Kasangwawo
No. I am not making assumptions, I state what I know, that you are a
Ugandan, so I am asking you on Uganda affairs.
Em
The Mulindwas communication group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"
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From: "jonah kasangwawo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: ugnet_: Dr. Kiggundu to join politics- New Vision 17/12/2002
>
> Why are asking me ? Are you again making assumptions ?
>
> Kasangwawo
>
> >From: "Mulindwa Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: ugnet_: Dr. Kiggundu to join politics- New Vision 17/12/2002
> >Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:20:04 -0500
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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