On 24 October Museveni directed Defence Minister Amama Mbabazi to 'immediately acquire four helicopters and to handle the matter with utmost urgency'...
The NRM hierarchy including Foreign Minister James Wapakhabulo Defence Minister Amama Mbabazi and Political Commissar Crispus Kiyonga responded with 120 counter-affidavits...
So far the most important sign of movement is the appointment of civilians Amama Mbabazi and Ruth Nankabirwa as Minister and Deputy Minister of Defence; both are core National Resistance Movement loyalists...
Hardliners such as the suave Minister of State in Charge of Regional Cooperation Amama Mbabazi say political parties have got nothing to offer Uganda and never will have...
The Minister of State for Defence Amama Mbabazi said that Tinyefuza was 'up to something' (widely understood to mean 'planning a coup') and said he was 'disloyal' to the military at a time when it faced many problems...