Corridors of Power
Sep 29, 2011
When things get tough, please don’t tell people about food. This is what Architect Ruhweza Kazahura thinks. After being grilled for hours on his role in the award of billions of shillings to city businessman Hassan Bassajjabala, the Public Accounts Committee chairman suspended the meeting and invited Kazahura and his team for lunch. Not impressed, Kazahura said:<br>“I have no appetite.†Poor fellow!
History teacher
The new mayor of Entebbe, Vincent de Paul Kayanja, is a knowledgeable man. At a recent dinner organised by the Kids In Need, a local NGO, he was heard telling a visiting Dutch participant the history of Uganda. His lecture began with the coming of the missionaries, how the British Anglicans segregated against the Catholics and how Obote did not like Buganda Kingdom but because he wanted the presidency he managed to make an alliance with the Kabaka Yekka party. He even took the Dutch through the turbulent war times of the late President Idi Amin up to the revolutionary days of President Yoweri Museveni. The mayor would make a good history teacher!
Kassiano mixed up
The chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee, Kassiano Wadri, has trouble speaking the Queen's language. Chairing an evening committee meeting recently, he told the committee members something that they could not understand. He said: “Welcome back from your break lunch.†He immediately realised that none of those around him had grasped what he had said and corrected himself: “Oh my God! What am I saying? I mean members welcome back from your lunch break.†This caused laughter in the room.
Cadet advises Isiko
Cadet Benjamin, the new legislator for Bunyaruguru county, Rubirizi district, is a witty man. During a committee meeting, the Busiki county MP, Asupasa Isiko, was distracting the Kampala executive director, Jennifer Musisi. So when the chairman ruled him out of order, Benjamin said: “Honourable Bush, stop disturbing us and go back to ensiko.†He had literally translated ‘Isiko’ which means bush in most Bantu languages.
Appetite vanishes
When things get tough, please don’t tell people about food. This is what Architect Ruhweza Kazahura thinks. After being grilled for hours on his role in the award of billions of shillings to city businessman Hassan Bassajjabala, the Public Accounts Committee chairman suspended the meeting and invited Kazahura and his team for lunch. Not impressed, Kazahura said:
“I have no appetite.†Poor fellow!
The new mayor of Entebbe, Vincent de Paul Kayanja, is a knowledgeable man. At a recent dinner organised by the Kids In Need, a local NGO, he was heard telling a visiting Dutch participant the history of Uganda. His lecture began with the coming of the missionaries, how the British Anglicans segregated against the Catholics and how Obote did not like Buganda Kingdom but because he wanted the presidency he managed to make an alliance with the Kabaka Yekka party. He even took the Dutch through the turbulent war times of the late President Idi Amin up to the revolutionary days of President Yoweri Museveni. The mayor would make a good history teacher!
Kassiano mixed up
The chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee, Kassiano Wadri, has trouble speaking the Queen's language. Chairing an evening committee meeting recently, he told the committee members something that they could not understand. He said: “Welcome back from your break lunch.†He immediately realised that none of those around him had grasped what he had said and corrected himself: “Oh my God! What am I saying? I mean members welcome back from your lunch break.†This caused laughter in the room.
Cadet advises Isiko
Cadet Benjamin, the new legislator for Bunyaruguru county, Rubirizi district, is a witty man. During a committee meeting, the Busiki county MP, Asupasa Isiko, was distracting the Kampala executive director, Jennifer Musisi. So when the chairman ruled him out of order, Benjamin said: “Honourable Bush, stop disturbing us and go back to ensiko.†He had literally translated ‘Isiko’ which means bush in most Bantu languages.
Appetite vanishes
When things get tough, please don’t tell people about food. This is what Architect Ruhweza Kazahura thinks. After being grilled for hours on his role in the award of billions of shillings to city businessman Hassan Bassajjabala, the Public Accounts Committee chairman suspended the meeting and invited Kazahura and his team for lunch. Not impressed, Kazahura said:
“I have no appetite.†Poor fellow!