despite having a full planning department KCC had failed to plan the city effectively.
Mukula raps KCC
STATE minister for health, Capt. Mike Mukula has described the KCC planning department as “planners without plansâ€. he said despite having a full planning department KCC had failed to plan the city effectively. Addressing the press at the ministry headquarters recently, he lambasted KCC for allowing investors to put up buildings above sewer lines in Katanga. “We cannot continue like this, if they continue awarding plots that are along sewer lines. we shall definitely take action against them,†he said.
Obote defended
The UPC political party’s Constitutional Steering Committee (CSC) secretary general, Peter Walubiri describes as crap, accusations that party leader Milton Obote is manipulating the party polls. During a press conference called by the CSC to clarify on the disputed branches executive elections in Lira, Walubiri denied that there was favouritism for Obote’s son, James Akena. “To blame Obote for the conduct of the elections, I cannot understand. The old man is in Lusaka doing other business and he will be retired honourably during the party’s delegates conference,†he said.
Otafiire lectures
During a conference on water recently, Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire lectured scribes on what constitutes news. “News is not always bad. Some of us become repugnant when you treat us to bad news only, death, death…†Then he added a clincher for his ministry: “Talk about water and sanitation. Warn the world that water is a precious commodity and is not abundant as it is presumed and make Ugandans appreciate it. Tell them ‘the safer our water, the cheaper our health bill will be.â€
Buturo vexes scribes
Scribes who had turned up to cover a meeting between the new British High Commissioner to Uganda Francois Gordon and the state minister for information, James Nsaba Buturo, were shocked when Buturo called them into his office and confessed that he had forgotten that they were waiting in the corridor. “I am really sorry. I did not remember that you people were out there. I did not think that you were waiting. Anyway we just discussed a few things with the ambassador,†he told the angry journalists. What incensed the journalists more was that the meeting had been scheduled for 3:00pm but his assistant had told them that the minister had set it for 3:30pm and that they could go and sit either on a bench in the corridor or go to the boardroom.
STATE minister for health, Capt. Mike Mukula has described the KCC planning department as “planners without plansâ€. he said despite having a full planning department KCC had failed to plan the city effectively. Addressing the press at the ministry headquarters recently, he lambasted KCC for allowing investors to put up buildings above sewer lines in Katanga. “We cannot continue like this, if they continue awarding plots that are along sewer lines. we shall definitely take action against them,†he said.
Obote defended
The UPC political party’s Constitutional Steering Committee (CSC) secretary general, Peter Walubiri describes as crap, accusations that party leader Milton Obote is manipulating the party polls. During a press conference called by the CSC to clarify on the disputed branches executive elections in Lira, Walubiri denied that there was favouritism for Obote’s son, James Akena. “To blame Obote for the conduct of the elections, I cannot understand. The old man is in Lusaka doing other business and he will be retired honourably during the party’s delegates conference,†he said.
Otafiire lectures
During a conference on water recently, Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire lectured scribes on what constitutes news. “News is not always bad. Some of us become repugnant when you treat us to bad news only, death, death…†Then he added a clincher for his ministry: “Talk about water and sanitation. Warn the world that water is a precious commodity and is not abundant as it is presumed and make Ugandans appreciate it. Tell them ‘the safer our water, the cheaper our health bill will be.â€
Buturo vexes scribes
Scribes who had turned up to cover a meeting between the new British High Commissioner to Uganda Francois Gordon and the state minister for information, James Nsaba Buturo, were shocked when Buturo called them into his office and confessed that he had forgotten that they were waiting in the corridor. “I am really sorry. I did not remember that you people were out there. I did not think that you were waiting. Anyway we just discussed a few things with the ambassador,†he told the angry journalists. What incensed the journalists more was that the meeting had been scheduled for 3:00pm but his assistant had told them that the minister had set it for 3:30pm and that they could go and sit either on a bench in the corridor or go to the boardroom.