| KAMPALA
FORMER Buganda minister for health Robert Ssebunya has
said he is joining traditional healers and herbalists to smoke
pipes and ask spirits to help President Yoweri Museveni to win
the election petition filed by Forum for Democratic Change
leader Kizza Besigye.
Ssebunya was yesterday
representing the Vice president Prof. Gilbert Bukenya at the
swearing in ceremony of the new president of the National
Traditional Healers and Herbalists Association, Ms Sylivia
Namutebi, at Mengo Social centre.
Namutebi replaces
late Ben Gulu, who passed away late last year. "Let me add my
voice to that of the Rubaga RDC Fred Bamwine," Ssebunya said
amid chanting.
"I appeal to you to continue smoking pipes
(emindi). I have seen many women smoki ng the pipes and I ask
them to teach me how to smoke so we can smoke until Museveni
wins the election petition filed against him by Besigye."
Earlier, Bamwine requested the traditional healers to
smoke the pipes harder to enable Museveni win the petition as
they did during 2006 campaigns which he said contributed to
Museveni's victory in the recently concluded presidential
elections.
In February, hundreds of traditional
healers and herbalists gathered at Nakivubo Blue Primary
school grounds and smoked pipes to enable Museveni win the
just concluded elections.
Besigye has filed a pet ition
in the Supreme Court challenging the declaration of Museveni
as the winner of last month's presidential elections.
While
Ssebunya was speaking, the healers were smoking pipes while
chanting slogans, "Jaja Muwanga awangaze Kaguta."
In
his speech, Bukenya commended the herbalists for supporting
Museveni to win the Presidential elections.
"I
congratulate you up on voting wisely in the Presidential
elections which have returned Museveni to champion for your
course in the next five years," he said. He asked them to take
advantage of the innovation fund introduced by
government. | 
