[Yoweri Museveni]

KAMPALA CENTRAL MP MOHAMMED NSEREKO ATTACKS TOM VOLTAIRE OKWALINGA WITH VERBAL MISSILES

Kampala central MP Mohammed Nsereko is angry with Facebook sensation Tom Voltaire Okwalinga alias TVO.
The MP reacting to a point from TVO that he is bribing Kampala politicians on behalf of the establishment, said the social media publisher using fake names is a liar and a coward.
Below is Nsereko’s below the belt attack on TVO.
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Mr or mrs Tom Voltaire Okwalinga,

Since your such a coward to hide behind the veil of fake names, I will address you as such.

You posted that you are investigating under what circumstances I have failed the defiance campaign.

Let me put your rusty mind straight.

1. That like you said, I don’t belong to either NRM or opposition
2. That never the opposition you talk about never at any single time backed my candidature, FDC fielded mr Kaijja the deputy secretary General, DP backed mr. Hamdan semugoma and Nrm backed Hajjati Minsa Kabanda.
All the flag bearers at presidential level campaigned for their candidates.
3. That have never been in support of any Defiance campaign both publically and Privately.
4. That I stood for deputy speaker as an independent even when the opposition couldnot come up with a candidate.
5. That am confident that neither did you support me nor did you vote for me.

Therefore these are my questions.

1. What’s defiance in your opinion ?

2. If the opposition defied as you ignorantly say, how come they accepted to be sworn in to work? If it means boycott as you make the common people think, why don’t you completely stay out of government forexample swearing in as Members of parliament or mayors etc

3. Who did I stop from protesting when Colnel Besigye was arrested all that long, at least Okwalinga you should have come out and protested alone, Do you want to say that I also took you to meet the President?

4. Does the defiance campaign need to start with politicians? If I heard Dr Besigye well, he said it all starts with You. Why haven’t you told people to defy paying taxes since they go to government and it wrongly uses your tax?

5. Since you are brilliant as you say and you know the impact of parliament and leaders in Kampala, why don’t you come and contest so that you take the lead in defiance. Atleast councillor Muhammad Segirinya of Kawempe is a pure product of this.

6. Why should Museveni need the 7 MPs , mayors and councillors in Kampala to stop defiance, can you name any one of those leaders who was a front line activist and has changed?

7. If you care, how come hon Kabaziguruka is in jail, have not had you mobilise any one to help get him out of jail nor have I heard that all members of the defiance campaign shall not work until he is released?

8. When the one you like most was in prison , that’s Dr Besigye, how come you Didnot mobilise the people not to go to work too as a mode of defiance or take their children to school and may be that would bring government to a stand still?

Now therefore let me put this straight you and people who think line you do ,

1. NRM whether I want or not acquired two thirds majority of parliament that’s over 66.5 percent of parliament.

2. It acquired 98 percent of local councils

3. It acquired 98 percent of all elected councillors in the country.

What does my contribution like you wrote have to do with your ability to perform at such levels.
Are you trying to say that I am stronger than your entire establishment.

The message you posted has attracted a lot of attention and tribal hate speech, who do you work for?

When I stood for deputy speaker, where were you, I think if defiance has a meaning then my action to stand should tell you a lot .

Finally, Mr or Mrs Okwalinga you told this nation that you had proof that AINE was dead, we still need the answer.
Is the AINE who came a ghost or you had another AINE?

In Islam , no Hadith can be gotten from you the moment you went publically to lie, literally you are a perennial liar who wants to seek people’s attention and destroy others.

My best advise is, come out of your skin and fight like a braveman or woman.

Unfortunately next I will be out of the country going to fight for our people being mistreated at work in the Middle East and try to save a few lives that have fled this country for greener pastures other than Okwalinga who is the I know every thing.

[Yoweri Museveni]

KWAGALANA GROUP OF THIEVES’ BAIL OUT :
museveni’s con men know as kwagalana group who masquerade in Kampala as entrepreneurs yet their only achievement is night clubbing , boozing and squeezing young girls all day all night ,
Now , After these con men being heavily indebted in bank loans of Billions of money and fail to pay , they cried to museveni for bailout help while attending NRM’s Bebecool’s concert where food and Booze Gluttons Tom Mugenga and Kirumira danced and squandered money on Bebecool’s stage performance praising him for supporting NRM.

