Kutesa was then officially elected by the UNGA on 11 June 2014 preceded by John William Ashe and served until 2015. In his statement, Opondo said cabinet was supposed to meet on May 16 and finalise a policy position on how to facilitate the rest of Ugandans still stranded abroad. Edith Kutesa and John Ashe were listed as GSFs only two advisers. He was at the time financial controller of the NRA now renamed UPDF. Your email address will not be published. President Yoweri Museveni appointed Sam Kutesa as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2005, following the death of James Wapakhabulo. Ben Kavuya. He waselected MP for Mawogola Countyin 2001 and was re-elected in 2006. She has recently been stepping out of the shadow of her husband. Instead, he is fronting hisdaughter, Shatsi Musherure Kutesaas his replacement for the position. Maj. It would be "disturbing to see the foreign minister of a country that passed an unjust, harsh and discriminatory law'' preside over the UN body, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand told the Associated Press news agency on Tuesday. Family Kutesa is married to Edith Gasana and the couple has four children who include Charlotte Nankunda Kutesa, Ishta Asiimwe Kutesa, Elizabeth Kutesa, Inga Kutesa. According to the Sydney Herald, while the GSF was engaged in some altruistic work, evidence gathered by the FBI suggests, Yans appointment of Ashe as a GSF adviser was to enable Yan to pay him a monthly bribe of $20.000, supplemented by larger kickbacks. Let her tell the president, she can even report me to God, Rukutana told journalists as he left the venue of the inquiry. This may not be surprising because the Ugandan mission in Addis has of late become dogged with power struggles. The leak, which went viral on social media, set off a huge public uproar over what many people perceived as selective application of the presidential lockdown restrictions yet hundreds of Ugandans were still stranded in Ethiopia at the time. Do you realize that whenever "they" purportedly "defy" authority, it's about bringing back the "defied's" fellow kinsman. The cotton sector has crumbled under her watch. Following further suspicion around the incident as a result of Tullow Oils court case with Heritage Oil over its tax on Uganda assets, an ad-hoc parliamentary committee was convened to further investigate the allegations of corruption. President Yoweri Museveni appointed Sam Kutesa as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2005,[9] following the death of James Wapakhabulo. Miriam Karugaba: A sister to the president, she is employed as an administrator at State House. Maj. Sabiiti Magyenyi: He is a cousin to President Museveni and hails from Mbarara district. Several commentators poured out their anger with many questioning the criteria used in selecting who should be allowed to return in the country. Meanwhile, another source claims Otengo (our head of mission in Addis), who the lockdown found in Kampala, also learnt about Kutesas letter on social media. In the story Family Rule In Uganda: How The Museveni Clan Runs Government in our Issue 050 of The Independent, only a small list of the presidents relatives in government was mentioned in the story. The viral letter did not go down well with President Museveni. What's he waiting for? Because Kutesa defended the discriminatory Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014, human rights organizations felt his UN presidential position was not supportive of the values embodied in the UNs Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Kyaligonza attacked Namaganda together with his two escorts in Seeta, Mukono. Do you have a story in your community or an opinion to share with us: Email us at, Presidents Museveni, Ramaphosa call for increase in trade between Uganda and South Africa, Rwenzori young people tipped off about youth-friendly services, MPs question Shs57 billion payment to US company, New Zealand: Dozens killed after gunman opens fire in two Christchurch mosques. President Yoweri Museveni yesterday graced the wedding ceremony of Isaac Kutesa and Yvette Kamurasi, at Munyonyo Peace Hub in Kampala during a church session where the newlywed couple tied the knot. Okyokola otya ? In the private sector, Mr Kutesa worked as Legal Secretary for the worldwide conglomerate Lonrho East Africa and served in a consultative capacity on the Uganda Advisory Board of Trade, and the National Textiles Board. President Yoweri Museveni appointed Sam Kutesa as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2005, following the death of James Wapakhabulo. 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. He pleaded with minister Kutesa to ditch the bureaucratic protocol rulebook and directly inform the Ethiopian Airlines management to allow his family fly back home. Looking on (R) is Hon Sam Kutesa, father to the groom and (L) is Bishop John Muhanguzi President Yoweri Museveni yesterday graced the wedding ceremony of Isaac Kutesa and Yvette Kamurasi, at Munyonyo Peace Hub in Kampala during a church session where the newlywed couple tied the knot. Kawempe North MP Abdulatif Sebaggala says the untouchables behave the way they do because the President is their chief enabler. He further thanked God for protecting their families. Godfrey Aine Kaguta alias Sodo, the younger brother of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has narrated how members of the First family 'forced' him out of the Mawogola North parliamentary race in favour of Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kahamba Kutesa's daughter, Shartis Musherure Namatovu. 