Corridors of Power
Oct 05, 2008
<b>Humorous Odit </b><br>HE may be going through a rough patch but UPCs John Odit, who was fired from chairmanship of the committee probing the NSSF Temangalo land saga, can still afford to draw humour from the incident.
Humorous Odit
HE may be going through a rough patch but UPCs John Odit, who was fired from chairmanship of the committee probing the NSSF Temangalo land saga, can still afford to draw humour from the incident. Odit said he was surprised by Wadri’s facial expression while he was sacking him. “When I saw his picture online, he looked so annoyed that I said to my self: ‘Wadri, you don’t need to be that annoyed while sacking a man who is thousands of kilometres from you,†Odit said on Vision Voice.
Kiiza stirs it up
Opposition minister Winfred Kiiza does not mince her words. Or is she just provocative sometimes? During debate last week, MPs raised various issues to which the government ministers seemed not to have adequate answers. She quipped: “It seems President Yoweri Museveni is taking long to restructure his front bench.†This ruffled feathers on the front bench; many booed her and some retorted that the opposition front bench also needed restructuring.
Ekanya speaks out
Youthful Tororo MP Geoffrey Ekanya knows the secret why the House sometimes lacks quorum. During debate on his proposal to prevail on micro-finance institutions which extort prohibitive interest rates from borrowers, Ekanya said: “Madam Speaker, most MPs have acquired loans from these micro-finances and the reason we don’t have quorum is because they are in a financial crisis. They are hiding in their villages to avoid being nabbed,†he said, sending the house into an uproar.
Tolerant Guma
Just like his name — when translated to Luganda — suggests, Ibanda County MP Guma Gumisiriza is indeed a patient man. During debate in Parliament recently, MPs got worked up and infuriated by the inadequacies of the front bench and started shouting “censure, censureâ€. Guma Gumisiriza said although the House was angry with the ministers, it was not necessary to censure them. “For me I don’t believe in that nonsense of ‘censure censure’ every other time,†the no-nonsense army Captain said with a scornful face, thereby silencing the blood-thirsty MPs.
HE may be going through a rough patch but UPCs John Odit, who was fired from chairmanship of the committee probing the NSSF Temangalo land saga, can still afford to draw humour from the incident. Odit said he was surprised by Wadri’s facial expression while he was sacking him. “When I saw his picture online, he looked so annoyed that I said to my self: ‘Wadri, you don’t need to be that annoyed while sacking a man who is thousands of kilometres from you,†Odit said on Vision Voice.
Kiiza stirs it up
Opposition minister Winfred Kiiza does not mince her words. Or is she just provocative sometimes? During debate last week, MPs raised various issues to which the government ministers seemed not to have adequate answers. She quipped: “It seems President Yoweri Museveni is taking long to restructure his front bench.†This ruffled feathers on the front bench; many booed her and some retorted that the opposition front bench also needed restructuring.
Ekanya speaks out
Youthful Tororo MP Geoffrey Ekanya knows the secret why the House sometimes lacks quorum. During debate on his proposal to prevail on micro-finance institutions which extort prohibitive interest rates from borrowers, Ekanya said: “Madam Speaker, most MPs have acquired loans from these micro-finances and the reason we don’t have quorum is because they are in a financial crisis. They are hiding in their villages to avoid being nabbed,†he said, sending the house into an uproar.
Tolerant Guma
Just like his name — when translated to Luganda — suggests, Ibanda County MP Guma Gumisiriza is indeed a patient man. During debate in Parliament recently, MPs got worked up and infuriated by the inadequacies of the front bench and started shouting “censure, censureâ€. Guma Gumisiriza said although the House was angry with the ministers, it was not necessary to censure them. “For me I don’t believe in that nonsense of ‘censure censure’ every other time,†the no-nonsense army Captain said with a scornful face, thereby silencing the blood-thirsty MPs.