Mbarara leaders deny poisoning district chairperson Mbarara Leaders in Mbarara District, who were in a March meeting with the LC5 chairperson, have denied reports that they had a hand in his suspected poisoning. Mr Deus Tumusiime has been out of office for treatment for the past five months after he reportedly took tea laced with poison in one of the hotels in Mbarara Town during a meeting with some district leaders in March. The meeting was organised by the Woman MP, Ms Emma Boona, to discuss the state of the roads. According to press reports, those whom Mr Tumusiime had in the meeting were allegedly behind the suspected posioning. Disclaim But Ms Boona, flanked by the district speaker, Mr William Rushesha, and some councillors convened a press conference last Friday denying the claims. “It is true I refused the tea they had brought to me because of its bad smell. Everyone had a right to make his choice on what to take,” Ms Boona said, adding: “So the district chairperson also had a right to make his choice. My refusing to take it did not mean I had a cover up motive.’’ Mr Rushesha called for investigations sorrounding the matter. “We heard that he was then taken to India where they extracted poison from him. Let him prove to us and investigations go on to establish what all this poisoning claims are about,” he said. When contacted, Mr Tumusiime said he would not wish to discuss his private life in public. “I do not want my private life, especially my sickness to be discussed in public. Let it not be politicised. I do not want to bring confusion and tension in the district leadership after all I am now getting better,” he said.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:23:07 +0000
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