Corridors of power
Oct 06, 2008
<b>Sseninde recalls <br></b>ALTHOUGH the birth of a baby brings joy to the parents, social service chairperson Rose Sseninde has bad memories of what she went through 14 years ago.
Sseninde recalls
ALTHOUGH the birth of a baby brings joy to the parents, social service chairperson Rose Sseninde has bad memories of what she went through 14 years ago. During the launch of the health report on newborn babies at Hotel Royale, Sseninde said that immediately after giving birth to her last born, she was forced to vacate the bed. “Yes after delivering at 5:00am, the doctors told me to leave the bed in the labour ward because the number of women in labour was overwhelming. Instead of the doctors sympathising with her, they just wondered how she could keep herself that young when her last born was 14 years old. “I put on my lesu and lay there. My baby survived and I was very lucky,†she recalled.
Why English?
President Yoweri Museveni is surely an African. He loves his language and will speak it at the slightest opportunity. Hosting the Islamic community at state house for eid-el-fitri celebrations, Museveni wondered why people love to speak English when addressing their fellow countrymen. When he was invited to address the guests, Museveni asked: “How can I start speaking English when we are all from one country? How do I start saying … you are welcome,... yet we are all Ugandans?†Unfortunately, the leader of the delegation, Sheik Shaban Mubajje, spoke in English.
Malinga’s promise
health minister Stephen Malinga does not seem to respect the dictum that prevention is better than cure. Responding to MP Emmanuel Dombo’s inquiry on what government plans to do about the contaminated Chinese milk to ensure Ugandan children are not put at risk, Malinga told parliament that everything was fine since Uganda does not import much Chinese milk.
“We don’t import powdered milk but we are on the lookout on children who have recently died in Mulago, whether they have died of kidney failure,†he said. Talk of closing the stable when the horse has bolted!
Uganda’s districts
Local government minister Kahinda Otafiire never runs out of humour. Addressing district leaders in Mukono, Otaffire said, because there are too many districts, he sometimes doesn’t know some of them. Narrating his recent tour of eastern Uganda, Otafiire said: “Recently, I was taken to a place called Mukujju in Tororo and I thought I was in Tanzania.â€Mukujju leaders are agitating for district status and Otafiire’s comment sent the leaders into prolonged laughter.
ALTHOUGH the birth of a baby brings joy to the parents, social service chairperson Rose Sseninde has bad memories of what she went through 14 years ago. During the launch of the health report on newborn babies at Hotel Royale, Sseninde said that immediately after giving birth to her last born, she was forced to vacate the bed. “Yes after delivering at 5:00am, the doctors told me to leave the bed in the labour ward because the number of women in labour was overwhelming. Instead of the doctors sympathising with her, they just wondered how she could keep herself that young when her last born was 14 years old. “I put on my lesu and lay there. My baby survived and I was very lucky,†she recalled.
Why English?
President Yoweri Museveni is surely an African. He loves his language and will speak it at the slightest opportunity. Hosting the Islamic community at state house for eid-el-fitri celebrations, Museveni wondered why people love to speak English when addressing their fellow countrymen. When he was invited to address the guests, Museveni asked: “How can I start speaking English when we are all from one country? How do I start saying … you are welcome,... yet we are all Ugandans?†Unfortunately, the leader of the delegation, Sheik Shaban Mubajje, spoke in English.
Malinga’s promise
health minister Stephen Malinga does not seem to respect the dictum that prevention is better than cure. Responding to MP Emmanuel Dombo’s inquiry on what government plans to do about the contaminated Chinese milk to ensure Ugandan children are not put at risk, Malinga told parliament that everything was fine since Uganda does not import much Chinese milk.
“We don’t import powdered milk but we are on the lookout on children who have recently died in Mulago, whether they have died of kidney failure,†he said. Talk of closing the stable when the horse has bolted!
Uganda’s districts
Local government minister Kahinda Otafiire never runs out of humour. Addressing district leaders in Mukono, Otaffire said, because there are too many districts, he sometimes doesn’t know some of them. Narrating his recent tour of eastern Uganda, Otafiire said: “Recently, I was taken to a place called Mukujju in Tororo and I thought I was in Tanzania.â€Mukujju leaders are agitating for district status and Otafiire’s comment sent the leaders into prolonged laughter.