{UAH} Museveni Walks Out on Amama: Attention Alan Barigye
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Comrade Alan Barigye,
What do you make of the cat and mouse game between your fellow kiga
schemer and Kayibanda? As the Langi say, I think Amama has cupped his
balls in the palm of his hands and discovered they are overflowing,
and therefore feels he is grown up and will not take any more orders
from Kayibanda. Pushed to a wall, Kayibanda will not hesitate to pull
out a sword. I would hope Amama is aware of who he is dealing with. He
has to sleep with one eye and his backside open.
George Okello
Any lingering hopes of reconciliation between President Museveni and
Amama Mbabazi appeared to vanish on Friday, after the president
abruptly walked out on his former premier.
During a meeting at State House Entebbe on Friday, Museveni tried –
and failed – to persuade his erstwhile comrade to drop his 2016
presidential bid. To insiders, Mbabazi's presidential challenge is
threatening to do more harm than good to the ruling party.
Museveni made his latest effort to sway his former prime minister
during a special meeting of the Central executive committee (CEC),
NRM's second highest policy-making organ.
Mbabazi, his wife Jacqueline and sister-in-law Hope Mwesigye had been
summoned for "an interaction" with a CEC select committee.
The three were officially invited through a July 21 letter written by
the NRM secretary general Justine Kasule Lumumba to appear before a
four-man committee chaired by President Museveni.
The interaction, however, according to our sources, turned into a
disciplinary meeting that charged the ousted NRM secretary general
with breaching the party code of conduct.
With Museveni in the chair, the meeting asked Mbabazi to apologize for
nurturing presidential ambitions. Mbabazi, sources said, roundly
declined to apologize. Infuriated, Museveni drew the meeting's
attention to the events that led to the 2014 Kyankwanzi resolution
that endorsed him (Museveni) as NRM's 2016 sole candidate.
NEVER AGAIN
Mbabazi reportedly responded by asking Museveni why he was revisiting
old issues that had been handled and resolved by CEC. A now irritated
Museveni took a swipe at CEC for insisting that he (Museveni) talks to
Mbabazi again.
"You see, you see. I told you but you insisted that I talk to him. I
don't want to talk to him again," Museveni reportedly said before
walking out of the meeting, leaving Kigongo to chair the reminder of
the session.
After a short while, Kigongo called the meeting to order and Mbabazi
presented a 15-page missive. In his presentation, which was intently
listened to by the CEC select committee, Mbabazi said he felt ashamed
of NRM's recent actions that included; the arbitrary arrests of his
and opposition supporters, selective application of the law and
turning the country into a police state.
He also harshly criticized the NRM Electoral Commission's demand for
nomination fees from party members intending to contest the party
primaries.
This, he said, had turned the NRM into a party of the haves. (See full
statement)
After his lengthy presentation, one CEC member reportedly shot up and
said, "But Mbabazi, this is splitting the party; please stand down."
Mbabazi did not respond; but moments later, he reportedly picked his
things and left the meeting.
TIME WASTED
Interviewed at the weekend for a comment, Lumumba declined to speak. A
senior CEC member who attended the meeting confirmed our narrative of
events but downplayed the part of Museveni storming out of the
meeting.
"The president did not storm out, he had other engagements and asked
Hajji Moses Kigongo to take over," the CEC member said.
"He [Museveni] is fed up; he doesn't want to be involved in issues to
do with Mbabazi anymore," the NRM leader said.
Jacqueline and Mwesigye snubbed the meeting. Jacqueline didn't give
reasons but Mwesigye wrote to Lumumba.
"Reference is made to your unreferenced letter dated July 21. I have
just received it at 4:30pm, exactly one hour before the planned
"interaction." This is very short notice," Mwesigye's July 24 letter
to Lumumba said.
"Furthermore, you do not indicate the nature as well as the substance
of the "interaction" so that I can make adequate preparations," the
letter reads further.
In the letter, copied to Museveni and all CEC members, Mwesigye
clearly refused to recognise Lumumba as secretary general.
Interviewed on Saturday, Mwesigye told The Observer that she was a
witness in a case challenging Lumumba's appointment. She said,
therefore, she does not recognise Lumumba as the rightful holder of
that office.
In a weekend interview, Ofwono Opondo, the deputy NRM spokesman, said
the hitches at the CEC meeting clearly demonstrate the futility of
talks with the Mbabazis.
