They run others off the road in their monster SUVs with heavily armed escorts and sirens blazing. November 18, 2019 Earlier, more than 9,000 people signed an online petition urging UN member states and US Secretary of State John Kerry to block Mr Kutesa's appointment. Can you imagine Maj Gen Francis Okello of the African Union Commission is in bad health and wants to return but has not been granted an opportunity? said a source in Ugandas embassy in Addis. I dont give a damn. Despite condemnation Kyaligonza was unapologetic. However, the president reportedly rejected the request, insisting that allowing a select privileged group to return home would diminish his public image since he had ordered that all Ugandans abroad should stay put wherever they were until the Covid-19 situation stabilizes. He was Minister of State for Investment from 2001 to 2005. You saw the way Gen. Tumwine behaved in our committee of Human Rights; the President is hostage to these people.. 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He is also the elected Member of Parliament for Mawogola County in Sembabule District. [9], Because Kutesa defended the discriminatory Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014, human rights organizations felt his U.N. presidential position was not supportive of the values embodied in the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mbarara North Constituency from 1980 to 1985 and as Attorney General from 1985 to 1986. He also was awarded the 2007 CHOGM communication and publicity contract which he handled with Saatchi & Saatchi company. His wife Patience runs a high class Pentecostal church called Covenant of Apostles of God, at their Buziga home in Kampala. By the marriage of his daughter Charlotte Kutesa Muhoozi [2] with Muhoozi he is part of the inner circle of president Museveni. Kutesa was listed with some of the biggest names to emerge so far include the Queen, Facebook and Donald Trumps cabinet members and advisers. Instead, he is fronting hisdaughter, Shatsi Musherure Kutesaas his replacement for the position. He highlightedKutesas support of the Ugandananti-gay billand allegations of corruption. Despite calls from MPs for him to resign along with the others accused, a lawyer, Severino Twinobusingye, managed to successfully sue the Attorney General and halt the proceedings and to block the calls for resignation. Kutesa is married to Edith Gasana and the couple has four children who include Charlotte Nankunda Kutesa, Ishta Asiimwe Kutesa, Elizabeth Kutesa, Inga Kutesa. As Africa was due to hold the presidency of the sixty-ninth session of theUnited Nations General Assembly(UNGA), the African Union Executive Council unanimously chose him to be their candidate after the withdrawal of Cameroonian Foreign MinisterPierre Moukoko Mbonjo. I thought you could avoid, not evade, taxes but I found it was not practical, and unnecessary, Kutesa told the Daily Monitor. He was first elected MP for Mawogola County in 2001 and then re-elected in three consecutive general elections. Kutesa allegedly received USD500,000 (approximately Shs1.8 billion) which was paid via wires transmitted through New York to account designated by the Minister. Such a brilliant and witty statement ! Ho also advised his boss, the Chairman of CEFC China, to provide $500,000 in cash to President Museveni, supposedly as a campaign donation, even though Museveni had already been reelected. At the time Kutesa was not in Museveni's government since he had defeated Museveni in the Mbarara North parliamentary election of 1980 and was between 1985 and 86 the Attorney General in the Gen. Tito Okello government that Museveni overran in 1986. Sam Kutesa is married to Edith Kutesa and together they have four children, that's Charlotte Nankunda Kutesa, Elizabeth Kutesa, Inga Kutesa, and Ishta Asiimwe Kutesa. Byaruhanga is not a mere presidential assistant but a king maker in this regime. Their case is due to come before an anti-corruption court on Thursday. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mbarara North Constituency from 1980 to 1985 and as Attorney General from 1985 to 1986. ARTICLES 2008-2015, In The Magazine, NEWS ANALYSIS Sam Kutesa: Currently minister for Foreign Affairs, Kutesa is the father-in-law to the presidents son Muhoozi and an in-law to President Museveni himself. Uganda's parliament voted to suspend all oil deals until a petroleum law is enacted. Read about our approach to external linking. He was his countrys Attorney General from 1985 to 1986. Many are either in cabinet, in the army as generals, and occupy cushy vague but powerful positions in Musevenis state machinery. Find Sam Kutesa stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. 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In 2018, a Federal jury in New York City convicted Chi Ping Patrick Ho, the head of a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Hong Kong and Virginia on seven counts for his participation in a multi year , multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe top officials of Chad and Uganda in exchange for business advantage for a Chinese oil and gas company. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Between 1994 and 1995, he served as a delegate to the Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1995 Ugandan Constitution. Salim, a former Prime Minister of the United Republic of Organization of Africa Unity from 1989 to 2001. She is into real estate and a host of other businesses. 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Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kahamba Kutesa is under fire for authorising three people to fly into the country from abroad in contravention to the presidential directive that ordered closure of all airports and borders into the country. And President Yoweri Museveni appears unable to beat them into line. Kutesa served as an Attorney of Kutesa and Co Advocates from 1980-1994. Last week, the Inspectorate of Government - the body charged with fighting corruption - said Mr Kutesa, Mr Nasasira and Mr Rukutana would be charged. From 1973 to 2001, Kutesa was in private law practice. Now you the other people are telling us to be happy.Well we are not. In 1988 Otafiire resigned as minister of Internal Affairs after he pointed a gun at a woman during an argument in a bar. Susan Muhwezi: Not only is she wife to the powerful and rich Maj. Gen. Muhwezi, she is the presidential assistant on the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA), a programme of the US government to encourage African countries to access the American markets. He further thanked God for protecting their families. What's he waiting for? 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Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. She is in charge of the money and those who work in State House say she wields more clout than the State House comptroller Richard Muhinda. He also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre in Kampala. The Karugire team was paid Shs2.5 billion. The bridegroom Isaac is a son to Hon. Cover Story, In The Magazine, The News Today The woman was the wife of Sam Kutesa. 12 October 2011. When the letter leaked, the Ugandan mission in Addis told a few other Ugandans stranded in hotels around Bole international airport to quickly hand in their travel details to be booked on the controversial flight with the Kavuya family. It has not always been this way. The grand-daughter of Maj. Murari Kafureka, a former airforce officer during Amins regime, she is related to the president through Sam Kutesa. 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