Yowari Museveni will apparently not provoke a Constitutional crisis and remain in office after age 75 but he is backing his wife as the NRM standard bearer when he retires. This according to the East African:
Apparently, First Lady Janet Kataaha Museveni has emerged as the preferred successor to the president, with the full backing of her husband, who is also chairman of the ruling National Resistance Movement.
Senior security sources told The EastAfrican that the president dropped the name of his wife, who is also Ruhaama MP and Minister for Karamoja Affairs, a few weeks ago while meeting top army generals, who form a critical power base of the regime, and whose support will be key to whoever succeeds the incumbent.
The source added that the generals did not expect this twist in the succession saga.
“There was a loud silence in the room. Army chiefs were all in disbelief [that he could name his wife for successor]. I don’t know how it will end because they [generals] have remained quiet, instead of coming out in support of Mzee’s choice,” said the source.
Janet Museveni has been rumored as more conservative than her husband and was named as being behind the anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda.
Not sure the ‘big wigs’ in the NRM will buy this, actually. Could be seen as M7 trying to keep control after has officially stepped down.
2016 is a long way off, and much could happen between now and then. especially give the ‘tense’ nature of UG politics just now. It might even be advantageous to Mbabazi (who is the current target of much of the intrigue) – some might on reflection prefer him to ‘M7 Mark II’.
Will the AHB play a part in the power struggle? Possibly. Bahati allegedly loathes Mbabazi, and is – as we know – rumoured to be close to ‘madame’.
The sad thing is that these kinds of ‘palace games’ are of no use to ordinary Ugandans.
But, ‘Maazi’ dearest, the ‘sovereign Parliament of Uganda’ seems to be giving the Bahati Bill ‘the slip’ at the moment. No LPAC report has broken cover even though the Bill was reintroduced to those ‘animal noises’ back in February.
And despite the claims (by you and others) to the contrary, the said ‘sovereign parliament’ has yet to make any amendments to the original draft, meaning that the Bill is still the same ‘slaughter bill’ as it was back in October 2009.
The Bahati Bill is just one aspect of the pointless power games that are now taking place. Everyone with more than half a brain cell understands that – and this is useful for those who are working to consign it to the scrap heap.
But the (allegedly – again, according to you, my dear ‘Maazi’) ‘dead-on-arrival’ POMB 2011 does seem to be moving forward. Mind you, I’m sure that this particular piece of proposed legislation is also a matter of concern for many …
This is a joke— of course. I even doubt that El-Presidente would have done anything remotely related to what was reported in the East African newspaper. He is not that stupid…
Gay propaganda as usual. Gay Propagandists have an incredible obssession with David Bahati (MP, Ndorwa West). The bill has since become the property of parliament supported across partylines, but the propagandists are still obssessed with one individual MP
Re: Janet Museveni and Yowari Museveni: Evil begets Evil.
On the matter of the POMB 2011: two (one tokenistic, and one not-so-tokenistic) amendments appear to have been proposed / advertised by … one D. Bahati: http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=42089
Looks like the majority of MPs (i.e. those in the NRM) will accept it now … which is perhaps somewhat worrying for non-NRMers, to say the least.
Maybe we on this blog should take a closer look at what’s happening there and its possible implications for those who are ‘of the political opposition’?
But, ‘Maazi’ dearest, the ‘sovereign Parliament of Uganda’ seems to be giving the Bahati Bill ‘the slip’ at the moment. No LPAC report has broken cover even though the Bill was reintroduced to those ‘animal noises’ back in February.
And despite the claims (by you and others) to the contrary, the said ‘sovereign parliament’ has yet to make any amendments to the original draft, meaning that the Bill is still the same ‘slaughter bill’ as it was back in October 2009.
The Bahati Bill is just one aspect of the pointless power games that are now taking place. Everyone with more than half a brain cell understands that – and this is useful for those who are working to consign it to the scrap heap.
But the (allegedly – again, according to you, my dear ‘Maazi’) ‘dead-on-arrival’ POMB 2011 does seem to be moving forward. Mind you, I’m sure that this particular piece of proposed legislation is also a matter of concern for many …
Re: Janet Museveni and Yowari Museveni: Evil begets Evil.
On the matter of the POMB 2011: two (one tokenistic, and one not-so-tokenistic) amendments appear to have been proposed / advertised by … one D. Bahati: http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=42089
Looks like the majority of MPs (i.e. those in the NRM) will accept it now … which is perhaps somewhat worrying for non-NRMers, to say the least.
Maybe we on this blog should take a closer look at what’s happening there and its possible implications for those who are ‘of the political opposition’?
This is a joke— of course. I even doubt that El-Presidente would have done anything remotely related to what was reported in the East African newspaper. He is not that stupid…
Gay propaganda as usual. Gay Propagandists have an incredible obssession with David Bahati (MP, Ndorwa West). The bill has since become the property of parliament supported across partylines, but the propagandists are still obssessed with one individual MP
Not sure the ‘big wigs’ in the NRM will buy this, actually. Could be seen as M7 trying to keep control after has officially stepped down.
2016 is a long way off, and much could happen between now and then. especially give the ‘tense’ nature of UG politics just now. It might even be advantageous to Mbabazi (who is the current target of much of the intrigue) – some might on reflection prefer him to ‘M7 Mark II’.
Will the AHB play a part in the power struggle? Possibly. Bahati allegedly loathes Mbabazi, and is – as we know – rumoured to be close to ‘madame’.
The sad thing is that these kinds of ‘palace games’ are of no use to ordinary Ugandans.