Controversial City Lawyer Male Mabirizi sued the Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao to court for signing a cooperation agreement with the NRM.

On July 22,2022, Mao, the President General of the Democratic Party entered a memorandum of Understanding-MOU with the National Resistance Movement -NRM, led by President Yoweri Museveni.

The signing was witnessed by the Secretary General of Democratic Party Gerald  Siranda Blacks and NRM’s Richard Todwong, with both  parties agreeing to share political power.

Mabirizi claims Mao entered an agreement knowing well that his term as the DP Party President had expired in 2020. He wants the court to prefer four charges including common nuisance , disobedience of statutory duty and conspiracy to defraud against Mao and the group.

In his application before the Entebbe Chief Magistrates Court, he states that Mao, Siranda and others still at large, between July 20th and 27th 2022, signed a document titled ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ with Museveni which was an act not authorized by law thereby causing annoyance or inconvenience to the public.

He further states that Mao and Siranda refused to vacate their respective offices and went ahead to sign the contested  MOU is an act or omission forbidden by written law.

Mabirizi also claims that Mao took an oath as Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister while at the same time holding out as President Democratic Party, an Opposition Political Party which is not authorized by law.

Mabirizi now wants the Entebbe Chief  Magistrates Court to summon the two accused persons Mao and Siranda to take plea and be sent to jail for the offenses he has leveled against them.

On August 8th 2022, the Democratic Party members who were aggrieved with the decision taken by Siranda and Mao to work with the ruling government put in place a committee of 13 people led by Member of Parliament Dr Lulume Bayiga to among others; welcome back all Democratic Party members who for some reasons had left the party and also to steer the Party through what they described as turbulent times of the abdication by Mao and some other executive members until an interim leadership is established by the party organs.

“It is thus vivid that not withstanding the busy schedule of his new office, the oath of Minister stops Honorable Nobert Mao from holding the office of the President General of the Democratic Party,” wrote the Committee Spokesperson Fred Kayondo. “It is imperative in the circumstances that Honorable Mao concentrates on being a Minister in NRM government and be pardoned from the duties of the President General of the Democratic Party to avoid conflictof interest and causing constitutional crisis in our country.”