Bukenya: Fall of a political mahogany

For many ordinary Ugandans, Prof. Bukenya’s political name will forever be remembered in same breath as his at times tasteless associations with a string of women and an unabashed love for the nightlife. Jamilah Nakku is one such woman whose reported involvement with the VP almost wrecked his career.

The stench of dirty money has also not been far from him. He was named in an unsavoury story involving the purchase of a house from National Social Security Fund at a cheaper rate than its market value. He remains one of the key suspects in the Shs500 billion 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting procurement corruption debacle. He is married to Dr Margaret Bukenya, a former classmate at Makerere Medical School.