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'Mbabazi speedboat' excites MP Mpuuga, Kalangala fishermen
Independent presidential candidate, Amama Mbabazi excited local politicians and fishermen on Kalangala island on Thursday when he landed at Kitobo landing site in Kyamuswa personally cruising a speedboat.
The speedboat took just about forty minutes to connect between Entebbe and Kyamuswa - a journey that normally takes the marine police speedboat about one and half hours.
The fishermen flashed the Go Forward sign when Mbabazi arrived at the landing site as some of them moved to get a closer look at the speedboat.
After addressing fishermen at Kyamuswa, Mbabazi asked Medard Lubega Ssegona, the Busiro East MP and his Masaka Municipality counterpart Mathias Mpuuga to join him in the speedboat and sped off to Kyagalanyi landing site on the main Bugala island.
Both Mpuuga and Ssegona later said that they were surprised at how 'sophisticated' their preferred candidate was. Ssegona said he initially thought Mbabazi had hired the boat, but when he entered it, he realised it was a 'personalised'. However Go Forward director of media and communications Josephine Mayanja-Nkangi clarified and said the boat "isn't his. It's services were offered for the day"
Mpuuga claims they navigated the lake at a very high speed, which is a sign of Mbabazi's cruising experience. Mpuuga said Mbabazi is extremely prepared for his campaign.
"Certainly I was shocked by the fact that Hon Amama Mbabazi has a very clear view of the country. He has his own speedboat. On the waters he cruises it, he cruised with us. He has a sense of time, he has a sense of the population he is going to meet. The message he left in Kalangala, I have no doubt to the extent of his preparation", Mpuuga said with a tinge of excitement.
"In fact am now trying to understand why Mr Museveni is so worried about Mr Amama to the extent that he is the principal target of violence and disturbance of his program. I think this gentleman was well prepared. He knew his former principal so well and I believe he was ready for everything and he continues to inspire us who have been so scared of the regime. I think he knows the ins and outs of the regime and I think he is ready to confront any issues from the regime", he added.
Addressing fishermen at Kalangala, Mbabazi said it was a shame that individuals can afford modern boats yet government ferries and ships that were once operational have either been rundown or given to private investors leaving citizens to use the dangerous canoes for movement. He said once elected he will buy modern ships and ferries to connect to isolated islands like Nkose, Nkese and Kyamuswa.
Currently, people on the 83 out of the 84 islands in Kalangala rely on canoes and hired speed boats for transport. There are two ferries connecting from Bukakata in Masaka to Bugoma landing site in Kalangala town council.
John Opiro, of Kalangala Infrastructure Services limited (KIS), which operates MV pearl and MV Ssese says they only have an agreement to operate on the Bugala, the main island. MV Kalangala connects from Entebbe to Lutoboka island.
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