Mathias Mpuuga MP: Malious Corruption and Abuse of Office Allegations Against Me (01.03.2024)

Opinion: Mpuuga can only start digging…

The former Leader of Opposition and now we have to await if he will leave the Office of Commissioner of Parliament. That is happening within months apart. The Masaka MP from the National Unity Platform (NUP), Mathias Mpuuga is now in trouble.

Mpuuga now have to answer for the sudden pay-off and “service awards” that he gotten as a Leader of Opposition and Commissioner is questionable. This shows that he used his office and role to gain monetary gains. That isn’t shocking, but shows that he took his hand into the cookie jar. There is no difference between him or others who eats of the state reserves.

The 500 million shillings in addition to the salary of MP and other perks he gotten. The LoP one is giving a person additional funds. There is an incentive and a reason why people wants to have titles in the Parliament. That is a way of getting pay-offs and envelopes for doing their initial job. They just shows up and getting well compensated.

Mpuuga had already all of it and still wanted more. The NUP party is within its right to asking him to resign as Commissioner. That we haven’t seen from the Government and their scandalous Ministers. They haven’t done this to the Mabaati thieves or others who has done shady deals in their ministries. No, they only get reshuffled or loose their office when they are charged or become an official felon. Until then… they can walk and only been shown for publicity and temporarily fall guys, which later return to office without a scratch.

The NUP has done something commendable. They are now putting the weight and the lifting on Mpuuga himself. A man who has lectured and talked righteous. Now he has to show that he has the heart and the conscience to act correct. That is hard… especially when everything is on the line. The man can easily bury his whole career.

He has possibly destroyed his legacy and his name by taking the 500 million shillings. As he sold his soul and traded his integrity for the “service award”. He has fought on the trenches and been a vocal activist in the Activists for Change (A4C) before joining TDA/DP to become a MP. Later he crossed from DP to the NUP and got re-elected as MP.

Now he has answer for his sins. He knows he was already eating and still he used his office to gain more. As an MP and LoP he was getting a lavish lifestyle. There are reports that he hired side-dishes and other familiar faces to work around in Parliament. If this is true… there is no difference between him and the ones he supposed to fight.

Mpuuga cannot run away from the dragon he has created. That dragon can burn anything around him. This is a beast he created and now it will destroy him. It doesn’t matter how technical or wise Mpuuga is. He let greed, nepotism and misuse of power to corrupt him. That is tragic, but a fate he decided to do. Especially, when you wanted to be a difference then the ones in power. You became just like them and took advantage of opportunities in front of you.

There is nowhere Mpuuga can hide now. The cat is out the bag. Not like his the only one in the 11th Parliament doing it, but he should have known better. Because, integrity and character can be destroyed in mill i-seconds. That what happened here and he accepted it too happen.

Mpuuga can be vocal and be defiant against the will of NUP. Then he just shows that he was corrupted and wasn’t for the cause. If he steps down. He does the right thing, but what he does from here needs to reflect the message he has sent over the years.

It is time for him to reflect and adjust. He has been corrupted and destroyed himself. No matter what happens now.

Mpuuga will not be as respected or honoured as he was before. He showed what sort of man he is and what power does to him. As a person he could have turned things down and been more righteous in his way. However, he accepted the envelopes and traded whatever office he had. Peace.

National Unity Platform (NUP): Statement on Corruption and Abuse of Office (29.02.2024)

Opinion: If an MP can be bought… [then they are not beholden to any sort of dogma…]

This should be a worry and a concern, as the news of the Exhibition of the Parliament. That is not only showing the Speaker and Deputy Speaker eating large, but also the Leader of Opposition or other appointees. Therefore, anyone who is part of the August House can be bought and sold…

That’s why the Opposition are toothless and only doing gimmicks. The NRM MPs are awaiting their pay-day and pay-checks after the NRM Caucus ahead of a vote. That is well known practice, but there has been running to the offices and other clerks within the Parliament who has had envelopes ready to give to the MPs ahead of votes. This has been reported and become a normal practice there.

When you know that MPs are accepting and taking these “suits” or “envelopes” ahead of votes. They can be bought and their representation is mute. These people are only rubber-stamping the will of others and doesn’t have a soul in it themselves. They are just awaiting more funds and money to do their actual job.