[Yoweri Museveni]

Did not appear in court today and apparently hiding at home in Rwanda until things cool down and will come back to be promoted. That is how far we have gone as a ‘country’ (if we are a country at all).

This is a lesson to all supporters of this regime not from Rwanda, you are being used.

[Yoweri Museveni]

The case in which Ugandan Police chief and his junior commanders are accused of brutalizing civilians has taken a new twist following reports that some of the prosecution lawyers revealed that they fear for their lives.

Top city lawyers Nicholas Opiyo and  Daniel Walyemera told a local news agency that they have received threatening phone calls from unknown persons asking them to back off from the case.

General Kale Kayihura was sued and summoned to court over police officers involvement in the ruthless beating of former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate,  Kizza Besigye’s supporters in Makindye in July.
However, on the day he was supposed to appear before the Makindye Chief Magistrate’s court, (August 10), a group of demonstrators held a procession in a show of solidarity with the police chief and threatened to lynch lawyers who had filed a case against the police chief.

Their actions have since been condemned by leaders across the political divide in the East African nation with Uganda’s Internal Affairs Minister, Jeje Odong saying their actions at the court were uncalled for.

One of the lawyers, Walyemera says he has received strange phone calls while his wife has been trailed by unknown persons. He says he has filed a complaint at the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC).

 

[Yoweri Museveni]

THIS IS UN FAIR TO ME AND SOME OF YOU JESUS CHRIST SHOULD INTERVENE! PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT MUBENDE ARE BEING EVACUATED FROM THIER LANDS BY THESE SO CALLED INDIAN INVESTORS , IN BUSOGA PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM JIGGERS IN KARAMOJA HUNGER IS KILLING CITIZENS AND IN OTHER VILLAGES SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS ARE DEAD BUT THIS MUSOGA WOMAN MP SPEAKER KADAGA IS BUSY APPROVING 150MILLIONS FOR MPS TO DRIVE CARS YAMAWE !!! Kitalo

[Yoweri Museveni]

All these cult religious leaders are part of Museveni’s life presidency project, they looked on as Musevrni took the country to dogs, they have enjoyed his prados, free fuel, brown envelopes, now let them fall with him, we have no time for this ugly geezer Museveni, let him dialogue with UPC of AKENA, and FEDERAL ALLIANCE of Betty Kamya, may be when he forwads to us his immediate resignation from his illegitimate presidency, that we can ear.
No time for dialogue with Museveni period.
And he must go.
Aluta contunua.

[Yoweri Museveni]

Well, I think the prevailing silence among opposition MPs is likely to last until then when their new rides they sent for from heaven arrive.

Then, after then will they be able to condemn govt for the dilapidated state of some primary schools across the country or remember to outburst govt about the dying cancer patients and generally other money constraint challenges that need even smaller monies than their 150m we now owe each of them.

OMUSAJJA OMUGWIIRA EYADUUMIRA EKIBINJA OKKUBA ABAGANDA EMBOOKO

EYAGAANA OKUJJA MU KKOOTI ABAZUNGU BAMUKUTTE ERA BAMULEETA !!

1.Rockie Giant
2. Qute Kaye
3. Clever J, he had concentrated in South Sudan but unfortunately Ugandans were recently evacuated, now can’t tell where he is.

4. Mad Tiger
5. Master Parrot
6. Kid Fox, besides changing the name to King Steven l don’t hear him musicially these days.

7. Butcher Man
8. Ziggy Dee
9. Red Banton
10.Dr. Tee
11.G.N.L Zamba, mpulira mbu he relocated and he is now more of a movie actor than musician.

