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Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:29:15 -0800
--- Begin Message ---Kamuntu,Ogola, Malinga.Hmm?MP Ogola defects to NRM DEFECTED: Ogola By Abraham Odeke HON. Akisoferi Ogola, MP West Budama South and one of the most influential members of the Uganda Peopleâs Congress (UPC) in Tororo on Friday crossed to the Movement during a public rally addressed by President Yoweri Museveni. âMy people and I support the lifting of the presidential term limits and we are unanimously requesting you to stand again in 2006,â Ogola told Museveni amidst applause. President Museveni was in West Budama South constituency as part of his meet-the-people tour of Tororo District. During the rally the State Minister for Labour, Henry Obbo, introduced Ogola as a good friend who wanted to take advantage of President Museveniâs presence to officially announce his new political patronage. Ogola praised President Museveni and the Movement for the developments made since 1986. âI particularly admire you for having waged a fierce war against AIDS and illiteracy through the introduction of UPE. Above all, when some of my political enemies wanted to turn me into dust you intervened in my favour. Now how can anyone expect me to say no to a good friend who has come to your house with a humble request,â Ogola told Museveni. Ogolaâs statement prompted the Cabinet ministers and other VIPs who accompanied Museveni to step forward to hug and decorate the former UPC stalwart with several Movement T-shirts, caps and dry banana leaves. Reacting to Ogolaâs decision to join the Movement, Museveni said only people who lacked vision and focus would feel comfortable being members of the UPC and DP which lack the skills to govern the country. âYour decision to join the Movement is good because we are flexible and responsive to local pressures which are not dangerous for our country. The UPC will never manage an army thatâs why they specialised in being overthrown by the army during the two times they ruled our country,â Museveni said. He said the leaders should know that the army is like a spear, which can hurt those who handle it carelessly. âHowever, the Movement has made its own spear and knows how to handle it well,â Museveni said. President Museveni also pledged to assist the Jopadhola cultural leader, the Adhola, with transport. Ends Published on: Sunday, 27th February, 2005 .
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