Daily Monitor
Saturday April 03 2021
A file photo of President Museveni (right) and his vice Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi at an event. PHOTO/ FILE
Summary
The position of vice president gives a person high hopes of being a heartbeat away from the apex of power while languishing in the political doldrums.
Derrick Kiyonga writes that the recent battle over the post of Speaker gives an indication as to why no one seems to be interested in being President Museveni’s Number Two.
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John Adams, the pioneer vice-president of the United States of America, says the post he held between 1789 and 1797 is “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived”.