VP Bukenya speaks out on sex saga
Mar 31, 2007
THE Vice-President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, on Friday claimed that the recent press reports about his alleged affair with Jamilah Nakku are masterminded by his enemies in a bid to bring him down.
By Fortunate Ahimbisibwe
THE Vice-President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, on Friday claimed that the recent press reports about his alleged affair with Jamilah Nakku are masterminded by his enemies in a bid to bring him down.
He said he had started an investigation with a view of exposing a clique of people who are funding what his lawyer called a ‘malicious character assassination campaign’ against him.
In a statement read by his lawyer, Dan Wandera Ogalo, a prominent member of the opposition FDC, Bukenya said the recent reports are aimed at destroying his credibility.
“Our client (Bukenya) already has reports regarding the people masterminding the sustained malicious character assassination campaign by the Red Pepper. He has now commenced a thorough investigation to find its root cause. Our client will soon make a detailed statement about the findings,†Ogalo said.
“Very soon, you will all know the people behind this campaign. Prof. Bukenya will expose them to the public,†he added.
In 2005, Prof. Bukenya came out in an interview with The Daily Monitor alleging that a ‘mafia group’ within government was undermining him and had threatened to bring him down. Three cabinet ministers were at that time named and believed to be the ones Bukenya was referring to. He said unknown people had gone to his home and ‘taken pictures of his pawspaws and pigs.’
He spoke out a few days later at Speke Resort Munyonyo, saying he was ‘as strong as a mahogany tree.’
The lawyers’ statement comes after a private secretary in the President’s Office, Jamilah Nakku, claimed that Bukenya had a love affair with her and that he had gone to her parents for introduction. Nakku further claimed that she was living at Bukenya’s country home in Kakiri.
The vice-president’s statement was silent about the press reports and the allegations made by Nakku.
Ogalo said he had been instructed by Bukenya not to make any comments on Nakku. “As lawyers, we work on instructions.â€
Ogaalo said The Red Pepper in February this year published damaging reports about Bukenya for a week, claiming there was an impending reshuffle.
“The reports were meant to undermine him. During the run up to the cabinet appointments between April and May last year, the same newspaper published reports that were both insulting and demeaning of Bukenya for a month. We now have it on record that this campaign will last exactly two weeks,†he said.
Bukenya said he would not be available in Kampala because he is in the rural parts of the country in a sustained effort to uplift the living conditions of the rural poor.
“He will be in eastern Uganda, after which he will travel to northern Uganda and thereafter, swing back to Busoga and Buganda regions,†Ogalo said.
On Thursday, Bukenya temporarily suspended his tour in eastern Uganda and returned to Kampala. He told his entourage there were things he wanted to sort out in Kampala first before resuming his tour.
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THE Vice-President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, on Friday claimed that the recent press reports about his alleged affair with Jamilah Nakku are masterminded by his enemies in a bid to bring him down.
He said he had started an investigation with a view of exposing a clique of people who are funding what his lawyer called a ‘malicious character assassination campaign’ against him.
In a statement read by his lawyer, Dan Wandera Ogalo, a prominent member of the opposition FDC, Bukenya said the recent reports are aimed at destroying his credibility.
“Our client (Bukenya) already has reports regarding the people masterminding the sustained malicious character assassination campaign by the Red Pepper. He has now commenced a thorough investigation to find its root cause. Our client will soon make a detailed statement about the findings,†Ogalo said.
“Very soon, you will all know the people behind this campaign. Prof. Bukenya will expose them to the public,†he added.
In 2005, Prof. Bukenya came out in an interview with The Daily Monitor alleging that a ‘mafia group’ within government was undermining him and had threatened to bring him down. Three cabinet ministers were at that time named and believed to be the ones Bukenya was referring to. He said unknown people had gone to his home and ‘taken pictures of his pawspaws and pigs.’
He spoke out a few days later at Speke Resort Munyonyo, saying he was ‘as strong as a mahogany tree.’
The lawyers’ statement comes after a private secretary in the President’s Office, Jamilah Nakku, claimed that Bukenya had a love affair with her and that he had gone to her parents for introduction. Nakku further claimed that she was living at Bukenya’s country home in Kakiri.
The vice-president’s statement was silent about the press reports and the allegations made by Nakku.
Ogalo said he had been instructed by Bukenya not to make any comments on Nakku. “As lawyers, we work on instructions.â€
Ogaalo said The Red Pepper in February this year published damaging reports about Bukenya for a week, claiming there was an impending reshuffle.
“The reports were meant to undermine him. During the run up to the cabinet appointments between April and May last year, the same newspaper published reports that were both insulting and demeaning of Bukenya for a month. We now have it on record that this campaign will last exactly two weeks,†he said.
Bukenya said he would not be available in Kampala because he is in the rural parts of the country in a sustained effort to uplift the living conditions of the rural poor.
“He will be in eastern Uganda, after which he will travel to northern Uganda and thereafter, swing back to Busoga and Buganda regions,†Ogalo said.
On Thursday, Bukenya temporarily suspended his tour in eastern Uganda and returned to Kampala. He told his entourage there were things he wanted to sort out in Kampala first before resuming his tour.
Related articles:
- Vice President explains sex saga
- Bukenya sex saga: Letter from the editor