STRUGGLING NUP RESPONDS TO SPEAKER'S LETTER ON REMOVAL OF MPUUGA AS A COMMISSIONER

"For clarity, when we communicated to Parliament our decision to withdraw the mandate we had given Hon. Mathias Mpuuga to represent us as a Commissioner, we were aware that Ms. Anita Among would seek to protect him like she has previously done. 

Just this past weekend, president Museveni praised her for having brought (read bought) many opposition leaders to him. In any case, the Parliamentary Commission meeting that illegally and immorally allocated the 500 million shillings to Hon. Mpuuga. Our communication, therefore, intended to achieve three objectives:

1. To be on record and officially communicate to Parliament our disapproval of corruption and abuse of office;

2. To reaffirm that given the facts available now, Hon. Zaake Francis remains our legitimate representative on the Parliamentary Commission as he was unconstitutionally removed from that role; and

3. To ensure that when the Parliamentary Commission engages in more forms of ................ as it surely will, no wrongdoing shall be imputed on the National Unity Platform.

At least for now, the nation knows that Hon. Mpuuga no longer represents us on the Parliamentary Commission."