2 NEW VISION, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 NATIONAL NEWS NRM legislators debate Mutebile fate By JOYCE NAMUTEBI Another MP said: “You cannot 2 AND HENRY MUKASA crucify the ministers and exon- minute erate the governor.” TODAY IN HISTORY The NRM parliamentary caucus Two ministers Khiddu was last night locked in a meet- Makubuya (Prime Minister’s of- catch-up MARCH 6, 1962 ing called by party leader Presi- fice) and Syda Bbumba (gender) dent Yoweri Museveni to con- were forced to resign for their  Kampala  The parliamentary secretary to the Ministry vince MPs to clear Central Bank roles in the saga. Central of Home Affairs, V.K. Rwamwaro, moved the governor Tumusiime Mutebile Makubuya was Attorney Gen- Police Immigration (amendment) Bill in the National of wrongdoing in the Basajja- eral, while Bbumba was finance commander Assembly (Parliament). balaba compensation saga. minister at the time the pay- Norman Rwamwaro argued that the Bill would bring Mutebile is in the eye of the ments were made. storm over his role in the sh142b PAC also recommended that Tumusiime Mutebile Musinga has Uganda in line with Kenya and Tanganyika. compensation to city tycoon Mutebile be relieved of his du- He added that the Bill would also allow women, Hassan Basajjabalaba’s Haba ties in addition to being inves- been transferred who were resident in Uganda, to bring their Group of Companies. This is the third time Musev- tigated by the IGG and CID for to Kiruhura as husbands into the country. Caucus spokesperson Evelyn eni is meeting NRM MPs over his role in the payments. district Police John Kakonge (UPC) supported the need for Anite said before the meeting Mutebile’s fate. The governor was indicted uniformity in the laws of the three East African that the MPs were convening Parliament is expected to for writing “letters of comfort” commander. to conclude discussion on the debate the governor’s future to four commercial banks that countries. report of the cabinet sub-com- when it assembles in the August guaranteed that Bank of Ugan- He, however, said there was need for caution in mittee. House this afternoon. da would repay loan facilities relaxing the immigration laws. The committee was set up by Before the MPs converged at taken by Haba Group of Com- He feared that the law could lead to a large-scale the President to study the report the parliamentary conference panies in expectation of the influx. The Bill was passed without opposition. by the parliamentary public ac- hall, several legislators vowed compensation. counts committee (PAC) on the to uphold the verdict of PAC Mutebile recently defended DID YOU KNOW? controversial compensation. against Mutebile. himself, saying he was not a Anite said the cabinet sub- Fort Portal Municipality MP thief. He also said he would re-  Michael Kaggwa was the first Ugandan of Afri- committee report, unlike PAC, Alex Ruhunda said the MPs had main Bank of Uganda governor can origin to be appointed as a High Court judge. exonerated Mutebile, saying he made their recommendations until his term expires. He was later appointed as president of the Indus- had no case to answer. and it was up to the Executive According to Bufumbira East Kampala trial Court. The Cabinet was of the view to decide Mutebile’s fate. MP Eddie Kwizera, Museveni Metropolitan On March 28, 1969, President Dr. Apollo Milton that Mutebile, who has been Ruhunda said: “The politi- said the only mistake the gover- Bank of Uganda governor since cians who erred have been dealt nor did was that he did not con- deputy Police Obote appointed four Ugandans as acting presid- 2001, should be spared in the with. Equally, there are rules to sult. He said “legally Mutebile spokesman Ibin ing judges of the High Court. interest of stability of the econ- follow when dealing with tech- did not commit an illegality”. The appointees were Saulo Musoke, Aloysius W. omy. nical people. The IGG should Kwizera said the President met Senkumbi said K. Mukasa, Sam Wako Wambuzi and Emmanuel Sources said yesterday that act on this matter.” the NRM members of PAC last the development Aldo Oteng. President Museveni has vowed “If I were the governor, I would week to thank them for what to retain Mutebile. have resigned,” he added. they were doing. was normal. Minister gives hope to nodding disease victims Minister Alupo wants UPE PICTURE BY NICHOLAS KAJOBA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 probe team reinstated hospital, yesterday said the By JOYCE NAMUTEBI ment accused the education children were better and could ministry of delaying to avail be discharged at the end of the Education minister Jessica funds to the commission in week. Alupo has asked Parliament to time. She was briefing health rescind its resolution to wind “Funds have usually been minister Dr. Christine Ondoa, up activities of the commis- released when schools are who visited the hospital’s Acute sion of inquiry into the mis- about to close for holidays,” Care Unit where the children management of the universal he said. are admitted. primary and secondary edu- To date, Muhanguzi said, the Earlier, Ondoa and Dr. cation programmes. ministry had not yet provided Joaquim Saweka, the World The comes weeks after Alu- a list of government-aided pri- Health Organisation (WHO) po gave her ministerial state- mary schools despite the re- resident representative in ment on the inquiry into the quest made on April 18, 2010. Uganda, addressed journal- mismanagement of the pro- ists on the progress made in grammes. managing the disease. Alupo asked the social ser- Ondoa said samples of blood, vices committee yesterday to Sh6.3b stool and skin had been taken request Parliament to allow The money that has from the patients to check for the commission accomplish been released to the UPE parasites and river blindness. its tasks so that “we can be probe commission since She said C-T scans had been able to benefit from the final its inception in 2010 performed to detect epilepsy report”. because the disease presents The commission is headed itself with epileptic seizures. by Justice Ezekiel Muhanguzi Muhanguzi said last week “Most of the affected children The committee had sum- that after being sworn in, the are stunted and malnourished Ondoa visiting a child suffering from nodding disease at Mulago Hospital yesterday moned the minister to clarify commission drew a budget since they have poor feeding on concerns raised by the of sh4.38b and a six-month habits. They are receiving the Treatment and screening of affected, with 170 reported The nodding is sometimes commission when they ap- workplan ending June 2010. necessary drugs as prescribed children will be done in the dead. precipitated by food or cold peared before the committee He revealed that to date, in the revised medical kit,” districts, while the parents The affected region lies weather and is often accompa- last week. sh6.3b had been released fol- Ondoa said. of the affected children will within an area where river nied by other types of seizures At the same time, the com- lowing extensions of the term The Government has opened receive counselling services. blindness is prevalent, accord- or staring spells. mittee was shocked to learn of the commission. a centre in Kitgum to treat vic- The disease was first reported ing to WHO. During the episodes, the from the permanent secre- Following Alupo’s assertion tims and train health workers. in 2009 with cases in Kitgum, Nodding disease is believed child stops feeding and ap- tary of the education minis- that her office had not received The health workers will be Lamwo and Pader districts in to be a new type of disorder pears non-responsive with or try, Francis Lubanga, that the any report from the commis- deployed at Atanga Health northern Uganda. characterised by head-nodding without loss of consciousness. commission had budgeted sion, the House resolved that Centre in Pader, Palabel Kal So far, over 3,000 children, episodes that consist of the There is a deterioration of sh8b contrary to what the the Government halts the ex- Health Centre in Lamwo and mainly boys between the ages repetitive dropping forward of brain functions and growth committee was told last week. tension of the commission’s Kitgum Hospital. of five and 15, have been the head. retardation in some cases. Muhanguzi had in a state- mandate.