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Museveni Summons Mbabazi at State House

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By: Sam Waswa

• Jun 15,2015
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President Yoweri Museveni has summoned former Prime Minister Hon Amama Mbabazi at State House to answer to among others allegations regarding forgery and spread of hate propaganda.

The development comes only hours after Mbabazi declared his wish to stand against Museveni in the looming party primaries and later in the 2016 presidential elections.

Reports emerging from State House indicate the President Yoweri Museveni summoned Mbabazi together with his successor Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda.

According to the President's Press Secretary Mrs Linda Nabusayi, Museveni is expected to question Mbabazi on his role in circulating sectarian messages on social media.

Museveni over the weekend issued a statement revealing that a group of Ugandans had forged a letter in which they purported him [Museveni] as writing to the deceased Libyan President Muammar Gadaffi.

In the letter according to Museveni, the forgers portrayed him as making seditious remarks about a certain sections of Ugandans particularly the Bakiga tribe.

Museveni angrily disowned the letter and informed that thanks to his intelligence team, some of the forgers had been arrested by police.

It now turns out that Mr Mbabazi is being named in this group according Museveni's statement issued on Monday evening ahead of the State House meeting.

Mrs Nabusayi quoted the President as saying; "Since the name of Amama Mbabazi my young brother has been featuring, [in the forgery], I decided to invite him and Ruhakana Rugunda at 6pm today."

She further tweeted at about 7PM that the meeting at State House was slated to start in an hour.

Regarding Mbabazi's presidential bid, Museveni expressed his reservations stating that it was improper for him to make such an announcing when the Electrical Commission has not even announced the election.

Museveni said he had received the news while he traveled back from South Africa.

"But most importantly, is the substance of what Amama Mbabazi talked about [in his declaration]. He talked of working for everybody and that is what NRM has be doing. On restoring NRM and democratic principles, I salute Amama Mbabazi because he could not escape some of the facts such as increased prosperity, peace, intelligence and so on," noted Museveni

The President however lashed out at his former premier's remarks regarding government's underachievement, noting that Mbabazi should not be the person to discredit the government he served for decades.

If there is anybody who can be questioned about this government's weaknesses, Mr Mbabazi should answer," said Museveni.

"He [Mbabazi] said that the country is tired..nursing a tired nation. Mbabazi has been at the center of our system has been in security, parliament, Secretary General of the party and Prime Minister. Monitoring govt systems is job of Prime Minister. Those positions one could use to monitor and rectify the wrongs."

 

 

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