State House uses illegal path to clear Janet Museveni papers

State House has once again used its corrupt powers and gone around the formal channels by saying that the Deputy Vice Chancellor in Charge of Academic Affairs at Makerere University, Dr. Lillian Ekirikubinza Tibatemwa, has cleared Janet Museveni's fake degree.

The Daily Monitor reported on February 20 that Museveni said they have received a letter from Makerere University clearing the First Lady's papers.

Two Ruhama County voters, Barnabas Turyamusiima and Denis Mbangira, brought a petition last week to the Electoral Commission arguing that Mrs. Museveni was illegally awarded a Bachelor'ss Degree in Education.

Radio Katwe has established the formal process required in this case.

The proper procedure for the verification of academic papers is that the Council for Higher Education writes to the Academic Registrar at Makerere University who then writes back a response.

The person who recommended Janet Museveni to undertake the education degree was Professor John C. Sekamwa, who was then the Dean of the School of Education.

Reports say the then Academic Registrar, Mr. Mukwanason Hyuha, and his deputy, Mr. Godfrey Bazanye Nkangi, went to State House and then registered Janet Museveni as a student.

As Radio Katwe reported last week and many people knew in Kampala, Mrs. Museveni did not do any teaching practice anywhere, as is required to earn the degree.

State House took advantage of the fact that Dr. Tibatemwa is new at the university and does not know the history of the controversial degree, otherwise she would not have written the letter if she understood its implications.