They are voted in on a party programme and working towards a collective goals. While also supposed to work for their community and the ones living in their constituency. That seems to be forgotten by the MPs themselves. As they settle in Office and their tenure. Their whole campaign and pledges are fading memory.

That’s how things are looking and it’s not only the ruling regime’s own cadres who does this. It is across the board and they use the office for personal benefits. That is done by voting in favour of better salary or perks. They are ensuring their family members or friends are hired to do “state work” but isn’t necessarily qualified. Even side-dishes are getting this treatment and is pushed into jobs that others would be more fitted for. That’s done not by the NRM alone, but opposition party MPs too.

This is why the undress and revealing the rot in the Parliament is needed. Both sides are eating and using their time to bargain for a better life. The better life for themselves and their inner-circle, but not serving the public. They are there to get more perks, benefits and a huge retirement. This is all done on the expense of the public.

When the MPs are doing this and getting the funds. They are compromised and captured by the acts of greed. Instead of being transparent or accountable. Neither are their honest with the public. The people cannot spot the difference between the Government MPs and the Opposition MPs. When they are all busy eating and finding ways to get a better plate of food. That’s what they are doing and not acting on the promises of the campaign.

This is hurting the National Unity Platform (NUP), Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), JEEMA, Democratic Party (DP), Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) and whoever else representing in the Parliament. It is hurting the National Resistance Movement (NRM) too, but they are expected to it, but the Opposition and such are supposed to be a stark contrast to the government.

The regime is expected to eat and not care about the consequences. They have had scandal after scandal for decades on end without any sort of serious ramification. The NRM has had a scapegoat and a fall-guy, but after the dust is settle. Everything goes back to normal and the Ministers can find a new scheme to get-rich-quick. Therefore, the saga goes on and we clock another year in power.

The opposition MPs shouldn’t act like the NRM. However, in some instances they do and the exhibition shows just that. It is damaging the trust of the Parliament. The NUP or other Opposition MPs should be worried about their actions too. They are supposed to be different, but if they just eat. Why should the public trust them ever again?

The NRM MPs can also loose and Independent MPs can be elected in their place. We have seen big-men fall in primaries and in the general elections. Therefore, no one is untouchable. While some will be “elected” unopposed and we can expect the plan of this in 2026 too. Which is how the NRM gets the majority in the election in combination of the “special” MPs and their “unique” elections to ensure the NRM leaning ones and the numbers on the Museveni side. Therefore, things won’t change all of a sudden.

This is a systematic rot. A planned effort to let greed and nepotism haunt the chambers. This is ensuring the compromised MPs will work in favour of what the Government and the President needs. Because if they are hungry and wants to eat. Then they will bend their principals and be willing to work without question… as they in need of more food on their plate. They will continue to ask for more and wants more culinary adventures. When the President knows this… he will pay for their conferences and trips abroad. So, they can live in luxury, but when they return. They are supposed to deliver what he wants and not cry out loud. That’s how it goes and how things are fixed in favour of the tyrant.

The ones surprised by this… haven’t followed them for years. This is just what they do and we can all see it happening. It doesn’t matter what creed, logo or party they represent. They are all willing to sell their office to gain some monetary gains. That’s what we see and we are just stating the obvious. Peace.

Opinion: A House of Thieves…

They are eating plentiful, the Members of Parliament. They MPs has salaries, cars, servants and all other perks covered by the taxpayer. The MPs are the ones that is getting sitting fees and other stipulated funds for doing their job. While also ensuring family members and friends getting appointed. Therefore, the whole system is rigged and we can all see it.

This isn’t only for the ruling regime, the ruling party… not this involves everyone who touches the grounds of the August House. The 11th Parliament is following where the old ones left off. The MPs are getting funds, salaries and perks beyond imagination. They can vote on special votes and get big deals, which the average citizen could only dream off. That is happen with ease as the foxes is the guards of the hen-house.

It doesn’t matter if the Speaker and Deputy Speaker is getting refurbished houses or lavish vacations. The Leader of Opposition and Commissioners are getting “service awards”. No, they are all eating of the plate and enjoying it while they can.

