KAMPALA.Hajji Yunus Kakande, the permanent secretary in the Office of the President has disowned outspoken presidential adviser in charge of Greater Masaka sub region ,saying she ceased to be their staff when she chose to contest for a political office .
“I want to make this categorically clear that Ms Nameere is not a presidential advisor , she ceased to hold that title the day resigned her position and joined elective politics ,”Hajj Kakande said in an interview on Buganda Kingdom mouthpiece ,Radio CBS
Hajj Kakande said the Office of the President has since withdrawn the official car it had given Nameere while still presidential advisor .
Nameere who is being accused by singer and presidential advisor Ms Jennifer Nakangubi alias Full Figure of hiring men who beat her up , recently won the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) ticket to hold its flag for Masaka City Woman MP seat .
Full Figure accuses Nameere and his husband of robbing her of a mobile phone and Shs500,000. Police have since said they are investigating the matter .
Nameera who doesn’t admit or deny having orchestrated a physical assault on Full Figure wondered why the police are quick to investigate the allegations filed by Full Figure when many people have in the past complained about her unbecoming behavior of abusing and assaulting others and nothing has been done to her .
Nameere, through her X handle (formerly Twitter) on Monday , said Full Figure used to fake a voice. “She first told the Police that I hired goons who held her in a dark corner and I stabbed her several times, then she changed the version that my husband beat her; she is forcing me into her escapade because I was her latest victim,” she said.
“If you want to find out who really beat Full Figure, think about all the victims she has caused indescribable pain, who have opened cases at the Police, and nothing is done to her. The world is celebrating, but beneath that celebration lies a community that needs to heal,” Ms Nameere said on her X.
She added that the police and all concerned authorities should look at this matter comprehensively and give special attention to all the cases that have been reported against Full Figure.
“I’ve been told that sometimes Full Figure slaps complainants who report her to the Police while officers watch helplessly,” Ms Nameere said.
The police spokesperson, Mr Kituuma Rusoke, while addressing Journalists at Police headquarters on Monday , said a video over the weekend circulated on social media showing individuals assaulting someone who appeared to be Full Figure.
She later reported the matter of assault and robbery of her phone and Shs500,000 to Kampala Metropolitan Police headquarters, where the matter is being investigated.
“Our routines are very clear. If somebody accuses you, then you must explain. Whoever Full Figure accused of assaulting her will be treated in the way other suspects are treated for those offences, and if the evidence is sufficient, we shall process them to courts of law,” Mr Rusoke said.
Ms Nameere and Full Figure, both presidential advisors, backed rival camps during the just-concluded NRM Central Region CEC elections, with the former, a daughter of former Defence Minister Vincent Ssempijja, supporting businessman Moses Karangwa, while Full Figure campaigned for Minister Haruna Kasolo, who eventually won the heated polls.
The rivalry, which began on social media with heated exchanges between their supporters, spilled into physical confrontation last Friday.
Police intervened after viral videos from the scene showed Full Figure brutally attacked by two men as a woman’s voice accused her of abusing her husband.
Full Figure was later rushed to Nakasero Hospital in Kampala , where she is still admitted . The female blogger known for her abusive tongue claims to have been pierced and stabbed using rusty, blunt knives and objects. It remains to be seen whether Nameera and husband will be arrested and charged over assaulting Full Figure yet the latter’s victims have in the past failed to get justice.