Amama Mbabazi owns a customized private jet
Amama Mbabazi is not your average local politician, whose livelihood is pegged to earnings from politics.
The powerful Amama Mbabazi is rightly so in every sense of the word. He owns a customized private jet that mints him millions of dollars annually, as he hires it to rich business executives around the world who pay top dollar.
He owns an Embraer Legacy 650, 2012 model that it fitted with an anti-missile and bomb proof device that rivals that of Airforce one device accommodates up to 20 passengers in 3 distinct cabin zones.
It has a large space and when he is airborne, he sits in his private office and makes calls to his business and political associates.Mbabazi only flies in it when making trips to Europe, Asia and the Americas. From Entebbe, he takes a flight to Nairobi’s Jommo Kenyatta International Airport, from where he enters his private jet and flies to Europe.
Occasionally, when the plane is on hire, he flies first class on a commercial flight.
It has outstanding operational flexibility in busy airspace, terrain-challenged airports, and poor weather conditions.
Its in flight phone system has worldwide coverage of up to three handsets (including one cordless) new iridium system (wireless phone handsets).
Mbabazi enjoys 100% digital Full HD video system, High definition media input and two-zone surround system iPod/iPhone docking stations
Redesigned entertainment cabinet of up to seven Blu-ray players
Choices of full HD LCD, up to 32″. Satellite TV. Individual monitors, Jet Map high-resolution 3-D moving map, and auxiliary panel.
Amama Mbabazi has been previously referred to in many titles that include super minister, the Mighty Premier and many more.
He was rumoured to own factories in China and multi companies in Dubai. Therefore, owning a customized private jet might not surprise most Ugandans.
In the last presidential elections, in which Amama Mbabazi participated, electorates expected wads of money, but it never was. He kept their expectations at bay.