"I personally don't have trust in that process because the people we
are dealing with are obstinate; it is a waste of time, we should
rather concentrate on our election programme," Opondo said.
sadabkk@observer.ug
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What do you make of the cat and mouse game between your fellow kiga
schemer and Kayibanda? As the Langi say, I think Amama has cupped his
balls in the palm of his hands and discovered they are overflowing,
and therefore feels he is grown up and will not take any more orders
from Kayibanda. Pushed to a wall, Kayibanda will not hesitate to pull
out a sword. I would hope Amama is aware of who he is dealing with. He
has to sleep with one eye and his backside open.
George Okello
Any lingering hopes of reconciliation between President Museveni and
Amama Mbabazi appeared to vanish on Friday, after the president
abruptly walked out on his former premier.
During a meeting at State House Entebbe on Friday, Museveni tried –
and failed – to persuade his erstwhile comrade to drop his 2016
presidential bid. To insiders, Mbabazi's presidential challenge is
threatening to do more harm than good to the ruling party.
Museveni made his latest effort to sway his former prime minister
during a special meeting of the Central executive committee (CEC),
NRM's second highest policy-making organ.
Mbabazi, his wife Jacqueline and sister-in-law Hope Mwesigye had been
summoned for "an interaction" with a CEC select committee.
The three were officially invited through a July 21 letter written by
the NRM secretary general Justine Kasule Lumumba to appear before a
four-man committee chaired by President Museveni.
The interaction, however, according to our sources, turned into a
disciplinary meeting that charged the ousted NRM secretary general
with breaching the party code of conduct.
With Museveni in the chair, the meeting asked Mbabazi to apologize for
nurturing presidential ambitions. Mbabazi, sources said, roundly
declined to apologize. Infuriated, Museveni drew the meeting's
attention to the events that led to the 2014 Kyankwanzi resolution
that endorsed him (Museveni) as NRM's 2016 sole candidate.
NEVER AGAIN
Mbabazi reportedly responded by asking Museveni why he was revisiting
old issues that had been handled and resolved by CEC. A now irritated
Museveni took a swipe at CEC for insisting that he (Museveni) talks to
Mbabazi again.
"You see, you see. I told you but you insisted that I talk to him. I
don't want to talk to him again," Museveni reportedly said before
walking out of the meeting, leaving Kigongo to chair the reminder of
the session.
After a short while, Kigongo called the meeting to order and Mbabazi
presented a 15-page missive. In his presentation, which was intently
listened to by the CEC select committee, Mbabazi said he felt ashamed
of NRM's recent actions that included; the arbitrary arrests of his
and opposition supporters, selective application of the law and
turning the country into a police state.
He also harshly criticized the NRM Electoral Commission's demand for
nomination fees from party members intending to contest the party
primaries.
This, he said, had turned the NRM into a party of the haves. (See full
statement)
After his lengthy presentation, one CEC member reportedly shot up and
said, "But Mbabazi, this is splitting the party; please stand down."
Mbabazi did not respond; but moments later, he reportedly picked his
things and left the meeting.
TIME WASTED
Interviewed at the weekend for a comment, Lumumba declined to speak. A
senior CEC member who attended the meeting confirmed our narrative of
events but downplayed the part of Museveni storming out of the
meeting.
"The president did not storm out, he had other engagements and asked
Hajji Moses Kigongo to take over," the CEC member said.
"He [Museveni] is fed up; he doesn't want to be involved in issues to
do with Mbabazi anymore," the NRM leader said.
Jacqueline and Mwesigye snubbed the meeting. Jacqueline didn't give
reasons but Mwesigye wrote to Lumumba.
"Reference is made to your unreferenced letter dated July 21. I have
just received it at 4:30pm, exactly one hour before the planned
"interaction." This is very short notice," Mwesigye's July 24 letter
to Lumumba said.
"Furthermore, you do not indicate the nature as well as the substance
of the "interaction" so that I can make adequate preparations," the
letter reads further.
In the letter, copied to Museveni and all CEC members, Mwesigye
clearly refused to recognise Lumumba as secretary general.
Interviewed on Saturday, Mwesigye told The Observer that she was a
witness in a case challenging Lumumba's appointment. She said,
therefore, she does not recognise Lumumba as the rightful holder of
that office.
In a weekend interview, Ofwono Opondo, the deputy NRM spokesman, said
the hitches at the CEC meeting clearly demonstrate the futility of
talks with the Mbabazis.
"I personally don't have trust in that process because the people we
are dealing with are obstinate; it is a waste of time, we should
rather concentrate on our election programme," Opondo said.
sadabkk@observer.ug
--
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