CORRIDORS OF POWER
Aug 17, 2009
Eclairs Mabikke<br>- It is easy to tell which MP is liked by the constituents by the nickname they give him or her. Recently, when MPs on the public service and local government committee toured the controversial Ggaba market, they were amused by the pra
Eclairs Mabikke
- It is easy to tell which MP is liked by the constituents by the nickname they give him or her. Recently, when MPs on the public service and local government committee toured the controversial Ggaba market, they were amused by the praises the vendors, especially women, showered on Michael Mabikke. The chorused, “Welcome our sweet Eclairs, we love you so much because you will never let us down.†The MPs wondered who Eclairs was and were told it is a type of toffee which costs sh200! Well done, Eclairs Mabikke for taking Parliament to the market.
Prof Lugubrious
- Last week, while addressing Speakers from the African region at Resort Hotel Munyonyo, the Prime Minister, Prof Apolo Nsibambi warned participants that he had prepared a five-hour speech but would spend only three on it. He said this was because the deputy Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, had caution him against eating into the day’s programme. Of course, he was only joking. In his three-page speech, which took only 10 minutes, he used the word ‘lugubrious’ 20 times until people around started wondering what it meant. Oh, Prof. Lugubrious indeed!
Humorous Mugerwa
- The chairman of the National Planning Authority, Dr. Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa, is very humorous. When he organised a half-day retreat for intellectuals to discuss the proposed national vision framework recently, he introduced all ministers and VIPs at the function before asking other participants to introduce themselves. When all had introduced themselves, he got a microphone and said: “Since there is no one to introduce me, let me introduce myself. I am Kisamba Mugerwa, the Chairman of the National Planning Authority, who is in charge of the five-year national development plan.†A participant shot up demanding that Kisamba Mugerwa includes his clan and family members if he could be trusted.
Poor men deadly
- Prof Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo, a social anthropologist, knows how dangerous a poor man can be. “Everything is a priority to a poor man. That is why poor men are everywhere—in crime, wife-beating, rape and defilement. So, be very careful if you are planning and making a national vision where the majority of people, especially men, are poor.†She said this at a retreat on the national Vision at Imperial Royale Hotel recently. While the few women cheered, the men did not look so amused.
- It is easy to tell which MP is liked by the constituents by the nickname they give him or her. Recently, when MPs on the public service and local government committee toured the controversial Ggaba market, they were amused by the praises the vendors, especially women, showered on Michael Mabikke. The chorused, “Welcome our sweet Eclairs, we love you so much because you will never let us down.†The MPs wondered who Eclairs was and were told it is a type of toffee which costs sh200! Well done, Eclairs Mabikke for taking Parliament to the market.
Prof Lugubrious
- Last week, while addressing Speakers from the African region at Resort Hotel Munyonyo, the Prime Minister, Prof Apolo Nsibambi warned participants that he had prepared a five-hour speech but would spend only three on it. He said this was because the deputy Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, had caution him against eating into the day’s programme. Of course, he was only joking. In his three-page speech, which took only 10 minutes, he used the word ‘lugubrious’ 20 times until people around started wondering what it meant. Oh, Prof. Lugubrious indeed!
Humorous Mugerwa
- The chairman of the National Planning Authority, Dr. Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa, is very humorous. When he organised a half-day retreat for intellectuals to discuss the proposed national vision framework recently, he introduced all ministers and VIPs at the function before asking other participants to introduce themselves. When all had introduced themselves, he got a microphone and said: “Since there is no one to introduce me, let me introduce myself. I am Kisamba Mugerwa, the Chairman of the National Planning Authority, who is in charge of the five-year national development plan.†A participant shot up demanding that Kisamba Mugerwa includes his clan and family members if he could be trusted.
Poor men deadly
- Prof Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo, a social anthropologist, knows how dangerous a poor man can be. “Everything is a priority to a poor man. That is why poor men are everywhere—in crime, wife-beating, rape and defilement. So, be very careful if you are planning and making a national vision where the majority of people, especially men, are poor.†She said this at a retreat on the national Vision at Imperial Royale Hotel recently. While the few women cheered, the men did not look so amused.