NUP gives Mpuuga 7 days ultimatum

National Unity Platform has given embattled Parliamentary Commissioner, also its Deputy President Matthias Mpuuga seven days to defend why he shouldn’t be dropped by the party as a Commissioner to Parliament over corruption allegations. 

In a letter authored by Acting President Dr Lina Zedhga Waru, the opposition party revealed that Mpuuga was summoned for National Executive Committee meeting on March 4 but he did not honour the invite. In absentia, NEC resolved that he should explain himself in writing why he should not be dropped from the Parliamentary Commission role. 

“You are requested to to respond within seven days from the date of receipt of this notice to enable the National Executive Committee take an appropriate decision,” part of the letter reads. 

Mpuuga is accused of allocating himself Shs500m in a meeting reportedly held with Speaker of Parliament Anita Among and three other NRM parliamentary commissioners. They reportedly shared Shs1.7bn among themselves in May 2022. 

Recently, the details of the said meeting became public following revelations by online activists on social media platform, X who published several glaring anomalities in Parliament. 

NUP convened a meeting on February 28, 2024 during Mpuuga reportedly admitted to taking part in sharing of the Shs1.7bn irregularly. 

However, publicly, Mpuuga has vehemently denied any wrongdoing in the scandal and has since accused the party of harbouring ill motives against him sparking a public standoff with party president Robert Kyagulanyi.

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