Corridors of power
Dec 04, 2008
<b>Ssekandi angered</b><br>PARLIAMENT Speaker, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, is not happy with the way the MPs on the physical infrastructure and legal affairs committee conflict with each other.
Ssekandi angered
PARLIAMENT Speaker, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, is not happy with the way the MPs on the physical infrastructure and legal affairs committee conflict with each other. Trouble started when the physical infrastructure chairman, Abraham Byandala, blocked his colleagues on the legal committee from signing the Land Amendments report, on grounds that they were just support staff. “How can a honourable member of Parliament be a support staff? This is unacceptable,†Ssekandi said while meeting journalists in his chambers on Tuesday.
New ‘kisanja’ man
When you talk of kisanja, do not forget John Wycliffe Karazarwe, the president of the Uganda Local Government Association (ULGA) and also chairman of Ntungumo district. He was recently elected unopposed for the second kisanja as ULGA president. Surprisingly, while attending the Joint Annual Review of Decentralisation on Wednesday, he complained that the local government ministry was burdening them with workshops, which cannot allow him to visit his constituency. To this, the participants wondered why he accepted the second kisanja, well- knowing that he was too busy.
Wanyoto impressed
The chairperson of the purposes committee of the East African Community (EAC) Parliament, Lydia Wanyoto, is impressed with the way committee members relate with each other. During a committee meeting in Kampala on Wednesday, Wanyoto displayed a picture of EAC Parliament Speaker, Abdiabdihanri and the chairperson of the Council of Ministers, Monique Mukaruliza, which had appeared in one of the daily newspapers. The picture showed the two members close to each other. “Members look at this picture; it shows there is a good working relationship among members. This is good, keep it up,†Wanyoto said, sending her colleagues into laughter.
No nonsense Tamale
One would have expected him to be in support of laws governing the country, but the press secretary to the President, Joseph Tamale Mirundi, holds a totally different view. Mirundi believes that mob justice resolves people’s misunderstandings better than when one goes to the courts of law. “I do not have time for those courts because I believe they can never be competent enough to resolve my misunderstandings. Just do me a wrong and I can assure you all will be solved from that very spot,†he said on Top Radio, recently.
PARLIAMENT Speaker, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, is not happy with the way the MPs on the physical infrastructure and legal affairs committee conflict with each other. Trouble started when the physical infrastructure chairman, Abraham Byandala, blocked his colleagues on the legal committee from signing the Land Amendments report, on grounds that they were just support staff. “How can a honourable member of Parliament be a support staff? This is unacceptable,†Ssekandi said while meeting journalists in his chambers on Tuesday.
New ‘kisanja’ man
When you talk of kisanja, do not forget John Wycliffe Karazarwe, the president of the Uganda Local Government Association (ULGA) and also chairman of Ntungumo district. He was recently elected unopposed for the second kisanja as ULGA president. Surprisingly, while attending the Joint Annual Review of Decentralisation on Wednesday, he complained that the local government ministry was burdening them with workshops, which cannot allow him to visit his constituency. To this, the participants wondered why he accepted the second kisanja, well- knowing that he was too busy.
Wanyoto impressed
The chairperson of the purposes committee of the East African Community (EAC) Parliament, Lydia Wanyoto, is impressed with the way committee members relate with each other. During a committee meeting in Kampala on Wednesday, Wanyoto displayed a picture of EAC Parliament Speaker, Abdiabdihanri and the chairperson of the Council of Ministers, Monique Mukaruliza, which had appeared in one of the daily newspapers. The picture showed the two members close to each other. “Members look at this picture; it shows there is a good working relationship among members. This is good, keep it up,†Wanyoto said, sending her colleagues into laughter.
No nonsense Tamale
One would have expected him to be in support of laws governing the country, but the press secretary to the President, Joseph Tamale Mirundi, holds a totally different view. Mirundi believes that mob justice resolves people’s misunderstandings better than when one goes to the courts of law. “I do not have time for those courts because I believe they can never be competent enough to resolve my misunderstandings. Just do me a wrong and I can assure you all will be solved from that very spot,†he said on Top Radio, recently.