President Museveni Dismisses Involvement of Abu Mukasa and Lt. Gen. Prossy Nalweyiso in State House Investigation, Praises Their Contributions to Uganda’s Development.
President Yoweri Museveni confirmed an investigation into some State House staff accused of leaking classified documents, but dismissed any involvement of businessman Abu Mukasa and senior advisor Lt. Gen. Prossy Nalweyiso. Museveni praised Mukasa’s contributions, including facilitating billions in investments and securing cheaper fuel deals for Uganda
President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed that some staff within State House are under investigation but has firmly dismissed any involvement of businessman Abu Mukasa and his senior advisor on defence and security, Lt. Gen. Prossy Nalweyiso, in the matter.
In a statement issued on Monday 21 October 2024, Museveni acknowledged receiving intelligence regarding offences committed by certain State House employees but clarified that both Mukasa and Nalweyiso are not part of the investigation.
He emphasised Mukasa’s significant contributions to the country, noting that the businessman had facilitated major investments worth billions of dollars, which have been instrumental in connecting Uganda to various international investors.
“He brought to us a multi-billion-dollar bulk fuel supplying company known as Vittol that, at one point, was offering to sell us a tonne of petroleum at USD 61.5, a tonne of diesel at USD 83 and a tonne of Kerosene at USD 79.25 while the parasites, working with our either corrupt or careless officials, were supplying the same products at: petroleum at USD 97.5, diesel at USD 118 and Kerosene at USD 114 respectively,” Museveni stated.
“Abu Mukasa had linked us with a very active UAE investor known as Sheikh Maktoum. Sheikh Maktoum has brought us other investors in Air Cargo, gold refinery, produce export, etc. After a long struggle with the parasites, Uganda is now getting cheaper petroleum products, and you have seen a number of times the Minister of Energy ordering the parasitic petroleum sellers in the country to lower their prices to the consumers,” he added.
Regarding Nalweyiso, Museveni described her as a dedicated and long-serving cadre of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) who has made significant contributions to the country’s development.
“Regarding Nalweyiso, she is a long-serving cadre of the NRM. Yes, she is not highly educated. However, the majority of the NRA freedom fighters were even less educated than Nalweyiso. Nevertheless, these uneducated Ugandans liberated both the uneducated entirety of other Ugandans and the educated that had failed to solve the problem of governance and constitutionality in Uganda,” Museveni wrote.
“You may deceive yourself whatever way you want. However, there is a simple acid test you could apply to discover the usefulness of the uneducated Nalweyisos. In 1986, you had crippling shortages of soap, salt, paraffin, sugar, etc. and you had magendo (smuggling), Kibaanda (forex black market) and Kusamula (speculation). What happened to those problems? Who contributed to their solution? Were the uneducated Nalweyisos part of the contributors? Yes, there are other problems that we are dealing with – jobs, poverty, etc. We were able to address the earlier problems and we are also addressing the present problems,” he added.
The ongoing investigation involves staff members who are alleged to have leaked classified documents. These individuals have been detained and are currently facing further scrutiny.
