Uganda’s popular Journalist Andrew Mwenda highly believed to have access to the presidents of Uganda and Rwanda has denied Ugandan press reports that he was instrumental in the historic meeting of Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame.
“I can confirm to you that it’s not true because I have no capacity to influence Museveni or Kagame like that. Two presidents can influence each other but not me as Mwenda, who I am I to do that?” he exclusively told igihe.com today in a phone interview.
The Red Pepper, a popular tabloid in Uganda on August 9, reported that Mwenda allegedly in February flew to Kigali and asked President Kagame ‘why he can’t make up with President Museveni’.
Red Pepper wrote that President Kagame that highly believes in Mwenda, agreed to the Ugandan Journalists suggestion of meeting with the Ugandan leader.
The tabloid that regularly publishes exclusive stories about Rwanda, further reported that Mwenda contacted the Uganda first son Lt. Col. Muhoozi Kainerugaba about the possibility of hooking him up with president Museveni and that Muhoozi delivered Mwenda to the President in person making his intentions were made clear.
The Daily Monitor also a Ugandan Newspaper had on July 29 reported that: “A source said the visit was put together by Uganda’s former ambassador to Rwanda, Adonia Ayebare, who is also a former journalist, and AndrewMwenda, a journalist who is also a public relations consultant to President Kagame and is equally known to have been advising President Museveni on the media since last year.”
Ambassador Ayebare is known to have been the diplomat ‘in very good books’ with the Kigali administration apparently due to his soft-spoken and assertive manner of handling both private life and bureaucratic dynamics.
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