This was during the PAC report debate on the financial scandal involving NRM’s entrepreneur, Hassan Basajjabalaba who was given the compensation of over 142 billion shillings as compensation for losing tenders in the city markets.

The parliament was discussing whether the bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime Mutebile should be fired because of his reported role in awarding the above sum of money to Basajjabalaba.

The corridors of power were saying that the president had instructed the ruling party MPs not to support any move that would lead to the firing of the Central Bank Governor.

Gen. Tumwine said that Mutebile has to go in the same way the former ministers, Khiddu Makubuya and Syda Bbumba went. He reportedly added that the time for Uganda to get ride of the corrupt public officials in now.

Gen. Elly Tumwine is remembered to have fired the first bullet in 1981 NRA war and he lost his eye during the bush war which brought President Museveni and his government to power 26 years ago.

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Mafabi told journalist at parliament the list of ministers who should resign include the Attorney Peter Nyombi for abuse of office , minister for Gender Syda Bumba  implicated in Basajjabalaba 142 billion scandal , minister for information Mary karoro okrut accused of stealing UBC land , prof khiddu makubiya  who was also in Basajjabalaba deal, Hilary onek and prime minister john Patrick amama Mbabazi who are implicated in oil bribes.

He said that if these ministers remain in office by the time parliament return from recess , MPS will force them out through censure.

He said that the money mismanaged by these ministers should have been invested in schools, hospitals, roads improvement.

He also said that kabakumba described the public Accounts committee which Nandala was heading in the Chogm expenditure investigations as a torture chamber because she was protecting herself from being known to have stolen tax payers money.

By Isaac Senabulya

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The residents who were led by the kanungu woman Member of parliament Elizabeth Karungi claim that Mbabazi has been accused falsely since 2010 when the Temangalo saga came and it was followed by the chogm scandal where he also came out innocent.

The group  alleged that the docurements tabled by Gerald Karuhanga  were false and forged to tarnish the name of their member of parliament.

The petitioners further want the speaker to stop mps from making reference in connection to chogm and Temangalo since the IGG and the committee of parliament exonerated the prime minister and also parliament to cancel the resolution that was passed on the 10th and 11th October which calls on Mbabazi and his co accused Sam Kutesa and Hilary Onek to step aside.

However the deputy speaker Jacob Oulanya who received the petition says that they can’t take any action since there is a related case in court

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Segona announced this today while this committee was meeting the Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi although he was not happy with chairperson decision  for his dismissal from the committee earlier.

Segona said that he is stepping aside from the committee as asked by the chairperson because of his earlier debate on the floor of parliament this matter under investigation to do what the prime mister should have done when asked to step down.

He said that he will love to appear before the same committee as a witness to justify why the two ministers acted in contempt of parliament.

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The Chief Executive Officer Per Lundgren and the Finance director Klaus Karstensen together with Bukenya, have however denied the charges before Justice Paul Mugamba.

It is alleged that the trio committed the offence between July 2006 and November 2009 when Bukenya was the chairperson of the cabinet sub-committee on CHOGM.

Hearing of the matter has been fixed for Friday next week.

Last week, Justice Mugamba declined to commence the trial of the case following the failure by the directors of Motor Care to appear in court in person. Justice Mugamba said Professor Gilbert Bukenya could not stand trial alone in the case in the absence of his co-accused.

He rejected explanations from Edmand Wakida, a lawyer representing Motorcare, and Moses Banturaki, the sales and marketing manager who claimed that they had been authorized to represent the company.

He therefore asked the officials to appear in court in person this morning.

By Isaac Senabulya

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Mr Mbabazi said the impending censure motion could only apply if he was a Minister. He noted that as Prime Minister he could only leave office on resignation, death, no longer qualifies to be a Member of Parliament (MP) or was removed by the appointing authority.

Amama Mbabazi John Patrick, new prime Minister of Uganda

Mbabazi was briefing the Kinkizi West Constituency Council Executive Committee on the bribery allegations in Kihihi, Kanungu district on Saturday. District Councilors, LC3 chairpersons, opinion leaders and special interest groups’ representatives attended the meeting.

Mr Ali Rugomwa, the committee chairman had said the constituents were worried that their MP would soon be kicked out of Parliament. He was also concerned about government failure to tarmac the 43km Kanyantorogo-Butogota-Mpungu and 40km Butogota-Buhoma roads.

“Be steady and rest assured that I am going nowhere because there is no iota of truth in the (oil bribery) allegations,” Mbabazi said. He explained that whereas the roads were some of the nine prioritized throughout the country the government could only raise money for three this year.

He said MPs asking him to step aside on false allegations was tantamount to convicting him over unfounded claims and sentencing him unfairly. MPs including Theodore Sekikubo, Mohammad Nsereko, Gerald Karuhanga, Wilfred Niwagaba, Celina Nebanda and Rosemary Seninde wanted Mbabazi and Ministers Sam Kuteesa and Hilary Onek to leave office.
Mr Mbabazi briefed his constituents on the 10 resolutions, among which was that government halt transactions in the oil sector until there are adequate enabling laws. He said Cabinet rejected the idea because similar resolutions had delayed power generation at Bujagali in Jinja, slowing down economic transformation in the country.

“Government cannot stop oil activities because they are the way to industrialization and solving the employment problem,” Mbabazi said. He explained that the country had already earned over 2.5 billion shillings in oil revenues which would be used for the Karuma power generation facility.

He underscored the importance of agriculture in driving the economy, saying the Government had increased funding to the sector to 20% of the national budget, up from 4.8% last year.

Mbabazi said value addition to local products would be strongly supported to transform the economy. Other incentives included tax waivers on some products and improving the general investment climate in the country.

By Kyetume Kasanga, Prime Minister’s Press Unit

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