Corridors of power
Dec 31, 2006
<b>Kiwanuka speaks out</b><br>MAURICE Kagimu Kiwanuka, the state minister for economic monitoring, angered Democratic Party diehards when he defected to the Movement. But he had his reasons.
Kiwanuka speaks out
MAURICE Kagimu Kiwanuka, the state minister for economic monitoring, angered Democratic Party diehards when he defected to the Movement. But he had his reasons. During a luncheon at Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala’s home in Nsambya on Boxing Day, Kiwanuka said his support for President Yoweri Museveni was a tactical way to maintain his father’s legacy. “After studying the situation, I realised it was by allying with Museveni that I could keep my father’s legacy. Even when Museveni was making me as a minister, he told me he was elevating me because of my father’s political legacy,†he emphasised. Kiwanuka’s father, Benedicto Kiwanuka, was a DP strongman.
Sincere Museveni
Yoweri Museveni is surely a man not to mince his words when the going gets tough. During prayers for Kampala city at the Kololo Airstrip, the President found trouble pronouncing Thessalonians, a book he was meant to read from. Not deterred, he opted to pronounce it as Abselonika in Runyankole which he was more comfortable with, throwing the audience into laughter and this he did repeatedly. He later conceded his shortcoming and said: “When I try to say it in English, it doesn’t fit in my mouth, so I have to say it in Runyankole.†Now that is sincerity.
Bishop disturbed
The recent decision by the South African Parliament to okay single sex marriage has left Kampala Archbishop Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga a disturbed and bitter man. On the other hand, it brought him out as a wordsmith. Asked by journalists at his residence recently what he made of the decision by the parliament, the prelate said: “It is both absurd and sad. It is evil. Those people need help and prayer. What they are doing goes against God’s plan. I hope it doesn’t spread here.â€
Sebaggala’s English
Kampala Mayor Nasser Sebaggala will never cease to amuse, especially when it comes to speaking English. Word has it that he spent a fortune studying in the UK to better his English, but going by his recent performance at the Kololo Airstrip, he still has work to do. He used a few lines (not to be printed here) and was interestingly cheered on by his fellow Seyas, as “learned†much to the consternation of other members, who, after realising the mayor’s deficiency, could only afford to giggle.
MAURICE Kagimu Kiwanuka, the state minister for economic monitoring, angered Democratic Party diehards when he defected to the Movement. But he had his reasons. During a luncheon at Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala’s home in Nsambya on Boxing Day, Kiwanuka said his support for President Yoweri Museveni was a tactical way to maintain his father’s legacy. “After studying the situation, I realised it was by allying with Museveni that I could keep my father’s legacy. Even when Museveni was making me as a minister, he told me he was elevating me because of my father’s political legacy,†he emphasised. Kiwanuka’s father, Benedicto Kiwanuka, was a DP strongman.
Sincere Museveni
Yoweri Museveni is surely a man not to mince his words when the going gets tough. During prayers for Kampala city at the Kololo Airstrip, the President found trouble pronouncing Thessalonians, a book he was meant to read from. Not deterred, he opted to pronounce it as Abselonika in Runyankole which he was more comfortable with, throwing the audience into laughter and this he did repeatedly. He later conceded his shortcoming and said: “When I try to say it in English, it doesn’t fit in my mouth, so I have to say it in Runyankole.†Now that is sincerity.
Bishop disturbed
The recent decision by the South African Parliament to okay single sex marriage has left Kampala Archbishop Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga a disturbed and bitter man. On the other hand, it brought him out as a wordsmith. Asked by journalists at his residence recently what he made of the decision by the parliament, the prelate said: “It is both absurd and sad. It is evil. Those people need help and prayer. What they are doing goes against God’s plan. I hope it doesn’t spread here.â€
Sebaggala’s English
Kampala Mayor Nasser Sebaggala will never cease to amuse, especially when it comes to speaking English. Word has it that he spent a fortune studying in the UK to better his English, but going by his recent performance at the Kololo Airstrip, he still has work to do. He used a few lines (not to be printed here) and was interestingly cheered on by his fellow Seyas, as “learned†much to the consternation of other members, who, after realising the mayor’s deficiency, could only afford to giggle.