Ki luts
What other form do you consult the grass roots than sending the issue to the
members of parliament that directly represent that grass root? You see that
is the very twisted hypocrisy that Olara Otunu and Lucima use in Uganda
house. You see they are telling the members of the party that the members of
parliament they elected do not represent their interest, the Otunus are
telling the people that their interest today is more represented by Olara
Otunu who has never stood anywhere and Lucima that has stood I think three
times and in all times lost. So again in trying to put this in
understandable English, the leadership of UPC on the 6th floor is stating
that the people that are never elected by the people, have a better
democratic principles than the elected MPs to make decisions for the people.
And they also do not want the people to hold a delegate conference in Uganda
for they can elect people that are un democratic, so we better leave the un
elected people or those refused to be elected to lead the party for they are
more democratic.
There is no powerful plant on entire earth like Weed !!!! And I am not
kidding.
EM
On the 49th
Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko"
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of KI LUTS
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 1:07 PM
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Subject: Re: {UAH} How DP, UPC struck EALA deal with NRM
now ,this is sell out kabisa.did DP consult its grass root supporters or it
was a matter of life and death to get jobs.On what priniples was this
alliance formed? No wonder some body was saying DP always legitimazes
dictatorship. For sure,NRM wanted to appear legitimate and UPC and DP did it
for them.No wonder , ihave seen NRM MPS singing Upc songs! i give up fpr
affrican politics. it is all about eating and geting jobs after all
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MPs and parliament clerks during the vote tallying process after election of
EALA representatives
This weeks elections that gave UPC and DP each one member in the East
African Legislative Assembly (EALA) showed an emerging understanding between
Ugandas oldest parties and the ruling NRM.
Not so long ago, such an understanding was unimaginable. But this was the
last thing on the minds of the two NRM envoys that reached out to DPs Fred
Mukasa Mbidde shortly after endorsing six candidates for the polls.
Mbidde is the man whose petition to the East African Court of Justice (EACJ)
allowed other groups, besides NRM and the main opposition party, FDC, to
seek representation in EALA.
NRM, we can reveal, struck a deal with Mbidde in order to foil the FDC-led
plot to boycott the elections. FDC had urged a boycott, citing NRMs breach
of Article 50 of the East African treaty. Sources have told us that NRM used
its deputy whip, David Bahati (Ndorwa West) and Kabula county MP James
Kakooza. Bahati first sent Kakooza as an emissary to Mbidde.
A close confidant of Mbiddes says that although Mbidde felt sceptical about
the whole issue, he agreed to meet Bahati. This meeting was also attended by
top DP officials. The NRM envoys told Mbidde that their party would work
with other parties if they ignored the boycott. With an assurance of support
from the ruling party, sources told us, DP President Norbert Mao asked
Secretary General Mathias Nsubuga to write to the Clerk to Parliament,
endorsing Mbidde as DPs candidate for EALA.
DPs argument was that it was better to work with NRM that has the majority,
than siding with FDC that is pushing for a boycott that was likely to fail.
Actually, when Mbidde picked nomination forms last Wednesday, Bahatis
lobbying for the DP man was clear. Indeed, 13 of the 20 signatures Mbidde
had on his nomination form were from NRM lawmakers courtesy of Bahati. After
keeping their end of the bargain, Mbidde made good on his promise not to
launch an appeal to EACJ.
Kakooza confirmed the above version of events, telling The Observer: FDC
was caught off guard.
Kakooza added: I told Mbidde that if you go for a function and you are
hungry, you have to first eat the food and then, complain that it is bad. I
also assured him that you cannot be like Maj Gen Fred Rwigyema (RIP) who
fought all the [RPF and NRA] battles and didnt become president.
It, therefore, came as no surprise to those in the know that Mbidde garnered
247 votes from a House dominated by NRM legislators.
Mbabazi's role
Our sources have also revealed that the power behind the throne in the deal
between NRM and UPC was Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi. He reportedly assured
NRM members that Chris Opoka should be supported. Actually, in his campaign
address before the House, Opoka referred the audience to Mbabazi in case
they wanted to get an insight about his credentials.
[Mbabazi] knows how much I can stand above political affiliation when it
comes to national issues, Opoka said.
After Opokas address, the marriage of convenience was sealed with a song;
NRM MPs sweetly sang UPCs signature rally tune with the standout line: Oh,
oh, oh mama, twagala Obote nga sente
Prominent NRM members who crooned the
song include ministers Amelia Kyambadde (Trade), Ephraim Kamuntu (Tourism),
Hilary Onek (Internal Affairs) and Mary Karooro Okurut (Information).
We have also been told that the EALA elections were discussed in cabinet,
and members agreed to support Mbidde and Opoka. Little wonder, Mbidde mocked
FDC in his acceptance speech by saying, Our vehicles are moving as those of
others are stuck.
DP, UPC response
Mao and UPC Chief Whip, Betty Amongi (Oyam South), however, denied entering
any marriage of convenience with NRM. We didnt take the decision as a
deal; it was after being informed by the clerks office that the FDC wrote a
letter indicating their intention to nominate candidates, said Amongi.
DPs Mao added: The FDC letter to the clerk didnt indicate that they were
boycotting the polls; so, we proceeded to make a decision as a party.
FDCs secretary general, Alice Alaso, however, denied the allegations,
saying that her letter to the clerk was to request parliament to extend
nomination dates.
We didnt have a second thought about the boycott; we just wanted the clerk
to extend the days as we wait for the E.A Court of Justice verdict, she
said.
On Wednesday, Parliament finally selected the nine representatives out of
the seventeen contestants to represent Uganda in the third regional assembly
slated to start on June 4. The nine include NRMs Dora Byamukama, Daniel
Kidega, Margaret Zziwa, Bernard Mulengani, Mike Kennedy Ssebalu and Nusura
Tiperu. Two opposition candidates, Fred Mukasa Mbidde (DP) and Chris Opoka
Okumu (UPC), and Susan Nakawuki, an independent, also sailed through.
The participation in the polls by DP, UPC and CP angered the Leader of
Opposition, Nathan Nandala Mafabi, who literally fired other, non-FDC
opposition politicians from the shadow cabinet.
We have done everything in good faith and I didnt know that my colleagues
I was leading had turned against me. So, from now on I want to tell the
Prime Minister that there is only one party in the opposition you should
deal with, Mafabi said.
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