National Unity Platform (NUP) party is in disarray after information leaked that more than 10 Members of Parliament were tipped for juicy Government positions including ministerial positions.
According to an impeccable source, the feud broke out recently when some MPs- elect within NUP among them Abubaker Kawalya, Aloysius Matovu of Rubaga, Mityana’s Joyce Bagala and Bashir Kazibwe of Kawempe South MP have since stopped picking NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi’s calls and vowed not attend party functions.
These MPs are said to have met key NRM figures, and in the meeting they agreed to work with NRM party, after discovering that Hon Robert Kyagulanyi was also benefiting from NRM.
Some of the said MPs were promised money for rent with relocation funds from their former residents. For example one of them was to relocate from his ghetto residence to Najeera, a suburb in Nakawa Division.
Source further revealed that these MPs are said to have deliberately refused to congratulate Hon Robert Kyagulanyi after he failed to obtain ‘election victory’ and instead opted for peaceful ways of reconciliation with NRM by not attending meetings intended to mobilize the public for demonstrations.
Other members have been wondering why these MPs have refused to attend meetings with Bobi Wine to join hands in the struggle to rescue all the NUP youths who were arrested for participating in riots.
“That’s why I feel bad each time I look at what Hon Kyagulanyi is going to do with all these moles. The world is all looking at him.” Lamented a member.
NUP Leadership has in the past faulted David Lewis Rubongoya, and some members for secretly working and entering a deal with President Museveni which has consequently led to the further weakening of the party.
Hon Betty Nambooze and Hon Allan Ssewanyana who crossed from DP were earlier accused by Hon Kyagulanyi of failing to submit their DR forms.
The division in the party has triggered an even more significant fall-out in the party as the party is planning on who to second for the position of the Leader of Opposition in Parliament and Parliament committees.
