The National Unity Platform (NUP) principal Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has called for a caucus meeting on Tuesday afternoon at the party’s headquarters in Makerere, Kavule.
The meeting, chaired by the party president and chairman of the National Executive Committee (NEC), aims to address rifts within the party, particularly concerning allegations of corruption among MPs and factionalism in the Masaka region. One of the main agenda items is expected to be the tension surrounding the former Leader of Opposition, Hon Mathias Mpuuga, and his refusal to step down as Parliamentary commissioner,leading to the appointment of Hon Francis Zaake, the Mityana Municipality. MP.
Last week, the party’s NEC sat and opted to recall Mpuuga due to allegations of corruption related to a service award allocated to him worth 500 million shillings from Parliament.
Additionally, internal divisions have emerged, with factions forming in Masaka condemnations within the party.
On Monday,a Masaka meeting saw the formation of factions within NUP after Mayor Rose Namayanja chaired a gathering where discussions about misuse of office and abuse took place.
Chaos erupted when a group of youth seized a statement read out by Kimanya Kabonera Division Mayor Steven Lukyamuzzi, condemning party wrongdoings. However, Steven Ngobya, a member of the NUP Masaka committee, distanced his group from the statement, emphasizing that it did not reflect the party’s stance. Disan Kayonga, another party member, expressed opposition to Mathias Mpuuga’s actions, warning against any decline in the party’s integrity attributed to him and Abed Bwanika, the Kimanya Kabonera County Mp.
Bwanika recently called for the resignation of the NUP Secretary General, Lewis David Rubongoya, amid accusations of disloyalty and serving the interests of President Museveni.
Furthermore, there are allegations of MPs, including NUP members, receiving 50 million shillings each last week under unclear circumstances at Parliament.
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