12.Henry Tigan, he is toiling to rise again, he has a collabo with Hilderman.
13.Da Twins
14.Diamond Oscar
15.Tool Man
16.Jingo Show, eyekubbako oluyimba gwewatugamba yeyakumalamu amaanyi???
17.Gen. Mega Dee, he just concluded his medicine course but in music drought.
18.Sweet Kid, Kirungi ekyokupangisa obutebe kyokola naye we need your music boss.
19. Orlando . He is now concentrating on posting on face book rather than music carer
20. Chance Nalubega
21. Queen Florence
22. Sister charity
23. Samalie Matovu
24.Maddox Sematimba; has no new music but atleast he is now promoting his good old music.
25.Nabbi Omukazi
26. Hajati Madina Bibuuza
27.Willy Mukaapya
28. Lady Mariam Tina Tine.
29. Master Pallot
30.Mickie Wine
31.Banjo Man
32.Tool Man
33. Marcy crew
34.Gift Kado
35.Yiya Moze
36.Younger Mulo
37.Magla   I hear she is now dating fellow women but i think its due to over consumption of weed
38.Keko
39. G Snake
40.DizNat Galiwango
41.Peter Miles
42.Silver Kyagulanyi (went back to school
43.Menton Cluno
44.Ronnie Banton
45.Chagga  Now he is managing Radio and Weasle
46.Mosh Now he is a presenter at 100.2 Galaxt Fm
47.Ngoni
48.Slivia Namugenyi
49.Black Boy He used to sing in Fire base we back in 2001 to 2003
50. Jaja Nana he faded after the death of Weather man
51. Ras Dee

52.Ragga Compius
53.Steve Jean now he is a steet music promoter. Mpurira kati atambuza CD zabayimbi

Of course the list is endless you can stress your mind to try to remember and add more because me Iam forgeting others

[Yoweri Museveni]

ATTENTION: Management,administration and staff COMBONI HOSPITAL KYAMUHUNGA please note that patient bring you money and you also rander the service to them please take note that your hospital wards and beds are full of BEDBUGS so please act accordingly to avoid loosing customers. Thanks. Angry management.

[Yoweri Museveni]

A brutal assault on American and other foreign aid workers in Juba marks a new low for a supposed U.S. ally and the state of U.N. peacekeeping.

By Colum Lynch, Dan De Luce, Paul McLeary

The rape and beating of American and Western aid workers in the South Sudanese capital of Juba by government soldiers has struck a devastating blow against two of President Barack Obama’s signature foreign-policy efforts: reforming the United Nations’ troubled peacekeeping program and standing up a stable government in the world’s newest country.

The horrific July 11 attacks on the Terrain hotel facility mark a grim moment in a long-standing U.S. effort to help South Sudan build a functioning state after gaining its independence from the Arab-dominated Sudanese government in Khartoum. The violence highlighted the degree to which South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has evolved from a valued U.S. friend to the leader of a rampaging army that has now targeted American nationals.

“The U.S. and the U.N. gambled on close relations with Salva Kiir, and it turns out that Salva Kiir in an untrustworthy partner who hates the U.N. and increasingly hates the U.S.,” said Richard Gowan, an expert on U.N. peacekeeping operations at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

In the assault last month, uniformed South Sudanese troops singled out Americans for abuse and beatings, shot dead a local reporter while forcing foreign nationals to watch, carried out mock executions, and gang-raped several foreign women, according to a report by The Associated Press, which cited interviews with multiple witnesses on the ground.

The grim details of the attack have raised questions about why the nearby U.S. Embassy didn’t send American troops to rescue those trapped at the hotel — and why Washington kept silent about the incident for more than a month until it was revealed by the AP’s report.

When about 80 to 100 South Sudanese troops stormed the compound and overwhelmed the hotel’s small security team, foreign aid workers at the facility sent desperate pleas for help to the U.N. peacekeeping mission, located less than a mile away, as well as to the U.S. Embassy. But no U.N. blue helmets ever arrived to stop the nearly four-hour ordeal.

The U.S. ambassador to South Sudan, Mary Catherine Phee, immediately asked the South Sudanese government to send troops deemed trustworthy to intervene, and forces from the National Security Service did eventually arrive, senior U.S. administration officials said. But by then several foreign nationals had been raped, and Americans had been terrorized and beaten. A South Sudanese reporter, John Gatluak, who worked for Internews, a U.S.-funded media development organization, had been hauled out and shot in the head in front of aid workers.

