MP Ogwang weeps: My tormentors want Shs20m

By Francis Otucu

Incoming State Minister for ICT and Communications Peter Ogwang has revealed that his tormentors are blackmailing him to fork Shs20m so they can stop running after him.

In a statement Tuesday, Ogwang said a social media post authored by a one Emmanuel Byamukama that he does not possess the minimum academic qualification to be Member of Parliament and Minister is deceptive, malicious, fraudulent and contains elements of defamation.

Read full statement below;

STATEMENT  FROM HON.PETER FROM  OGWANG

I have been drawn into a social media post authored by a one Emmanuel Byamukama alleging that I do not have requisite academic papers to serve as MP and minsiter despite being a legislator since 2011. Whereas I am occupied in the ongoing “Greak Trek” in the gungles of Kiboga, I would like clarify that I possess the required minimum academic qualification and i was ably and legally nominated as MP both in 2011 and 2016.

If a one Byamukama and his accomplices for whatever reasons think that I do not possess the minimum academic qualification and therefore questioning the competence of Electoral Commission and Parliament that duly nominated and vetted me respectively then it is his right to challenge the matter in the courts of law other than continuously soiling my name on social media. 

His utterance is simply deceptive, malicious, fraudulent and contains elements of defamation-a ground in which I am considering engaging my lawyers for a rebuttal.

I have also been informed that the same group of people are calling my office asking for Shs20m for them to stop circulating such information. I consider this as blackmail and extortion which is punishable by law and I have already engaged relevant authorities to trap such fraudsters. 

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Peter Ogwang 

State Minister of ICT and Communications

(Usuk County MP)