Chris Obore, the Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Parliament confirmed the issuance of the letters by the speaker, but declined to comment on the details of the letter.
Namboozes medical report indicates that she had suffered spinal cord compression and had undergone posterior lumbar decompression and fusion, a surgical procedure that joins two or more bones together into one solid bone. She says that she had been scheduled for medical review Manipal Spine Care Centre in India on June 15 but could not travel since she was under police custody.
Our reporter, who visited Nambooze at her sick bed, says that the legislator looks frail and is in a lot of pain. A doctor on duty, who however preferred anonymity, because he is restricted from talking to the media, said that screws that were fixed to support Namboozes spine had been displaced.
Squabbles among party members escalated last month when a section of members of the DP National Executive Committee suspended Betty Nambooze Bakireke, hitherto, the party Vice President for Buganda Region, for three months for allegedly splitting the party.
Bonny Kasujja, the DP Chairman Masaka municipality, says Maos reign is a liability to the party. According to Kasujja, Mao only concentrates on suppressing descent within the party as opposed to finding solutions to key problems.
The police leadership could still be evaluating their deployment tactics after legislators Betty Nambooze and Medard Lubega Ssegona beat numerous road-blocks to travel to Masaka on Sunday.
Senior Democratic Party DP leaders have defended police for stopping a meeting organised by Betty Nambooze, the partys vice chairperson in Charge of Buganda region.
The list tabled by the State Minister of Gender and Culture Rukia Nakadama came after a request by Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze for a list of all traditional and cultural leaders that are recognized by government indicating their respective jurisdiction.
Mukono Woman MP Betty Nambooze has today petitioned the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga querying the authenticity of the report made by the committee of Public Service and Local Government on KCCA.
There is tension in Kinoni town board in Bukoto South following the confiscation of laptops and tent belonging to Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament Betty Nambooze.
Jennifer Musisi, the Executive Director Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is seeking permission from the finance ministry to start paying city councilors and the lord mayors their salaries and allowances.
The Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Act has glaring loopholes, the Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has said. Lukwago claims the gaps in the act have grossly affected the work of the Lord Mayor and city councilors.
