Fun at Archbishop Sentamu’s dinner
Aug 19, 2005
EVERYONE has skeletons in their closet. So, when Old Boys, friends, lecturers and former students meet, there is always a likelihood that skeletons will fall out of the closets.
By Raphael Okello
EVERYONE has skeletons in their closet. So, when Old Boys, friends, lecturers and former students meet, there is always a likelihood that skeletons will fall out of the closets.
The eventual rendezvous of the Rev. John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, his old pals and former lecturers at a dinner organised by his brother, Pastor Robert Kayanja, had all the ingredients for a tasteful night.
Premier Apolo Nsibambi, Hon. Omwony Ojok, ethics minister Tim Lwanga, Justice Kanyeihamba and Professor John Katende we got to learn, were contemporaries.
Everyone at Sheraton’s Rwenzori Ball Room licked their lips not for the bountiful dinner, but in anticipation of hearing naughty schoolboy habits being exposed.
Minister Lwanga, who was the master of ceremonies, shot first. He hinted that Omwony was a very stubborn student before handing over the floor to Professor John Katende, Omwony’s former professor.
However, the professor got ‘paranoid’.
“I think the reason I have been asked to say something is to embarrass me before my wife by revealing how old I am,†Katende said. “If I am the academic parent of the archbishop ...(audience laughs) Justice (Kanyeihamba), you do not have to laugh,†he said, “We are being busted together.â€
As if to massage his ego he said it was he, and not Kanyeihamba, who taught the “ABC of law†to the Archbishop. “I introduced all these people to law including Hon Omwony Ojok.â€
Prof. Katende’s pompous remark as having had a greater influence on the Archbishop’s achievements unsettled Kanyeihamba.
In an archetypical judicial verbal combat, Kanyeihamba rose in defence, saying Katende was his subordinate.
“It is true that you did teach introduction to law and that you taught the Archbishop the first lesson in law but what the Archbishop remembers is what I said,†he bragged.
He turned his barrel to Omwony Ojok whom he accused of having given him “a hard time as a student at Makerere, but he failed to mention my name.â€
Nsibambi, their former warden in Nkrumah Hall, accused the MC for letting Kanyeihamba speak before him because “he pre-emptied what I was going to say.â€
Archbishop Sentamu confessed to having combative lectures with Omwony (his lecturer).
They may have had endless battles in the lecture room, but they share a ‘deadly’ secret! With the help of Omwony, Sentamu designed a suspect plot to help stranded Ugandans in London secure passports.
“I am not going to reveal to you the design we had to make sure people got passports. It is state secret,†he said.
Other guests included Sentamu’s wife, Margaret, information minister Nsaba Buturo, Peter Ssematimba and his wife.
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EVERYONE has skeletons in their closet. So, when Old Boys, friends, lecturers and former students meet, there is always a likelihood that skeletons will fall out of the closets.
The eventual rendezvous of the Rev. John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, his old pals and former lecturers at a dinner organised by his brother, Pastor Robert Kayanja, had all the ingredients for a tasteful night.
Premier Apolo Nsibambi, Hon. Omwony Ojok, ethics minister Tim Lwanga, Justice Kanyeihamba and Professor John Katende we got to learn, were contemporaries.
Everyone at Sheraton’s Rwenzori Ball Room licked their lips not for the bountiful dinner, but in anticipation of hearing naughty schoolboy habits being exposed.
Minister Lwanga, who was the master of ceremonies, shot first. He hinted that Omwony was a very stubborn student before handing over the floor to Professor John Katende, Omwony’s former professor.
However, the professor got ‘paranoid’.
“I think the reason I have been asked to say something is to embarrass me before my wife by revealing how old I am,†Katende said. “If I am the academic parent of the archbishop ...(audience laughs) Justice (Kanyeihamba), you do not have to laugh,†he said, “We are being busted together.â€
As if to massage his ego he said it was he, and not Kanyeihamba, who taught the “ABC of law†to the Archbishop. “I introduced all these people to law including Hon Omwony Ojok.â€
Prof. Katende’s pompous remark as having had a greater influence on the Archbishop’s achievements unsettled Kanyeihamba.
In an archetypical judicial verbal combat, Kanyeihamba rose in defence, saying Katende was his subordinate.
“It is true that you did teach introduction to law and that you taught the Archbishop the first lesson in law but what the Archbishop remembers is what I said,†he bragged.
He turned his barrel to Omwony Ojok whom he accused of having given him “a hard time as a student at Makerere, but he failed to mention my name.â€
Nsibambi, their former warden in Nkrumah Hall, accused the MC for letting Kanyeihamba speak before him because “he pre-emptied what I was going to say.â€
Archbishop Sentamu confessed to having combative lectures with Omwony (his lecturer).
They may have had endless battles in the lecture room, but they share a ‘deadly’ secret! With the help of Omwony, Sentamu designed a suspect plot to help stranded Ugandans in London secure passports.
“I am not going to reveal to you the design we had to make sure people got passports. It is state secret,†he said.
Other guests included Sentamu’s wife, Margaret, information minister Nsaba Buturo, Peter Ssematimba and his wife.
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