Corridors of power
May 25, 2005
<b>State House borrows</b><br>A radio announcement by Wakiso Woman MP Rose Sseninde called <i>boda boda</i> cyclists to get a refund for their money collected in 2002 by UMEA, an NGO with links to State House.
State House borrows
A radio announcement by Wakiso Woman MP Rose Sseninde called boda boda cyclists to get a refund for their money collected in 2002 by UMEA, an NGO with links to State House. However, the cyclists who had deposited cash with UMEA under a failed boda boda credit scheme charged that State House had borrowed money from peasants, used it for three years and returned it to them without any interest. Well, now you know, next time keep closer to your money. Have you heard?
Mao steals show
MP Norbert Mao (Gulu Municipality) outsmarted his colleague Moses Kizige (Bugabula North) at the burial ceremony of MP Patrick Musisi (Busiro South). When Kizige was asked to address the mourners, he spoke in English something that infuriated the majority of mourners who reminded him that Busiro South was in Buganda. Then MP Mao, with his mischievous sense of humour, was asked to address the mourners. To the surprise of the people (Mao not being a Muganda), he talked in Luganda. He later said, “If you want Baganda to listen very well, you have to speak Luganda, however broken it might be. As a northerner, I don’t mind speaking broken Luganda provided my message is understoodâ€. Mao’s trick worked and he received thunderous applause from hundreds of mourners.
‘Lynch the thieves’
There is a spate of cattle stealing in Mukono District that has attracted the ire of the RDC, Deo Nsereko. “The thieves are fast becoming a security threat because they hold guns. But I advise you to lynch them as you did to vanilla thieves,†Nsereko counselled residents. Now, when a leader holding a duly constituted office advises the populaton to exercise mob justice, you know the situation is... is what?
DP bodyguards
We thought the people might want to know that DP faction leaders are highly guarded these days. When Paul Ssemogerere and Nasser Sebaggala attended the requiem mass for MP Musisi at Kisubi Parish Church they had kanyama personal bodyguards. The ushers had a few reserved seats for the political heavyweights but their kanyamas were not catered for. When the congregation sat, they went and stood in the doorway which was the main ventilation for the small church.
A radio announcement by Wakiso Woman MP Rose Sseninde called boda boda cyclists to get a refund for their money collected in 2002 by UMEA, an NGO with links to State House. However, the cyclists who had deposited cash with UMEA under a failed boda boda credit scheme charged that State House had borrowed money from peasants, used it for three years and returned it to them without any interest. Well, now you know, next time keep closer to your money. Have you heard?
Mao steals show
MP Norbert Mao (Gulu Municipality) outsmarted his colleague Moses Kizige (Bugabula North) at the burial ceremony of MP Patrick Musisi (Busiro South). When Kizige was asked to address the mourners, he spoke in English something that infuriated the majority of mourners who reminded him that Busiro South was in Buganda. Then MP Mao, with his mischievous sense of humour, was asked to address the mourners. To the surprise of the people (Mao not being a Muganda), he talked in Luganda. He later said, “If you want Baganda to listen very well, you have to speak Luganda, however broken it might be. As a northerner, I don’t mind speaking broken Luganda provided my message is understoodâ€. Mao’s trick worked and he received thunderous applause from hundreds of mourners.
‘Lynch the thieves’
There is a spate of cattle stealing in Mukono District that has attracted the ire of the RDC, Deo Nsereko. “The thieves are fast becoming a security threat because they hold guns. But I advise you to lynch them as you did to vanilla thieves,†Nsereko counselled residents. Now, when a leader holding a duly constituted office advises the populaton to exercise mob justice, you know the situation is... is what?
DP bodyguards
We thought the people might want to know that DP faction leaders are highly guarded these days. When Paul Ssemogerere and Nasser Sebaggala attended the requiem mass for MP Musisi at Kisubi Parish Church they had kanyama personal bodyguards. The ushers had a few reserved seats for the political heavyweights but their kanyamas were not catered for. When the congregation sat, they went and stood in the doorway which was the main ventilation for the small church.