I think Dr. Kiggundu should join Uganda People's Congress. WE have enough room for people like him. WE want people who work for Uganda.
Bwambuga. "Mulindwa Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Kasangwawo > >But now how can DP youths wait for Dr. Kigundu? Dp's constitution reads that every >body to be appointed a leader of Dp must be a Catholic. This is a constitutional >statement in DP and that is why Ssemogerere barely knelt down begging Paulo Muwanga >to see that Professor Lule does not come back into Uganda, as much as Muwanga cared >less. Have these youths forgotten that Dr. Kigundu is a Moslem? >Em > � � � The Mulindwas communication group >"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" > > > �----- Original Message ----- > �From: Omar Kezimbira > �To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > �Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 7:11 AM > �Subject: ugnet_: Dr. Kiggundu to join politics- New Vision 17/12/2002 > > > � � � �Dr. Kiggundu to join politics > > � � � � � � �SWEET MOMENT: Kiggundu (R), Mayi and son leave Luzira (Kennedy Oryema) > > � � � �By Charles Ariko, Edris Kisambira and Steven Candia > > � � � �Former Greenland Bank chief Sulaiman Kiggundu was freed from Luzira civil >prison yesterday after a six-month jail term for failure to pay sh600m belonging to >the bank. > > � � � �The former Bank of Uganda governor later said he would join politics if the >Government "continuously pushes him against the wall." > > � � � �Kiggundu, who walked out of the prison gates at 9:23am, was speaking at his >late father's home in Ntolomwe, Butambala, Mpigi, where crowds hailed him at all >major townships as he drove in an 11-car convoy. > > � � � �"I fight for developmental causes. I am not a politician and I have never >wished to join politics. But if they press me so hard, I will join politics," >Kiggundu said. > > � � � �He regretted why he got involved in the struggle that swept President Yoweri >Museveni into power. > > � � � �Kiggundu said he supported Museveni, leaving a fellow Muganda Andrew Kayiira >of the Uganda Freedom Movement. > > � � � �"It shouldn't have been Museveni to treat me like this. Museveni wouldn't >have reached where he is without the support I rendered him," he said. > > � � � �Kiggundu said before the closure of the bank, he met Museveni in Rwakitura >over allegations that he was working with Hassan Turabi, a former Sudan parliament >speaker. > > � � � �"He asked me whether I was working with Turabi. I said no and thanked him for >giving me the benefit of the doubt. But it seems my denial of whatever he was told >did not calm him down," Kiggundu said. > > � � � �He said he was set up by the government when he was asked to buy the Uganda >Grain Millers Company and the Uganda Commercial Bank. > > � � � �"I thought we were working for Ugandans. I was being spied on and set up. I >did this for the good of Muslims, Buganda and Uganda," he added. > > � � � �Earlier in Luzira, Kiggundu stepped out of the gates wearing a black suit, >white shirt, a matching red-and-black tie and black shoes. He raised his hands to the >skies, waved at the crowd and shouted, "Salaam aleikum. Great to ! be out o f prison >and a free man again." > > � � � �He then flew into the outstretched arms of his wife Mayi, who gave him a >bouquet of flowers as their little son looked on. > > � � � �Mayi, spotting gold tinted hair, a multi-coloured gomesi, a golden necklace, >finger rings and wrist chain, arrived at the prisons main gate at 8:33am with five >relatives. > > � � � �The Police and warders manning a security checkpoint 30 metres from the main >gate, barred the rest from entering. Erias Lukwago, Kiggundu's lawyer, arrived at >8:45am. > > � � � �Kiggundu's other wife Remmy arrived in a Pajero UPZ 625 at 9:04am. She was >denied entry. > > � � � �On arrival at Murchison Bay section where Kiggundu was jailed, Mayi was not >allowed to meet her husband. The bouquet of flowers was first taken to the officer >in-charge for checking before it was returned to her. > > � � � �An excited Kiggundu, who paced up and down as other prisoners boarded the >prisons bus to court, waved at Mayi before joining the prisoners. > > � � � �Despite serving the six-month sentence, Kiggundu has to pay back the money or >his property will be attached. > > � � � �Kiggundu said, "My appeal to the President is that this is enough punishment >for crimes I do not believe I committed. I ask for freedom and space to once again >work for my family and country." > > � � � �After disentangling himself from Mayi's warm embrace in the rather chilly >morning, Kiggundu sat in the back seat of his lawyer's vehicle. > > � � � �Former minister Abu Mayanja sat in front. Kiggundu was mobbed by journalists >but promised to address the press at the Old Port Bell road junction. > > � � � �A convoy escorting Kiggundu was brought to a halt near the Graphic Systems >offices when it ran into some 70 ecstatic Makerere University Nkoba za Mbogo members. > > � � � �"Tumulese aloga aloge (We have brought him, those who feel bad about it, go >hang)," the students chanted before breaking into a Democratic Party song: "Twagala >nyo mama, twagala kufa na kuwona." > > � � � �Kiggundu said he would not flee into exile. "I have confi! dence in the >Government," he said. > > � � � �He said he had asked for security to stop other people "taking advantage of >the situation." > > > � � � �Published on: Tuesday, 17th December, 2002 > > � � � �Email this article to a friend. > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > �Do you Yahoo!? > �Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. 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