Corridors of power

Jun 30, 2009

“I don’t see any problem at all. In any case, nobody is going to export Kampala. Kampala is here and will be managed by the Central Government,” President Yoweri Museveni, about the controversy being generated by the government’s plan to take over

They said it:

“I don’t see any problem at all. In any case, nobody is going to export Kampala. Kampala is here and will be managed by the Central Government,” President Yoweri Museveni, about the controversy being generated by the government’s plan to take over the city management.

“Corruption is the evil of our time, the threat to our future, the cancer of our freedom, and the disease spreading like fire,” General Elly Tumwine, launching the Parliamentary Volunteers Anti-Corruption Campaign.


“You will light a fire you will not extinguish this time, should you abuse the people of the north and their leaders,” Reagan Okumu, warning against talk of a new rebel group in northern Uganda. “Many people wonder why I have not retired. I have a vision to see that all children attain education. That’s my vision. And when you have a vision, you don’t quit,” Minister of Education and Sports Namirembe Bitamazire on why she has stayed around.

“The only way to tarnish the President’s image is to impersonate him. Why don’t we hear of people impersonating the Cardinal or other big people?” President Museveni’s Press Secretary Tamale Mirundi, about a young man who impersonates the President.

“The acts of insulting the accused and criminally damaging his car amounted to provocation. In the heat of passion, he acted suddenly. He therefore committed manslaughter in count one and two,” Justice Wilson Kwesiga, passing judgement against Ramathan Magara who shot and killed two FDC supporters in 2006.

“The buses belong to people with power. It is beyond your control,” a bus operator telling Kampala Central Division chairman Godfrey Nyakana, to stop tellin bus drivers to stop operating on the streets.

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