"As the retreat entered its third day yesterday, only 69 MPs, all dressed in military uniforms, were in attendance. "

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       MPs boo SemakulaKiwanuka

                    By Felix Osike 

                    STATE minister for Luweero Triangle Prof. Semakula Kiwanuka was yesterday booed by MPs and forced to abandon his speech as he tried to defend the granting of more powers to the president to dissolve parliament in case of a stalemate. 

                    It was Kiwanuka's second attempt to address the rowdy MPs at a National Leadership Institute, Kyankwanzi, retreat. Vice-President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya opened the meeting on Wednesday. 

                    On Wednesday, Kiwanuka was shut down as he tried to back the lifting of the presidential term limit which MPs, mainly from the movement caucus, are generally opposed to. 

                    The National Political Commissar, Dr. Crispus Kiyonga, admitted that there were some problems within the movement and appealed to members to resolve them before it becomes weak. 

                    "People are throwing stones at us and even within the movement there are some problems. Some of the methods we are using are not correct. There's rivalry and there'! s corruption. We must find a way of dealing with it otherwise we shall become weak," said Kiyonga, who presented a paper on the importance of cadreship in managing the transition." 

                    As the retreat entered its third day yesterday, only 69 MPs, all dressed in military uniforms, were in attendance. 


                    Published on: Friday, 30th January, 2004
                   
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  Gook 

  "The strategy of the guerilla struggle was to cause maximum chaos and destruction in order to render the government of the day very unpopular"
  Lt. Gen. Kaguta Museveni (Leader of the NRA guerilla army in Luwero)


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