Government spokesman Ofwono Opondo furiously responded to utterances by State Minister for ICT Idah Nantaba who claims there is a plot involving powerful security and political leaders to bump her off.
Speaking at her thanksgiving ceremony in Bukoloto SDA Church Kayunga town on Saturday, a tearful Nantaba claimed there is a well-orchestrated plot to bump her off and it’s being coordinated by influential actors in the security apparatus. Nantaba, who spoke for more than 60 minutes, claimed one of the reasons she is still alive is because she has vehemently resisted efforts to recall her chief bodyguard Tugume, who is the SFC officer overseeing her personal security.
Dismissing the official government narrative attributing assassinations of prominent people to ADF, Nantaba said those responsible for such prominent deaths are rogue-minded actors within government and security agencies. This irked government spokesman Ofwono Opondo who, when approached for comment, told reporters it was imprudent for Nantaba to act like as if she isn’t a minister with adequate contacts to report any threats to her life. Opondo challenged Minister Nantaba to use her closeness to big people like the President, the IGP OMO and CDF Gen David Muhoozi and credibly register her complaint and see if appropriate action won’t be taken.
Opondo added that crying to people in churches in order to attract public sympathy won’t take the once very popular Kayunga woman MP anywhere. Police spokesman Fred Enanga, who also Nantaba cursed during the church ceremony, equally had no kind words for her. He told the media that Nantaba should reveal everything if she indeed has credible information that police is complicit in efforts to bump her off. He challenged her to name the powerful people in government wanting to kill her rather than speaking in parables.
Enanga called on Nantaba, whose Kayunga ceremony was shunned by majority of the political giants in the district because she has been fighting them, to report to the top leadership of the army to boost her security since she says she doesn’t trust Uganda Police Force anymore. He also called on her to wait for the CIID investigations into the Sebulime murder to be concluded. He said Nantaba complicated investigations when she chose not to fully cooperate with investigators from Police whom she told much less than she claims to know about what exactly happened. Enanga said now a special team of investigators from KMP are the ones investigating.