The MPs knows this and that’s why they fight so hard to get elected. They know they will get money for favourable votes. There are known “suits” and “envelopes” coming their way if they follows the programme. That’s how the system is built and the greed encircle the whole house.

We are just seeing how they take care of themselves. The salaries and sitting fees has risen over the years. The MPs has ensured they are getting paid and even more money for whatever needs they have. This being cars, drivers, secretaries and phones. There is nothing that isn’t covered while they are still earning millions of shillings doing their job.

The MPs and the Cabinet members have a lavish lifestyle. If you are an retired Vice-President, Speaker or Minister there will be perks too. They will still be paid better than most and can live without any fear whatsoever. That’s another reason to fight for and be loyal to the cause, as the monetary gains are prolonged long after your term was in office.

This is why MPs wants to linger in Parliament. They know they can re-negotiate and vote on their own perks. They can ensure higher salaries and better vehicles for that matter. There is nothing that can stop them. It is the price they have for “serving”.

The greed of the MPs is obvious and clear. The same MPs that claim they need the big salaries and perks to cover electoral debt. While that might be true for some, but possibly not for all. As they are able to invest and buy real-estate while being in office. The MPs can suddenly own businesses and be investors themselves. Because the salaries and compensations are so big they can use that to enrich themselves further. That’s what they are doing…

This is the system that Museveni and his NRM has built. They are all just there to eat. It doesn’t matter if it is NRM MPs or Opposition. They can get wealthy and eat. It is their turn and we are just seeing it unfold. Peace.

National Resistance Movement (NRM): Central Executive Committe (CEC) – Consultative CEC Members’ Meeting (23.02.2024)

Opinion: Honorable Mao, Mzee will never finish anything…

“The reason I accepted to join the government is to oversee the transition process… The President said he needed more time to finish the unfinished projects and then we can discuss the next steps. I believe that he also supports peaceful transition of power” – Hon. Nobert Mao (NTV Uganda, 20.02.2024).

The DP-NRM Agreement is haunting the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Norbert Mao. The Democratic Party President who signed of his political capital and will for a short-change of a plum job in government. Mao now has work with “no surprises” and in “coordination” with the National Resistance Movement (NRM).

As Minister and regarding the agreement, Mao must be vouched for and work directly for the government. Which means he is in the mercy of the government and the NRM Caucus. He is a figurehead of an “opposition” who accepted to be part of the government. However, his just one of them and a technocrat. Because his not an elected legislator, but an appointee for the “fire-sale” of the DP Party. Using the DP Party as leverage for his own political career or whatever that is left of it. Before this, he was more on NBS Frontline than building the strength of the DP Party. That’s why the renegades and the defiant people within DP went to the NUP ahead of the 2021 election.

Now that we are here and Mao is still speaking of a peaceful transition of power. Something that hasn’t existed in the Republic. Museveni took power by the gun and won’t leave it as long as his breathing. The ones believing that… well, it got to be an internal rebellion or Brutus drawing his knife to take away power from old Yoweri.

Mao can believe that he works on the transition or the future of the Republic. Nevertheless, Mao is only self-serving and Museveni has no plan or shown any signs of retiring. Neither has the NRM or anyone in association challenged Museveni to step down. There is no relief or proof of any sort of succession of power. As long as this is just talk and hearsay, nothing will happen.

No one has been able or allowed to step up. Mao will not be able to sell or make it believable that it will happen in 2026. People are already throwing their weight behind Museveni for 2026. They are saying his still their “man” and “flagbearer”.

Museveni will never finish his projects, he will move the goal-post and change the narrative. As long as the East African Community isn’t a federation or a confederacy without him as the Head. He will not retire. As long as the UPE or the 10 Point Program isn’t implemented. The old man has no reason to step down and be absent from the halls of power. No, he will always find an excuse and we all know it.

Mao can try to forge himself as a man of the hour, but we know a puppet. A nice, handpicked puppet for Museveni. Norbert might not like that, but that is the price for trading your soul for temporarily political capital. When Mao has used up his currency and cannot deliver anything substantial for Mzee. The Old Man with the Hat will drop him fast… and he should be aware of that.

Norber Mao is living on borrowed time and no one will pay his “debt”. Peace.

