SV: {UAH} We fear Museveni, says minister -it in clear now why things are like this

UAH-ers,

HAS THIS HON. MINISTER ( HON
Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja) RESIGNED?

If not, WHY HAS HE NOT RESIGNED? What made him continue to belong to a cabinet

in which he feels he could / can not execute his duties freely?

He himself is just a fake....., BLUFF!!

He should go by good example and just resign on account of miscommunication.

So, he was only in it for the money, may be?

Noc'la gaumoy

 

"WE FORM THE CULTURE THAT FORMS US"….noc'la gaumoy.

Den onsdag, 5 augusti 2015 8:05 skrev Herrn Edward Mulindwa <mulindwa@look.ca>:

And this remains the only internationally recognized quote

 

 

"When you terrorize the masses they obey"          -Yoweri K. Museveni

EM

On the 49^th Parallel          

                 Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja and Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda is in anarchy"
                    Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja na Dk. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda ni katika machafuko"

 

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Subject: {UAH} We fear Museveni, says minister -it in clear now why things are like this

 

We fear Museveni, says minister

Written by Sadab Kitatta Kaaya

Last Updated: 05 August 2015

Scary? President Museveni

The state minister for Agriculture, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja, raised eyebrows recently when he told an audience in Rakai district that many ministers fear Museveni and, as a result, don't talk to him candidly.

"Museveni tumutya nnyo engeri gyeyatukulembera mu by'ekiyekera era tomala gamusemberera nti olina kyomugamba," Ssempijja said in Luganda. (We fear Museveni so much because he was our bush war leader, so we cannot just easily talk to him.)

"When he comes to a cabinet meeting, we discuss issues of government and, after that, none of us gets a chance to talk to him," Ssempijja said, adding: "It is very few amongst us [ministers] who can call him, and, likewise, he also calls a few of us."

If this is true, it could give an insight into the kind of counsel that the president can get from ministers frightened of him. Many top decisions in the country are discussed by cabinet before they sail through a parliament dominated by the ruling party.

Ssempijja, speaking at a fete organised by Kyotera MP Harunah Kyeyune Kasolo at Kabaseke, near Kyotera town, said the fear of Museveni stems from his military background, spanning at least 40 years.

Museveni, who came to power in a 1986 military takeover, retired from the army in 2004 at the rank of General, although he has maintained a tight grip on security organs such as the army and police, and sometimes wears military uniform at public functions.

Kalungu East MP Ssempijja, who joined cabinet in March this year, becomes the second minister to complain about the way Museveni relates with his ministers. During a cabinet meeting in June, the state minister in the office of the vice president, Vincent Nyanzi, lamented about the inaccessibility of the president to members of his cabinet. (See, Minister threatens to quit for failure to meet Museveni,).

But earlier in the year, Abraham Byandala, the minister without portfolio, revealed that while he still held the works and transport docket, he was one time forced to lie to the president.

Other ministers later told The Observer that lying to the appointing authority is not intended but out of fear of the commander-in-chief. At the weekend event, Ssempijja told the crowd that to his surprise, some members of parliament who are not cabinet ministers easily get access to, and communicate with, the president.

THE FETE

Ssempijja was representing the speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, at the fete, but his speech indicated that he did not have any message from the speaker to deliver as he spent most of his time talking about his cabinet job.

The minister lamented that although he considered the Kyotera MP as his junior, the youthful MP meets the president more frequently than he (Ssempijja) does.

"I have, for instance, not been able to get from the president what Kasolo has got," he said.

What got Ssempijja wondering is the amount of money Kasolo is spending on his constituents. At the fete, Kasolo donated to almost every mosque, church and UPE school in the constituency. Some got cash, the least amount being Shs 1m, while others received building materials. He went on to donate to women, elderly and youth groups before turning to LC-I chairpersons whom he gave bicycles.

The donations have raised eyebrows and questions from Ssempijja and one of Kasolo's opponents, Pius Mujuzi, a former MP. Some of Kasolo's critics have even linked his deep pockets to former premier Amama Mbabazi, who intends to contest the presidency as an independent.

Speaking to The Observer on July 31, Mujuzi said he was taken aback by the many radio announcements by Kasolo inviting whoever the MP had made a pledge to.

"That event will either brighten or dampen his chances in the next elections; we wait to see whether he will be able to fulfil all the pledges," Mujuzi said.

Came the D-Day, people showed up in throngs and the MP was ready to surprise his guests that included the deputy commandant of Operation Wealth Creation, Brig Elly Kayanja, and Kakuuto MP Mathias Kasamba, who is also the chairperson of the parliamentary committee on agriculture.

After making his many donations, Kasolo did not speak about the sources of his finances but dispelled the Mbabazi link. He, however, did not deny getting presidential handouts. In fact, he told his audience that Museveni is the only NRM candidate he will support without questioning.

"If I am to support or campaign for any NRM candidate, it will be based on their capacity to perform; it is useless to praise NRM when its leaders are not performing," Kasolo said.

DEFIANT

Kasolo himself is an independent MP but with leanings to the ruling party. Buoyed by the turn out at the weekend event, Kasolo said he was sure that Museveni would give him a phone call within weeks, given the support he enjoys in the area.

Brig Kayanja, who pointed out how much the state is determined to keep the NRM in power, announced that he had chosen to defy the laws of the land and campaign for the ruling party.

"The laws don't permit a serving military officer to participate in political activity, but I will break that law and campaign for NRM because it is what we fought for," Kayanja said. 

To prove his determination, he went ahead and introduced aspirants who had picked forms to contest in NRM primaries.

sadabkk@observer.ug

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