The incident carries potentially damaging political overtones for the Obama administration and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who has faced an avalanche of criticism from Republicans over how she handled a 2012 attack on an American diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya.

Two days after soldiers from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) carried out the assault, the Obama administration rushed dozens of American troops to bolster security for the embassy there. Another 130 American troops were deployed to nearby Djibouti as a quick reaction force.

That was too late to help those hurt in the July 11 attack at the Terrain hotel. U.S. officials said the embassy had a small security contingent that was not equipped to carry out a major combat and rescue operation against dozens of armed and disorderly South Sudanese troops. Embassy staff had to move to bunkers more than once during that day due to mortar and small-arms fire around the embassy compound, officials said. With the capital engulfed in violence, the primary mission of the security team — as in other embassies around the world — was to protect embassy staff and classified material, officials said.

“We didn’t have the personnel with the mission or the capacity to respond to such a wide-scale event. Our response was to engage the government that had the capability to do so,” a senior administration official told Foreign Policy on the condition of anonymity.

“There’s no Delta Force residing at the embassy,” the official added.
“There’s no Delta Force residing at the embassy,” the official added.

The U.N., for its part, has launched an “independent special investigation” into reports that Chinese, Ethiopian, and Nepalese peacekeepers failed to respond to calls for help from the hotel. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s office issued a statement late Tuesday night saying the U.N. chief “is concerned about allegations that UNMISS [The United Nations Mission in South Sudan] did not respond appropriately to prevent this and other grave cases of sexual violence committed in Juba.”

The statement, which was attributable to Ban’s spokesman, noted that the U.N. chief is “alarmed” by the preliminary findings of a U.N. fact-finding investigation that probed the July 11 attack on the Terrain hotel, and confirmed that one person was killed and “several civilians were raped and brutally beaten by men in uniform.” He urged the South Sudanese government to investigate the abuses and “prosecute those involved in these unspeakable acts of violence.”

The latest bout of fighting between government forces loyal to Kiir and those of his vice president-turned-rival, Riek Machar, erupted on July 8 after a cabinet meeting at the presidential compound and quickly spread to several locations around Juba. Researchers from Human Rights Watch visited Juba later that month and found evidence of “multiple crimes,” according to an Aug. 15 report by the group. The researchers said most of the wrongdoing was “committed by government soldiers from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA).”

The Obama administration says it is working tirelessly to ensure that U.N. peacekeepers are in a better position to defend civilians in South Sudan. Last week, the United States led negotiations on a resolution that authorizes an additional 4,000 peacekeepers to secure the capital of Juba.

The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Samantha Power, condemned the attack in a statement issued late Monday and demanded an inquiry into the response of the U.N. peacekeepers.

Power said the United States is “deeply concerned that United Nations peacekeepers were apparently either incapable of or unwilling to respond to calls for help. We have requested and are awaiting the outcome of an investigation by the United Nations and demand swift corrective action in the event that these allegations are substantiated.”

She also defended the U.S. reaction to the attack on the Terrain compound, saying that “the U.S. embassy responded to distress calls from the compound and urgently contacted South Sudanese government officials, who sent a response force to the site to stop the attack.”

The U.S. effort to reinforce the U.N. mission in South Sudan is part of a broader push by the Obama administration to reform peacekeeping operations to make them better suited to protect civilians from atrocities. The U.N.’s failures in Juba raise serious doubts about how much progress will have been made by the time Obama leaves office next January.

In July 2009, Obama’s newly appointed U.N. ambassador, Susan Rice, delivered an address to the U.S. Congress in which she defended the U.N.’s often maligned peacekeepers as “an essential instrument for advancing” American interests around the world.

The Obama administration, she pledged, would make their “effectiveness” and “efficiency” a key priority. In September 2015, Obama hosted a peacekeeping summit in New York to highlight the U.S. commitment to such operations and to urge other countries to pledge troops and equipment.

