National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has suspended Mathias Mpuuga, the party’s deputy president in charge of central Uganda.
NUP said Bobi Wine had suspended his deputy over allegations of corruption and abuse of office.
The party added that Mpuuga had failed to defend himself against the allegations.
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,” said NUP in a short statement.
Bobi Wine has suspended Mathias Mpuuga from his position as NUP 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," according to @NUP_Ug pic.twitter.com/lJRTnbMa9U
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In part, Mathias Mpuuga’s suspension letter read:
On the 6th day of May, 2022, while you served as Leader of the Opposition in Parliament a position to which you were seconded by the Party, you participated in a meeting at which you, together with three NRM-nominated Parliamentary Commissioners, allocated yourselves 1.700.000.000/= (Uganda Shillings One Billion, Seven Hundred Million), under the pretext of “Service Awards”.
You were personally allocated 500,000,000/ = (Uganda Shillings Five Hundred Million). This was an act of corruption and abuse of office, which violated numerous laws, including Section 9(1) of the Leadership Code Act (2002) which prohibits leaders from taking part in meetings at which matters of personal interest to them are to be discussed.
You have thus far failed to provide any satisfactory explanation for engaging in this action which goes against the vision, mission and objectives of the Party. It also goes against Article 5.3 (b) and (f) of the Party Constitution which obligates party members to conduct themselves in a manner that does not bring disrepute to the name of the party, as well as practice accountable leadership.
In accordance with Articles 6.3 (h) and 7.1 (e) of the Party Constitution, I hereby suspend you from the position of Deputy President of the National Unity Platform for Central Region with immediate effect, and accordingly refer the matter to the National Executive Committee for further processing.
The suspension happened after Mpuuga said he would not leave the NUP and he would not resign his commissioner job over his Shs500m service award scandal. (See Details Here, There and Over There).
The suspension all happened a day after Buganda Kingdom, through Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga, intervened in the Bobi Wine-Mpuuga saga, calling on NUP bosses to be patient with each other. (Read Story Here).
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