[Ugnet] Mu7's machinations in Kooki, VP sued, Man who told the Baganda to eat monkeys now asserts Ugandans are happy to be poor, etc

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Luweero district to deny opposition jobs Rogers Mulindwa Luweero Monitor,April 19, 2006   Luweero district will soon launch fresh investigations into the civil service to scrutinise the opposition supporters and relieve them of their current duties. The district leadership has vowed to deny jobs to any new applicants who don't affiliate to the ruling NRM party. The revelations were made by the district vice chairperson of the NRM, Ms Carol Nalubega on April 15. She was addressing over 200 guests who turned up for a 'political dinner' organised by the newly elected LC5 councillor for Wobulenzi town council. Nalubega said giving government jobs to the opposition would be "denying food to one's own children and giving it to those of the neighbours." She, however, was quick to say despite the new arrangement, these jobs would only go to those with the required academic qualifications. "We shall not pick the school drop outs to head institutions or the garbage collectors to take control of the health units," she said. Nalubega, who is also the LC5 councillor for Bamunanika sub-county, said there were some few civil servants who had showed support to the opposition during the presidential campaigns in February and warned that they risked losing their jobs. She said the civil servants were expected to be non-partisan and their choice to go public to canvass support for the opposition was 'punishable'. The area Mayor, Mr Tito Ddamulira Mutuluki, who asked the opposition to support the government programmes in their respective areas, attended the function. He said some people were resisting the government projects in a bid to deny service to the people and thereafter use it to de-campaign the NRM. The government Spokesperso, Mr James Nsaba Buturo, on Thursday said the government would award jobs on merit and not political affliation.     VP sued over Shs43m debt LOMINDA AFEDRARU KAMPALA Monitor   Democratic Party lawyer Joseph Balikuddembe on April 11 filed a case at the High Court demanding Shs43.2 million from the Vice President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, for defending him in a defamation case. Balikuddembe alleges that Bukenya in 2004 instructed his law firm to file a civil suit against The Weekly Observer news paper for publishing a defamatory article about him. Balikuddembe says he duly took up the instruction and sued the parties accordingly.   Bukenya claimed that The Weekly Observer had defamed him by publishing a story titled, “VP Bukenya Caused 90m Loss To NSSF” for which he was seeking damages and costs of the suit.   But The Weekly Observer represented by AF Mpanga Advocates insisted that the story was true, and denies defaming Bukenya as claimed. In the story, The Weekly Observer reported that Bukenya had caused Shs90 million loss to the National Social Security Fund when he bought block 244, Plot 1774 Luboobo Close at Muyenga without following the proper bidding process.   Balikuddembe said his firm agreed to represent Bukenya at Shs30m and the latter made part payment of Shs10 million. Bukenya withdrew the case (why?). Balikuddembe says he wrote to him advising him to pay the remaining balance, but to date, he has refused to do so. Balikuddembe now claims the money has accumulated to Shs43.2 m inclusive courtees.   -----  Ugandans are happy to be poor - Ssebunya FRANCIS MUGERWA HOIMA "Some Ugandans are surprisingly happy to be poor," the State Minister for Agriculture, Dr Kibirige Ssebunya has said. "Every citizen should be working to acquire and accumulate wealth to have a better life, but some people are doing the opposite," Ssebunya told Hoima residents during his one-day tour of Bulindi Agricultural Research and Development Centre in Kyabigambire sub-county on April 12. He said the poor had a lot untapped resources like fertile land and loans besides being energetic but they were lazy to transform themselves. Ssebunya expressed scepticism of the success of the governement's Bona Bagagawale programme given "the mentality of poor Ugandans towards work. He said the legislation was not of any help. "For instance, there is no law which provides for a punishment for the lazy person. If such laws were in place, citizens work hard to break the chain of poverty for fear of reprisals," Ssebunya said. He urged local authorities in Hoima to pass byelaws to the effect to motivate people to work hard.   ----   Museveni relieves Kooki leaders

Sadab Kitatta Kaaya

RAKAI Monitor Since Rakai district council passed a resolution late last year endorsing a proposal for the creation of Kabula district, misunderstandings have developed between the traditional and local leaders. The Kooki cultural leaders accuse the district leadership of conniving with "enemies" of Kooki to destroy Kamuswaga's territory(cultural head). In the resolution passed by the district council, the new district of Kabula would incorporate Kooki's Kacheera Sub-county, as well as Malongo and Kyazanga Sub-counties of Masaka district. Masaka district council moved to oppose this arrangement, warning Rakai district Council against ever passing resolutions that involve other local governments before consulting the respective local governments. "Rakai was once part of this district, it is surprising that its leaders can legislate over a matter involving its parent district without having consulted," Masaka district Council Speaker Livingstone Matovu told Daily Monitor at the time. The Masaka LC5 Chairman, Mr Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja, took the battle to greater heights when he declared during a press conference at his Kizungu residence in Masaka town that; "If this is what our counterparts in Rakai are doing, then we shall move in and reclaim Kyotera and Kakuuto counties in compensation for Malongo and Kyazanga Sub-counties." In the Buganda Kingdom set-up, Masaka district plus Kyotera and Kakuuto constituencies form Buddu County under a chief known by the title Pokino, while Lumaama rules Kabula on behalf of the Kabaka, and Kamuswaga heads the semi-autonomous Kooki County where the leadership is hereditary unlike in other Buganda Kingdom Counties. Having this in mind, to some traditionalists, the Rakai district council had done a grave mistake to relocate part of Kamuswaga's territory to that of Lumaama. Ssempijja could not allow part of Pokino's territory to go to Lumaama so as to have a new district. With growing criticism, Rakai district Chairman Vincent Semakula Settuba informed the Kooki cultural leadership that the district council had passed another resolution retracting reports of giving away Kooki territory, but when the Kooki leaders demanded for the minutes of the said council meeting, nothing was forthcoming leaving them to draw conclusions that what the district chairman had told them were lies. The Kooki MP-elect, Maj. Erasmus Mugumya Magulumaali, told Daily Monitor on March 22 that the NRM leadership in the district had prepared a memorandum that was due to be presented to the President the following day endorsing the creation of Kabula district as well as demarcating its boundaries.   However, according to sources that attended this meeting, the President offered relief to Kooki when he said, "no part of Kooki will be transferred to Kabula." To the cultural leadership in Kooki, this was good news, and as they prepare for the first anniversary of the chieftancy of Kamuswaga on May 15, the Kamuswaga, Apollo Ssansa Kabumbuli, is now focussed on how best to improve the livelihood of the people of Kooki. "We are going to launch the Kamuswaga education and development fund, as well as a tree planting campaign through out Kooki," the Kamuswaga's publicist, Mr Musisi Sessanga, told Daily Monitor. ----   Talk about erecting a straw man so you can show how hardworking you are by destroying him ( and in this case while maintaining still plausible deniability)!

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