Wava in the nick of time

City Tycoon Gordon Wavamunno, who seems to have lost out on the lucrative contract to supply VIP transportation to expected Chogm delegates, has not only joined the long list of Uganda’s donors but he has saved this country some serious embarrassment as it moves closer to hosting the Chogm summit.

Recently Mr Wavamunno donated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hundreds of books printed by his Wavah Books company that show the diplomatic lists of Uganda’s missions abroad and the resident ones.

Some books detail diplomatic guidelines, especially on issues to do with protocol. Many visitors to Uganda have been at a loss as to where to find such vital information about Uganda’s missions abroad.

The Foreign Affairs PS, Ambassador Mugume, who thanked the tycoon for his generosity and love for his country, received the donation.

‘Happiness’ greets MP’s lock-up
This is strange but true. You would have expected members of the 8th Parliament to move up and down to try to save their colleague James Kakooza (Kabula) from being jailed over an alleged failure to pay his debts.

Instead, several MPs, both in the opposition and the ruling National Resistance Movement party were overhead in the corridors speaking in terms that suggested that Hon. Kakooza had it coming. “Let him go and spread his fourth term gospel for President Museveni in Luzira,� one MP was overhead telling a colleague.

Two months ago, Kakooza said that his constituents had “instructed� him to campaign for President Museveni’s fourth term, which mission he had started. He claimed that so far, more than 80 MPs had embraced the suggestion and that he was persuading even more to join the cause.

Kakooza, a commissioner of Parliament, spent the weekend in the cooler. He is, however, still adamant. When he reported to Parliament on Tuesday he told whoever had the time to listen that come rain or sunshine, he would not be dissuaded from pursuing his various political goals, including campaigning for Museveni’s fourth term.
Whether his three-day incarceration did not dent Kakooza’s credibility is another debate.
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