Opinion: Mpuuga’s lonely road

“Resolution on DF Presidential Candidate; The DF National Council is concerned that Presidential elections since 1996 are organised in a skewed manner to advantage a particular candidate-Yoweri Museveni. They are a mere ritual with pre-determined result. To participate without addressing the flaws would be to lend credibility to a sham process. Therefore in view of the foregoing, it is resolved that DF shall not present a candidate at the level of President at the 2026 general elections” (Democratic Front, 20.09.2025).

The newly minted Democratic Front and their resolutions ahead of 2026 General Elections are telling. That it is focusing in getting Members of Parliament and elected representatives across the Local Government. It is not focusing on or trying even to field a Presidential Candidate. Neither is the party vouching for another one or trying to build a coalition candidate with anyone else.

That’s really the real difference with People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) as they didn’t field a Presidential Candidate, but they are either standing by the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate or the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) candidate, which means the party will back and be campaigning with another party as a joint venture. The DF is just backing out and giving up.

Yes, the Presidential race a default race and the DF isn’t lying in their statement on the matter. However, the same can be said about the other races. The NRM won’t allow other parties to get a majority of the Parliament. Neither would the NRM allow other parties to have a total control or a say across the nation in the local government either. Therefore, the DF is taking people for fools here.

Mpuuga knows all of this and think his clever. It isn’t even funny. Mabarizi can be funny. Other Presidential Candidates with no structure or party, whom comes out of nowhere can make jokes. Nevertheless, Mpuuga isn’t one of them. His supposed to be a seasoned and wise leader. Regardless of that, he is just making a fool out of himself.

He know Kabuleta, Mbabazi and others failed before him. He knows the journey is painful and he most likely saw how others has paid a price and gotten nothing in return. That’s why he rather do something else and build his party. Meanwhile, no one is really trusting the process or the way the DF is built either.

I cannot believe them either. A bunch of journeymen who are there to sow discord and be thorn in the flesh of National Unity Platform (NUP). This party is only there to distort the playing-field of the opposition and weaken it as an advantage to the National Resistance Movement (NRM). Mpuuga is a pawn and reckless one at that. He will lose everything and all things considered, this is just a foolish enterprise.

Mpuuga isn’t as smart as they wanted him to seem. If he had been, he would have begged for mercy and followed party-line instead of being rogue. At that point he would have a proper home and possibly have a chance of reviving his career. Now his selling a lost hope and soldiering on into oblivion. That’s where his heading and he don’t even get it.

He might act like a big-shot… but his another pawn played by bigger men. Peace.

Opinion: Mpuuga’s road to oblivion

“Introducing the Democratic Front (DF), a new political party that is deliberate in bringing freshness to Uganda’s political landscape. It is born out our motherland’s need for meaningful transformation that transcends the tired cycle of recycled ideologies. The comes not a disruption, but a necessity born of the failures of the status quo. It is a home for logical thinkers, progressive minds, and those who believe in political ethics and disciplined service delivery” – Mathias Mpuuga MP (27.05.2025).

The fallout from the National Unity Platform (NUP) couldn’t have been played out more dramatically. Mathias Mpuuga MP couldn’t carry the weight of his action and follow the codes of the party, which he represented. However, he preferred to keep his office and be a renegade against the party that gave him a lifeline and offered him a safe haven. Alas, that wasn’t enough and now he starts yet another journey.

Mpuuga MP is a journey man. He has gone from Action for Change (A4C) to the Democratic Party. He stood beside and was a vocal voice in opposition coalition of The Democratic Alliance (TDA). Later he ditched all of that to become a NUP leader and MP there as well. Mpuuga followed the red wave and secured himself a title, got the trust of being the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament. Meanwhile, he was just finding all ways to eat and do so in secret.

We know he started his journey of leaving the NUP after the 500-million-shilling award. He went ahead and didn’t want to do the righteous thing. Instead, he defied the party and has since been a vocal critic of the party. His fighting the NUP more than he does in regard to the NRM. That is a very useful pawn for the elites and for the ones who wants to weaken the biggest opposition party.

He first did so by launching the Democratic Alliance (DA) with an agreement with Alien Skin. That he did in December 2024 and now in May 2025 ahead of the General Elections of 2026. Mpuuga MP returns with his own party and it’s the Democratic Front. He went from the Democratic Party went to National Unity Platform to the Democratic Alliance, and his final place for now is the Democratic Front.

The thinking this man has any direction or any sort of drive to anywhere. He is decades in and is all about the democratic values. Nevertheless, this man doesn’t want to follow or being guided by others. That’s what his proven in the NUP. We don’t know how he acted within the DP or if he was a renegade there as well and only saw a better option elsewhere.

Now his rebranding the Green Partisan Party (GPP) which been registered since July 19^th, 2010. He must have made a deal with Sentongo Muzafalu. The party itself had no candidates listed for the 2021 elections. If that is telling, this means that Mpuuga has bought a briefcase party and rebranded it.

He will now go in the footsteps of Amama Mbabazi. Instead of being a galvanizing figure and someone who didn’t get to upend the un-ceremonial King of the National Resistance Movement. His instead running on his own and with his own imprint. That will a road into a desert and with no hope of finding a proper water source. If he goes really bad, he will be running wild for nothing like Gilbert Bukenya did back in the day.

There is little hope and seemingly the currents isn’t on his side. The DF is bound to fail and be an epic downfall. He will go into nothingness and be an unknown within no time. Mpuuga MP misused his office and ran away from accountability. That’s what we remember him for, and his corrupt behaviour is the one that has tarnished him and destroyed him. He did it all by himself and now he runs on his party.

The DF will be worthless and within time he will feel the pinch. Just like he didn’t create havoc or even any popularity with the Democratic Alliance. He will just fall flat and be yet another one. At least Muntu and others who has started parties, they have had a message and had a platform after leaving the nest. That doesn’t feel sincere in regard to Mpuuga. No, he does this for selfish reasons, and we can all see it coming. Peace.