But more than seven years after Rice’s speech, U.N. peacekeepers continue to generate damning headlines, including on sexual assault scandals in the Central African Republic and the failure to confront atrocities in Darfur, Sudan. In South Sudan, the U.N.’s inability to stem the violence even in its own compounds has raised doubts about the peacekeepers’ effectiveness.

Since fighting erupted in December 2013, more than 50,000 people have been killed and another 2 million displaced, including more than 180,000 people seeking protection in six U.N. compounds. A U.N. board of inquiry this month faulted the world body’s response to an attack likely carried out by government forces and allied militias on a U.N. compound in the northeastern city of Malakal, which resulted in 30 deaths and 123 injuries. The latest allegations about U.N. inaction in Juba have only reinforced those doubts about the mission’s effectiveness.

“This is an incredible moment of frustration for the U.S.,” Gowan said.
“This is an incredible moment of frustration for the U.S.,” Gowan said. “The U.S. has pushed hard for UNMISS [the U.N. mission in South Sudan] to raise its game since 2013,” when the country descended into civil war. “But the U.N. has been unable to protect civilians. After the Obama summit and all the emphasis on increased U.S. support to the U.N., it seems that the blue helmets are no better than before,” Gowan added.

The chaos in South Sudan also marks a major setback for China, which has significant oil interests in the country and has taken a lead role in the peacekeeping effort there. “It’s a big embarrassment for China,” Gowan said. “China had invested heavily in South Sudan, sending its first full combat brigade to Juba and doing a lot behind the scenes to try to make the government behave properly. Now, it has not only lost two peacekeepers, but Chinese troops also stand accused of ignoring mass rape near their base.”

It’s unclear what effect the attacks, and the reports of widespread abuses by SPLA soldiers, will have on Washington’s support for the government in Juba. The United States remains the single biggest bilateral donor to South Sudan. In its budget request for 2017, the State Department asked for $30 million to help modernize the South Sudanese army so that it “respects human rights, represents its population, is accountable to elected leadership, protects the people of South Sudan, and encourages stability in the Horn of Africa” — in other words, to ensure it does not carry out the kinds of abuses it stands accused of. Another $132 million was requested for civil society and peace-building programs.

Two days after the attack on the Terrain hotel, Obama said in a statement that he was sending into the country an additional 47 U.S. troops “equipped for combat” who were being deployed “for the purpose of protecting U.S. citizens and property.” Those troops remain in Juba, along with the 130-strong quick reaction force in Djibouti.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Africa Command told FP that there are American military “assets positioned within the region that are capable of providing a wide variety of responses when requested by the ambassador” but declined to go into detail about what capabilities are available.

The State Department declined to say exactly how many American forces or staff were at the U.S. Embassy in Juba on July 11. But, in recent years, the government has said about 50 staff were working out of the embassy. After the outbreak of fighting in Juba and the July 11 attack, the United States helped secure medical treatment for victims of the hotel rampage and organized flights out of the country for 80 U.S. nationals. The State Department also scaled back the embassy’s footprint to a skeletal staff, officials said.

U.S. diplomats and aid workers in South Sudan have faced recurring security threats. In 2013, a U.S. military attempt to evacuate American citizens from a U.N. post in Bor had to be aborted when a CV-22 Osprey aircraft came under machine gun and small-arms fire, wounding several Navy SEALs.

[Yoweri Museveni]

These NRM hooligans stole and sold all our assets and made this country dependent and enslaved to foreign profit hungry “investors”. Now they shamefully tell us they are driving us to a middle income status by 2021. Museveni’ economic gibberish not withstanding, the economy of this country is in the hands of a few individuals who wield a lot of political and financial leverage on the dictatorship. Truth is, developing the economy and improving service delivery is not up to us or the dictator anymore. He sold us wholesomely. He keeps lying that he is beefing up our economy. Truth is, economically speaking, he can’t tell beef from pork. Amin, with his scanty education wanted to have every building and every productive asset in the world to belong to and bear the name of Uganda. Our “graduate of political economics from Dar-el-salam” has made sure no company, no asset, no business carries the name of Uganda. Uganda commercial bank, Uganda airlines, Uganda railway, Uganda cooperative society….e.t.c all sold. This man is the biggest liability uganda has had in generations. He must go. Change is coming

[Yoweri Museveni]

Who will ‘police the police’ is the question on many people’s lips as several people bay for the blood of a senior police officer accused of complicity in murder?

