CORRIDORS OF POWER
Sep 02, 2007
Dokolo woman<br>Dokolo Woman MP, Cecilia Ogwal, seems to have taken the woman activist in her, a notch higher and will not stand any comment against women, not even a joke. Attending a recent Friedrich Ebert Stiftung workshop on funding political parties, the legislator first complained about the u
Dokolo woman
Dokolo Woman MP, Cecilia Ogwal, seems to have taken the woman activist in her, a notch higher and will not stand any comment against women, not even a joke. Attending a recent Friedrich Ebert Stiftung workshop on funding political parties, the legislator first complained about the unequal gender representation, before making her contributions. The sheer power with which she addressed the women issue at the function should have sent out a signal to those present. However, Makindye East MP, Michael Mabikke, was not moved. When he stood to talk, Mabikke said Ogwal was equivalent to eight men present. She asked him to withdraw his statement, a thing he quickly did. Bravo Ogwal!
Mao spits fire
It seems Gulu LC5 chairman, Nobert Mao, will not tire when it comes to lashing out at disaster preparedness minister, Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere, over the IDPs’ resettlement programme. In an interview last week, Mao took a swipe at Kabwegyere: “I had never seen an axe breaking in my life, except the handle, but I saw those axes that Kabwegyere and his team brought for our people in Gulu break.†He said the poor supplies exposed ‘the eating clique in Kampala’.
Seya, the total man
Kampala mayor, Nasser Ntege Ssebagala, is a man who will not let anything stand in his way. During the launch of the Tirupati Ovino market in Kisenyi, Kampala, Ssebagala took on state minister for industry, Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu. As Ssebagala began to deliver his speech, he saw the minister talking to the director of Tirupati. Ssebagala promptly asked him to listen to his speech. “Mr. Minister (sic), can you please listen to me? If you do not, you will not get my message,†he said.
Humbled Nagginda
The Nabagereka of Buganda, Sylvia Nagginda, has a soft spot for the suffering. Last week, during her visit to Mama’s Club in Kamwokya, the Nabagereka was moved by a chilling testimony of a young HIV-positive mother. Though the Nabagereka managed to hold her pain in silence for a while, it later came to the fore. In her speech, you could read the compassion that she has for the HIV-positive people.
Dokolo Woman MP, Cecilia Ogwal, seems to have taken the woman activist in her, a notch higher and will not stand any comment against women, not even a joke. Attending a recent Friedrich Ebert Stiftung workshop on funding political parties, the legislator first complained about the unequal gender representation, before making her contributions. The sheer power with which she addressed the women issue at the function should have sent out a signal to those present. However, Makindye East MP, Michael Mabikke, was not moved. When he stood to talk, Mabikke said Ogwal was equivalent to eight men present. She asked him to withdraw his statement, a thing he quickly did. Bravo Ogwal!
Mao spits fire
It seems Gulu LC5 chairman, Nobert Mao, will not tire when it comes to lashing out at disaster preparedness minister, Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere, over the IDPs’ resettlement programme. In an interview last week, Mao took a swipe at Kabwegyere: “I had never seen an axe breaking in my life, except the handle, but I saw those axes that Kabwegyere and his team brought for our people in Gulu break.†He said the poor supplies exposed ‘the eating clique in Kampala’.
Seya, the total man
Kampala mayor, Nasser Ntege Ssebagala, is a man who will not let anything stand in his way. During the launch of the Tirupati Ovino market in Kisenyi, Kampala, Ssebagala took on state minister for industry, Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu. As Ssebagala began to deliver his speech, he saw the minister talking to the director of Tirupati. Ssebagala promptly asked him to listen to his speech. “Mr. Minister (sic), can you please listen to me? If you do not, you will not get my message,†he said.
Humbled Nagginda
The Nabagereka of Buganda, Sylvia Nagginda, has a soft spot for the suffering. Last week, during her visit to Mama’s Club in Kamwokya, the Nabagereka was moved by a chilling testimony of a young HIV-positive mother. Though the Nabagereka managed to hold her pain in silence for a while, it later came to the fore. In her speech, you could read the compassion that she has for the HIV-positive people.