
“Now we hear those who joined yesterday trying to lecture us ok how the opposition should act. Being in opposition means you are opposing certain ideas. We are professors in opposition as the Democratic Party. We have a PhD in Opposition, others are still in kindergarten” – Norbert Mao (22.11.2023).
One thing is certain and that’s something Minister Norbert Mao cannot run away from. He is a Minister in Government, which means his not in opposition anymore. The Democratic Party ceased to be that the moment it signed the “No Surprises” Agreement with the National Resistant Movement (NRM). That was a choice and a decision made, which makes Mao and his Party in-line with the Government. They have to vote with them and follow the stipulations of the set agreement.
This is why Mao is now compromised and sold out. He gave way and has become one of them. Mao isn’t the first DP leader or MP to do so. No, there been people before him who did join the government and later they even became NRM themselves. They just saw the benefits of being it directly, instead of working from the outside looking in.
Mao hasn’t been in Opposition since he signed that agreement. He has years as an opposition candidate and as an opposition party. I can give him that and the DP Party has a long history of such. I wouldn’t deny it that, but his still not the guy to lecture others.
His reign and campaigns as opposition in 2011 and 2016 shows how he failed. Mao haven’t been capable or able to take the party further. Neither has there been any sort of successful momentum to give him a shot of getting close to the Presidency. No, his been a small time player in a sea of sharks who smells his blood.
Chairman Mao should know better, as his always tried to act wise and be an intellectual. However, his choices politically can be questioned and the results can be deemed thereafter. His not a serial winner or an overachiever. Mao has done the bare minimum and just gotten what he needs to get by. The DP Party won’t be stronger or more resilient the moment he leaves. No, it will be in shambles and most likely an infighting between the ones who are a part of NRM and the ones who defied that agreement. That agreement is bound to create more headache and hurt for the party. Not make it better or more functional.
That’s why Mao shouldn’t lecture others on how to play. He showed that he was such a mess that he lost out a chance to be on the ballot in 2016 and he had to vouch for Amama Mbabazi. That’s the sort of man he is and he has called Besigye a “serial loser” which is rich when you know how Mao has struggled in the polls.
Mao should just rest on the laurels and enjoy the perks of office. He has traded his integrity and moral high-ground for a brief moment of riches. Right not it’s all funky dory and his one of them. However, the moment his not useful. He will be tossed aside quickly by His Excellency. If not get a useless office and at a government entity, which gives him no prominence whatsoever. That’s where Mao is heading and he doesn’t even know it. Peace.













