Manuel Pinto dead
FORMER Kakuuto MP Manuel Pinto is dead. Pinto, who left Parliament to become director of the Parliamentary Professional Development Unit, passed away at Nsambya Hospital where he was taken after his grey Mercedes Benz hit him in the chest as he pushed it.
By Cyprian Musoke
FORMER Kakuuto MP Manuel Pinto is dead. Pinto, who left Parliament to become director of the Parliamentary Professional Development Unit, passed away at Nsambya Hospital where he was taken after his grey Mercedes Benz hit him in the chest as he pushed it.
“The car killed him at his home in Muyenga. He was repairing it, but forgot to lock the handbrake. When he pushed it back, since it was on a slope, it overpowered him,†a relative said.
The incident, the relative added, happened at midday.
Pinto is survived by a wife, Maire, and children.
Parliament Speaker Edward Ssekandi described Pinto as a very good legislator and organiser, who was due to take up another donor-funded project under Parliament.
“It is sad and very shocking that he has gone so suddenly. He has been managing a five-year project on deepening democracy in Uganda.â€
“It is ironical that we were due to launch the project today, but we changed the date because we knew that many stakeholders would have gone to Juba for the signing of the peace process.
“He has done a lot for us, as an MP, and he was the first director of the Uganda AIDS Commission,†Ssekandi noted.
Pinto was a renown debater in Parliament and aggressive while questioning government officials who appeared before the committees on which he was a member.
He served on the committee on commissions, statutory authorities and state enterprises, which probed Workers’ House construction saga involving Alcon Company.
The probe resulted into the resignation of Abel Katembwe, the managing director of the National Social Security Fund.
Pinto was also a member of the National Resistance Council from 1989 and a Constituent Assembly delegate from 1994-95.
He was a Cabinet minister from 1993-95, and was the first director general of the Uganda AIDS Commission from 1992-95.
Pinto also served as the chairman of the Africa Committee of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement.
FORMER Kakuuto MP Manuel Pinto is dead. Pinto, who left Parliament to become director of the Parliamentary Professional Development Unit, passed away at Nsambya Hospital where he was taken after his grey Mercedes Benz hit him in the chest as he pushed it.
“The car killed him at his home in Muyenga. He was repairing it, but forgot to lock the handbrake. When he pushed it back, since it was on a slope, it overpowered him,†a relative said.
The incident, the relative added, happened at midday.
Pinto is survived by a wife, Maire, and children.
Parliament Speaker Edward Ssekandi described Pinto as a very good legislator and organiser, who was due to take up another donor-funded project under Parliament.
“It is sad and very shocking that he has gone so suddenly. He has been managing a five-year project on deepening democracy in Uganda.â€
“It is ironical that we were due to launch the project today, but we changed the date because we knew that many stakeholders would have gone to Juba for the signing of the peace process.
“He has done a lot for us, as an MP, and he was the first director of the Uganda AIDS Commission,†Ssekandi noted.
Pinto was a renown debater in Parliament and aggressive while questioning government officials who appeared before the committees on which he was a member.
He served on the committee on commissions, statutory authorities and state enterprises, which probed Workers’ House construction saga involving Alcon Company.
The probe resulted into the resignation of Abel Katembwe, the managing director of the National Social Security Fund.
Pinto was also a member of the National Resistance Council from 1989 and a Constituent Assembly delegate from 1994-95.
He was a Cabinet minister from 1993-95, and was the first director general of the Uganda AIDS Commission from 1992-95.
Pinto also served as the chairman of the Africa Committee of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement.