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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>A clearer picture of how the standoff inside the National Unity Platform (NUP) could end emerged yesterday as the party said it would not expel their deputy president representing the Buganda regional-political area.<\/b><\/p>\n

Party officials appeared to step back from what looked like an inevitable parting of ways, seemingly deferring to advice handed down by the influential Buganda Kingdom cultural institution.<\/p>\n

After weeks of fence-sitting, the kingdom\u2019s fingerprints could be seen in this twist to what has been a deadlocked battle of wills. The Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom, Mr Charles Peter Mayiga, waded into the heated standoff, calling for talks between the opposed sides.<\/p>\n

On one side of the raging dispute are members agreeing with by party leader, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, alias Bobi Wine, while Mr Mathias Mpuuga, until last December Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LoP), remains defiant in the face of accusations he has broken NUP principles against corruption.<\/p>\n

Speaking to a delegation of party leaders led by Mr Joel Ssenyonyi, the LoP, the Katikkiro said good leadership should be characterised by mutual respect.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge political players to be very keen on observance of human rights starting with yourselves. You need to be patient, respect and talk to one another,\u201d he said at the kingdom seat in Bulange, Mengo on Wednesday,<\/p>\n

\u201cI think is better for good leadership to sit down and talk to one another with patience and listen to wise counsel because you have to keep on serving the public when you are together,\u201d Mr Mayiga counselled.<\/p>\n

Bobi, Mpuuga rift widens after party meet<\/p>\n

Mpuuga: I’m going nowhere<\/p>\n

There were signs the kingdom is treading a fine line on an issue which has been as politically-divisive as it is sensitive given it could have far-reaching implications for the cultural institution\u2019s subjects in parts of the kingdom and other extra-political interests.<\/p>\n

Katikkiro Mayiga appeared at great pains to make clear Bulange is home to every one irrespective of their ideological orientation politically, religion or ethnic origin.<\/p>\n

Both Mr Kyagulanyi, and Mr Mpuuga profess an unshakeable allegiance and attachment to Buganda Kingdom, the largest and most populous in the country.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the morning meeting, Mr Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro, the NUP\u2019s deputy spokesperson, said even with concerns about \u201cindiscipline\u201d and corruption, the party believes Mr Mpuuga can still be redeemed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe follow the process of the law. We have not yet given up on these people. We believe they are \u2018rehabitable\u2019 [sic]. We don\u2019t want to hand them over to the dictator. We are working day and night to have them regain their senses. All we ask is that he apologises to the nation,\u201d Mr Mufumbiro said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, sources said last evening in a Tuesday meeting at the party headquarters in Makerere-Kavule which discussed Speaker Among\u2019s March 25 letter rejecting the Mpuuga withdrawal was inconclusive.<\/p>\n

Word is that opinion was divided, with some remarking that the absence of Mr Kyagulanyi \u2013 said to be abroad \u2013 may have contributed to the indecision.<\/p>\n

In a show of open defiance, apparently timed to coincide with the Speaker\u2019s response to a March 18 letter formally requesting Mr Mpuuga be replaced with Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake, the former LoP vowed he is staying put.<\/p>\n

\u201c…NUP is my party and I harbour no intentions whatsoever of leaving; I am going nowhere. Rather, I\u2019ll in the coming days embark on a process of instituting internal party reforms to make it a credible and competent government in waiting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Mufumbiro said they were not surprised by Ms Among\u2019s position, saying she is misinterpreting the law to serve certain interests.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted the country to know that we are not working with Mpuuga as commissioner, because we know the dubiousness going on in the commission. He has also shown he is indisciplined and he has clearly shown that he is working with [President] Museven,\u201d Mr Mufumbiro said yesterday, indicating further indications will be held.<\/p>\n

Responding to Mr Mpuuga\u2019s view on Tuesday that NUP\u2019s leadership is \u201cclueless\u201d and \u201cself-seeking\u201d, the spokesman said the deputy president lacks the moral authority to question anyone.<\/p>\n

Mr Ssenyongi told journalists at Bulange that the party stands by its principles.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a party there are different ways we handle issues. We do talk, engage and other times there are sanctions. The way we react to some of our leaders or members does not mean that we do not love them but we have to stick to our core values,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re being disciplined, it\u2019s important because the Bible says that pride comes before a fall, because we need to be humble as leaders and follow what\u2019s right,\u201d he said<\/p>\n

Background<\/b><\/p>\n

Weeks ago, NUP\u2019s National Executive Committee resolved to recall Mr Mathias Mpuuga from the position of Parliamentary Commissioner over a contentious Shs500 million \u2018service award\u2019 he accepted during his tenure as Leader of the Opposition. That decision met with rejection on Tuesday with Speaker Anita Among making clear NUP \u201clacks requisite legal mandate to recall a commissioner of Parliament once elected\u201d.<\/p>\n

The party had also asked the Nyendo-Mukungwe MP to return the money and apologise to the country, directives he has defied.<\/p>\n

Article 16 of the party\u2019s constitution lists \u201cdisobedience or negligence to carry out lawful directives of the party or any organ or officer of the party,\u201d as offences that can attract reprimand, censure, debarment from holding any office, remove from office, suspension from the party or expulsion.<\/p>\n

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