Opposition Forum for Democratic Change leader Dr Warren Kizza Besigye seems to have an answer; the four-time presidential challenger has called upon Ugandans to stand up for their rights and arrest Superintendent of Police (SP) Aaron Baguma, who is wanted by court in connection with the murder of city businesswoman Donah Katushabe.

And Dr Besigye’s clarion call to Ugandans comes in the wake of police failing to produce SP Baguma, a former District Police Commander (DPC) at the Central Police Station in Kampala, who has since become rarified specie, holed up at a police training college on the outskirts of Kampala city, a place where he was loathed and respected in equal measure.

“Since the police has neglected the directives of another arm of government (judiciary), the citizens of Uganda can now take up the matter and arrest Baguma; in any case, the case is Uganda versus Baguma,” Dr Besigye said of Baguma’s case that has elicited a lot of anxiety since the killing of Ms Katushabe in 2015.

He added: “It is a very silly precedent, people who should be in law enforcement are the ones breaking it and this means that the State is a failure.”

Ms Katushabe was reportedly killed by a group of people led by city businessman Muhammad Sebuwufu, a dealer in second hand cars and owner of Pine car bond on Lumumba Road, after the deceased failed to clear a debt of Shs9 million.

Following the killing, Katushabe’s relatives swung into action and ensured Sebuwufu was arrested and remanded to Luzira prison. However, Baguma, most probably using his powerful connections and influence, has since evaded arrest, prompting Katushabe’s relatives to protest to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mike Chibita wa Duallo, who in turn wrote to the police asking them to ensure Baguma faces the law. But in the midst of all the hullabaloo, police chief General Kale Kayihura reshuffled his officers in the Kampala Metropolitan Police (KMP) area, in the process sending Baguma for a six-month ‘refresher’ course at the Police Senior Command and Staff College (PSCSC), Bwebajja, along Entebbe Road.

Meanwhile, as the behind-the-scenes cat and mouse game ensued the judiciary set in motion, summoning Baguma to the Buganda Road magistrate’s court, which he has failed to do. And today, the court issued an arrest warrant for the now elusive police officer.

By press time, the Eagleonline was not able to establish whether the police would react to Baguma’s arrest warrant, or whether the force would wait for option ‘B’, Dr Besigye’s call to citizens to arrest Baguma.

[Yoweri Museveni]

HELP GET SUSPECTS OFF THE STREETS:-BOUNTY OF UGX 40M AWAITS
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Every able bodied citizen MUST help effect the arrest of suspects, Kaihura & Baguma ,if they continue to disobey court summons and don’t go to court.

The suspects are “armed & dangerous” so vigilantes are advised to approach with caution.

But the back stops with every responsible citizen to deliver Kaihura & Baguma to court.

If the criminal police cannot arrest them then the citizens should deliver Suspects to court.

If any of the suspect resists arrests and tries to reach for his fire arm, disable suspect in the legs and effect arrest. The suspect must go to court without fail.

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Rtd.Gen.Maverick places @20M/- bounty on Kaihura and Baguma

[Yoweri Museveni]

Kenya is set to complete the construction of Standard Gauge Railway by 2017.
Surprisingly this was signed by all East African countries,I wonder how far has Uganda progressed on this project!!
SGR will improve the efficiency of movement of freight and services thereby lowering costs of doing business in the region

So far 40,000 Kenyans have been employed on this project.

[Yoweri Museveni]

IT IS NOW 18TH AUGUST 2016, KILLER COP AARON BAGUMA HAS BEEN SUMMONED BY DPP TO APPEAR AT BUGANDA ROAD COUR LATER TODAY,AND BE CHARGED WITH MURDER.WE WAIT!!! REMEMBER THE MAGISTRATE COURT HAS NO POWERS TO GRANT HIM BAIL, SO WE EXPECT HIM TO BE REMANDED,,,,,,

[Yoweri Museveni]

Genius comes with a price. God gives with one hand but takes with the other. It’s a way of keeping us humans controlled because we have power we cannot imagine. It is for this reason that the creator keeps us on a leash because if let loose, we are dangerous to even our own selves.