Uganda Law Society (ULS) – Joint Working Committee on Certificates of Succession – Further Concerns on Judicial Independence and Imparitality (19.02.2024)

Opinion: The FDC dies from within…

That Nathan Nandala-Mafabi and Patrick Oboi Amuriat doesn’t understand is that the public goodwill is the most valuable asset for any civic organization or political organization can have. This the currency of trust, legitimacy, and accountability regarding its principles and doctrine. However, the current leadership of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has lost all of that over recent time.

These two leaders are killing their own party. They are subjectively ending the legacy of the FDC. All on the altar of their supreme taking. These two took over the party and now they are shredding it too pieces. There is nothing left to salvage.

The FDC will become a fragment of what it was. The ability and the reach of it will become smaller too. The ones hungry for an easy meal will go there, but it won’t be there for the struggle or the cause it was created. That ship has sailed when the current leaders dismissed and dislodged itself from Katonga road.

The truth here is that the party of Defiance are now dying in COMPLIANCE. The party that was built and was a huge benefactor on the side of the opposition. Is now fragmenting itself and damaging itself at high velocity.

There will be nothing left to patch the hurt or even save. The FDC itself will loose all value and become pointless. Just another briefcase party, which used to be strong and powerful…

However, the spoiled, the ones who sought easy money and a grift took over. They let all the history behind and never cared for the existence of the party. That’s why they have downplayed, disregarded and maligned the Katonga road members. Those leaders has been called names and are now said to be “illegal”. That’s what the gist is here.

The leaders of Najjanakumbi forgets one thing. They forget the true reason for why they are there. Not for titles, houses or cars. No, they are there to serve and be a reasonable lot to the public. They are there to challenge the junta and be different. However, now they are coping and copying the junta instead. It is hard to spot the difference between the FDC Najjanakumbi and the NRM in how it works. Only difference is the faces and the logos.

That hurts. It is a pity. That we came this far and this is how things ended. We could have hoped for better, but then again. These men where trusted and they betrayed the cause. They rather wanted to eat, then to serve. That’s the truth. A brutal truth. Peace.

Opinion: Otafiire is right

“We must vote for leaders capable of addressing Uganda’s problems, not just those riding on legacy or family connections” – Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire (18.02.2024)

Over the years I had issues with Otafiire and his leadership. He has acted with arrogance and with power against others. The recent elections where he has lost the seat in Parliament and gotten humiliated by voters. He lost in 2016, but after gerrymandering his district before the 2021 election he got re-elected to Parliament.

This is how he returned to the August House after losing out in 2016. However, this isn’t about it, but shows how he favors certain policies and government actions when it benefits himself personally.

The Maj. Gen. is finally saying something of wisdom for a change. He has possibly done that before and could have said it in confidence. Nevertheless, his public displays and outbursts haven’t always been brilliant. Therefore, today was a change from the normalcy.

Otafiire who is one of them. A man who has been in the inner-circle and a staple in politics since the NRM got into power. He knows how things are moving and operating. The Maj. Gen. are seeing how families and dynasties are created under the watch of Museveni. This is done to legitimize Muhoozi when his turn is coming.

We all can see that and the President is doing so with minor offices and other national ones. To easier issue succession of his son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerubaga. This being MPs who are sons and daughters of late MPs. That has happened in several of By-Elections of recent times. The next up-coming election in Dokolo will have a daughter of a late MP. Therefore, his warning is subtle, but for a reason.

There is no reason to believe the sons, or the daughters will have any sort of significant leadership quality. Neither are their capable nor have the character to be it. It takes a certain individual to represent and be a voice for others.

We know he speaks of this in regard to Muhoozi, but it could be directed to all the hereditary politics in the Republic. Certainly, it is needed and the voice of reason is there. We know the ones in Patriotic League will be offended by it. They already aiming for the Maj. Gen and they want him out. That’s because his speaking the truth and they are leaching off Muhoozi. Therefore, they got to show loyalty and defend their future master.

It is just really strange seeing Otafiire so adamant and direct about it. He usually a man of loyalty and respect for the cause. A man who defends Museveni and only works tirelessly for his benefit. That’s why Museveni has entrusted him with various offices over the years. A man who always returns and gets a piece of action. That’s just how things are going.

Otafiire speaking some wisdom. I didn’t expect that, but here we are. Peace.