By Spy Uganda
Kampala: National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has suspended Nyendo-Mukungwe legislator Mathias Mpuuga from the position of deputy president (Central Region) for allegedly engaging in actions of corruption and abuse of office.
”The President of the National Unity Platform has suspended Hon. Mathias Mpuuga from the position of Deputy President (Central Region) for engaging in actions of corruption and abuse of office which actions he has failed to give any satisfactory explanation for” the party confirmed in a statement this evening.
It is worth noting that on Tuesday this week, Mpuuga vowed that he will not to resign from the Parliamentary Commission as demanded by the party leadership adding that he was among the founders.
“I will not respond to that letter, save to restate my position as communicated earlier to the Party and nation that I affirm the fact that I confess no wrongdoing whether in law or elementary common sense. The position of the law has been clarified to whoever wishes to understand but not to deliberately slander me or gain short-term political capital out of the current situation. So I do state my position, it is the position of the law and common sense. I wish to reassure all comrades in the struggle for a fair Uganda that my commitment has never waned and I will not and shall never be part of any form of corruption. I have never been indicted of corruption, I am never corrupt and nobody will invite me into corruption,” said while addressing journalists at Parliament on Tuesday.
“I am a founder of NUP, I did not just join from nowhere but I was part of the founding blocks – where I serve as the deputy president in charge of Buganda. I am also here to reaffirm that I am not leaving NUP, I am not here to do anything to destroy or kill it. So, whoever thought they were hounding me out… I am here for keeps,” he added.
Mpuuga’s trouble began earlier this month, when NUP accused him of engaging in acts of “corruption and abuse of office” after he allocated himself Shs500m of the 1.7 billion shillings categorized as “service awards” when he was still the Leader of the Opposition.
Following the allegations, NUP asked Mpuuga to return the money he received, apologize to Ugandans, and step down voluntarily from his role as Parliament Commissioner, a decision he declined to honor up to date.