Without control, Jamwa is dangerous to himself. A genius with numbers and strategy, Jamwa can be credited so far as the one NSSF MD that brought back order to the pension fund.

The MD today at NSSF is brilliant too. Richard Byarugaba is doing amazing work- Increasing returns, improving investment, improving compliance and collection and growing the fund even further.

Some donkeys try to mess with him but he holds his ground.

He invested in Umeme, they came for him. He went to the Kenyan stock exchange, they came for him. Yet the same donkeys come to him when they want extra cash to do other things, and he sends them away. Sad!

For example, I have details about one Col Mugyeni who tried to force Richard Byarugaba to give his company construction contracts. Richard refused. Mugyeni is feared by the likes of Al Hajji Nasser Ntege Ssebagala who took his money and never delivered Owino Market and other properties. That is another story.

Now Jamwa was convicted by the court of public opinion over Temangalo. But the undercurrents were what he desperately had to worry about. He was called names and could not freely move in public.

It is better, however, not to be able to move in public for social reasons as opposed to security concerns.

Andrew Mwenda exclusively worked in his story. My job was to verify information and transcribe interviews. Unaware to Mwenda, Jamwa was a friend. I studied in Manjasi high school in Tororo where Jamwa comes from. I met him by accident while drinking on my last term holiday in 1999 at Rock Hotel. Fate brought us together again in this problem of his!

The mathematician he is, Jamwa was reckless but someone was helping him. We tried to find out but could not. Maybe it was the prayers of his mother. I forget her name. For the longest time, David Chandi’s family supported the NRM course and ideology in Tororo and beyond. Fighting the likes of one rat eater- MP Godfrey Ekanya!

The person helping Jamwa got him a bodyguard. Like me, Jamwa loves guns. A few times we went shooting in Kajansi. But I think for him his passion went far far beyond. Apart from the full dragon tattoo all over his back, Jamwa acquired a gold plated pistol, a priced item from Vegas.

Those who worked at the independent publication remember David. Andrew Mwenda believed in his innocence. Together, we worked to bring out his side of the story. It was not easy. Back then Andrew did not believe without seeing. Jamwa had to prove every detail he told him. I had to transcribe every word in every interview. I was never to share the details with anyone. Not even my boss Bwana Bichachi.

I was at times not available for assignments because my assignment was Chandi Jamwa and his interviews. We would cross check very allegation. I slept very little those days.

Chandi had a bodyguard. Everybody at the Independent really liked the guy. But we never knew his name. Very gentle friendly fellow with an AK47 always next to him. We never knew where he came from. He was in charge of everything except Chandi’s breath and his driving.

Chandi, at the time, had a Toyota Tundra and a Benz. Terrible driver Chandi was, just like Mwenda, knocking everything around. That bodyguard was always by his side.

The first time Jamwa appeared in Parliament, he was sweating, scared. It was a Thursday, as I recall.

Abdu Katuntu was the head of the committee on statutory bodies and state enterprises. He was a new MP. Loved, a firebrand.

But we had heard stories which to date we have never verified. For starters, it was alleged that Jamwa’s wife worked at DFCU Bank. Second, while he was partner at PWC, Jamwa was in charge of the DFCU account- conflict of interest. He never told PWC that his wife was an employee there. And, strangely, a one Katuntu had a huge loan at DFCU bank. Now Jamwa had been kicked out of PWC and this is years later, but the examiner, Hon Katuntu, still had a loan at the bank where Jamwa’s wife still worked.

Katuntu was bloody. Jamwa was questioned in ways the genius in him could not respond to. At one point, he begged the media leave the room because he wanted to say something “sensitive”. I was in that room in parliament. We walked out and kept around the corridors. At one point he was “even allowed” to go out to smoke. What had he told the MPs that gave Jamwa such privileges?

I had left my digital sound recorder in that room. It was recording!

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