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Museveni again meets MPs over Mutebile’s fate

Gerald Businge — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:24:04 +0000

President Museveni has convened another meeting of the NRM legislators’ caucus at State House Entebbe in a bid to save the Bank of Uganda governor, Tumusiime Mutebile. The first meeting took place on Thursday last week.

During last Thursday’s meeting NRM MPs were divided over exonerating Tumusiime Mutebile for his role in the 142 billion shillings compensation to city businessman Hassan Bassajjabalaba.

The NRM MPs argued that they would not accept to be swayed by the president and would stick to the parliament’s recommendation that Mutebile be personally held liable for his commissions and omissions in the Basajjabalaba saga.

Museveni on Thursday pleaded with MPs to spare Mutebile reasoning that while Mutebile erred in not consulting, he technically committed no offence under Ugandan laws.

Museveni says that whereas Mutebile never consulted him before making the commitments, the MPs need to save him for the sake of the economy. Museveni says that Mutebile has for a long time been without blemish so the MPs should spare him.

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Besigye woos Nathan Igime Nabeta into FDC

Gerald Businge — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:10:52 +0000

The opposition leader in Uganda, Col. Kiiza Besigye has asked the National Resistance Movement loser in last week’s parliamentary by elections in Jinja East, Nathan Igime Nabeta to join Forum for Democratic Change.

Besigye in a letter he has written to Mwiru today alleges that NRM, the party Nabeta subscribes to has lost public trusts so Nabeta to survive in politics he should think of joining FDC.

Besigye in the letter told Nabeta that FDC is a good party that is why the winner of the last Thursday polls in Jinja East Paul Mwiru has forgiven Nabeta over issues of his academic qualifications, and the costs of the case which Nabeta lost to Mwiru.

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UPDF deploys at Bukenya’s home

Gerald Businge — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:11:44 +0000

Scores of UPDF soldiers have been deployed at Kasata Hussein Bukenya’s home in Kakiri after Kasta lost reportedly threatened to mobilize people in Kakiri to demonstrate on Christmas eve over high prices of commodities.

“Kasta is intimidating NRM supporters in Kakiri,” Ibin Senkumbi, the police spokesman for Kampala metropolitan region which includes Kakiri says. Senkumbi however denied allegations by Kasita that UPDF has deployed at his home.

Kasita too complains that UPDF and the police have deployed at and near his home and they are ferrying more soldiers in his constituency.

Kasita alleges that about 30 soldiers were deployed at his home last Thursday and more were deployed across Busiro north constituency. Kasita alleges that the government wants to intimidate him because his support in the area is big even although he lost the parliamentary victory to NRM candidate, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya.

By Christine Kate

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