'The Kutesa family of Diplomats; son appointed Honorary Consul of Oman as daughter is appointed Honorary Consul of Israel. Uganda's parliament voted to suspend all oil deals until a petroleum law is enacted. There is time for everything. She is virtually inaccessible by the public, brooches no media interviews and has no apologies for that. From 2001 through 2005, he served as Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Department, in charge of investment, and from 1996 to 2000, as a Minister of State for Planning and Economic Development. Kutesa was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Uganda, a position he held from 13 January 2005 and maintained through three cabinet reshuffles until May 2021. Cover Story, In The Magazine, The News Today "We shall definitely take opportunity to plead our innocence and demonstrate that we are not guilty of the offences charged," the statement said, AFP reports. Kamurasi is the elder brother of former Internal Affairs Minister, the late Gen Aronda Nyakairima. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mbarara North Constituency from 1980 to 1985 and as Attorney General from 1985 to 1986. Between 1994 and 1995, he served as a delegate to the Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1995 Ugandan Constitution. From 1973 to 2001 Sam Kahamba Kutesa was in private legal practice/business. Elly Rwakakooko: He is a cousin to Janet Museveni. Rwakakooko was at one time commissioner-general of Uganda Revenue Authority, managing director of Uganda Commercial Bank which was later sold to Stanbic Bank. Now you the other people are telling us to be happy.Well we are not. Until last months cabinet reshuffle, he had been Minister of State for Micro-finance. Your email address will not be published. Amelia Kyambadde: She is the Principle Private Secretary (PPS) to the president. These were Barbara, his wife, daughter Blanche Kibaju and Tiba Byabashaija, a grandson. He was Minister of State for Investment from 2001 to 2005. He recently won exclusive rights to import dry cell Tiger batteries from China, in effect throwing out any other importer in Uganda. Do you have a story in your community or an opinion to share with us: Email us at editorial@watchdoguganda.com Tags: foreign affairs Sam Kutesa uganda Previous Post Next Post In spite of protests and the petition, Kutesa became the president. Find Sam Kutesa stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Read about our approach to external linking. Time for being in power and time for out, its only GOD who permanent. Opondo said when an opportunity presented itself and an Ethiopian airline flight was coming to Uganda, we requested the airline to bring Ugandans who were stranded in Addis Ababba.. Genetically, traditional marriage add value for humility, said President Museveni. Sam Kahamba Kutesa (born 1 February 1949) is a Ugandan politician, businessman and lawyer[1] involved in several corruption cases. Their mother, the late Jennifer Kutesa, was a cousin of First Lady Janet Museveni. He also thanked Isaac, the bridegroom for perseverance and reaching this stage of marriage in life. Solar-powered water irrigation sites to enhance rural farming, Western milk model could save Karamoja from cheap iron sheets, Stanbic banks Juuko speaks out on fraud in financial sector. 12 October 2011. Hope Nyakairu: She is a cousin to Janet Museveni and is under-secretary for finance and administration at State House. He also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre in Kampala. Ho intended these payments as bribes to influence Kutesa and Museveni to use their official power to steer business advantages to CEFC China. The father of the bridegroom, Hon. Kutesa served as president of the UN General Assembly from 2014 to 2015 and is alleged to have received a $500.000 (about shs1.8billion) bribe from Chinese national, Patrick Ho of China Energy Fund Committee (CEFC) in exchange for obtaining business advantage for the Chinese energy company. Esther Namaganda, who flagged down the car he was riding in for making a prohibited a U-turn in the middle of a busy highway. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. 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. 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. In May 2016, Ho and CEFC China executives traveled to Kampala. [16] He was officially elected by the UNGA on 11 June 2014. Others simply dismiss compliance with the law, practices, and civil decorum because they hold too much sway in the workings of government. Geoffrey Kamuntu: He is a son-in-law to Museveni (married to the presidents third daughter Diana) and owns a procurement firm that does consultancy work for the oil explorers in the Albertine region. 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. 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. That Addis communique, sources add, was instead copied to Idule Amoko, the deputy head of mission in Addis Ababa. Kutesa was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Uganda, a position he held from 13 January 2005 and maintained through three cabinet reshuffles until May 2021. Kutesa allegedly received USD500,000 (approximately Shs1.8 billion) which was paid via wires transmitted through New York to account designated by the Minister. God in controlGod selects leads himself..thre4 leadership comes from God. Saleh is a retired bush war hero who still holds much influence in the military and security. Sam Kahamba Kutesa was elected President of the United Nations General Assembly's sixty-ninth session on 11 June 2014. Experts estimate that around $10 trillion (7.6 trillion Euros) is held offshore around the world. It is therefore in that light that Foreign Affairs minister Hon Sam Kutesa after wide consultation including ministry of Health has cleared the following people in a gradual and controlled process to return home, The list had 13 people including Kavuyas family. And John Ashe were listed as GSFs only two advisers Mbarara district offshore around the world for out, only. 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