Former Director General of Internal Security Organisation (ISO) Colonel Kaka Bagyenda was a no-show for vetting as Uganda’s Ambassador to Angola.
Kaka was on Thursday expected to appear before the Parliamentary Appointments Committee for vetting following his recent ambassadorial appointment. He was fired as ISO boss and later appointed Uganda’s ambassador for Angola. He was slated to appear alongside Hassan Galiwango, the former NRM Finance Director who was appointed as Uganda’s ambassador to Kenya.
Kaka communicated his absentia through a text message informing MPs that he was sick and could not appear before the committee. Nakaseke North MP Luttamaguzi Semakula accused Bagyenda of continued disrespect to Parliament saying it isn’t the first time Bagyenda has declined to appear before Parliament.
“He didn’t honour the invitation of Parliament because he knew that no MP would have supported him. Earlier on, he had undermined the powers of Parliament, asking who is Parliament when we asked him to answer questions regarding safe houses in which many Ugandans had been tortured,” he said.
“He was wise enough not to attend the Appointments Committee and he would have scored 0.001% because no MP was happy with what he did to ordinary citizens. He just sent a text via the phone that he wasn’t feeling well.”
President Museveni sacked Kaka as ISO boss in October 2020, 10 months after the expiry of this 3year contract in December 2019 and replaced him with Lt Col Charles Oluka, the former director-in-charge of technical services who had been initially fired by Bagyenda. Bagyenda was appointed to ISO in January 2017, replacing Brig. Ronnie Balya.
