Former Leader of opposition in Parliament, Mr Mathias Mpuuga is reportedly set to hold conference today March 26th ,2024 at the Parliamentary Commission Boardroom.
This comes a few weeks after NUP voted to remove him from his position of Parilamentary commissioner.
Where details of the presser remain concealed, a source in Mpuuga ‘s camp who wished to remain unnamed so as to speak freely told us that the former LOP is set to make a huge announcement.
Through his X platform ( formerly Twitter)over yesterday, Mpuuga called upon all Journalist to come and hear his words as now is the time for him to address the ongoing allegations of corruption and abuse of office his office and why he accepted a ‘service award’ of Shs 500 million from the parliamentary commission.
” Tommorow at 10am ,I’ll address the media on range of issues”, he posted.
Afew weeks ago, the National Unity Platform (NUP) has asked Masaka Municipality MP Mathias Mpuuga to resign from his position as parliamentary commissioner following his admission to receiving 500 million shillings.
In a statement released by the NUP secretariat o, party President Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, convened a meeting with senior party leaders after corruption allegations surfaced against several NUP officials, including Mpuuga, the former Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, and other commissioners.
The allegations implicated Mpuuga and other commissioners in irregularly allocating large sums of money to themselves under the guise of service awards, with Mpuuga reportedly receiving 500 million shillings.
According to the press statement from NUP, during the meeting, Mpuuga admitted that he indeed took part in the said allocation of money and apologized for the same.
“At the meeting, Rt. Hon. Mpuuga admitted that he indeed took part in this wrongdoing and apologized for the same. In light of this, he was strongly advised that the moral thing to do in the circumstances is to step down from his role as parliamentary commissioner with immediate effect,” reads part of the statement.
Mpuuga who has been silent about the matter has now announced his next move which anticipates two things as he might resign from the parliamentary commission to avoid a long battle with the party or he might also decide to cling in there since the party has no numerical strength in Parliament.
We shall keep you updated for information concerning the Press conference
