A number of opposition members including Betty Kamya (Uganda Federal Alliance), Florence Nakiwala (Democratic Party) and the former Deputy Mayor of Kampala, Ms Sarah Kanyike (DP) have been dropped in the recently announced cabinet.
The latest opposition member to be appointed is FDC’s Joyce Ssebugwawo as ICT and national guidance minister.
Dr Fredrick Golooba, a Political scientist and researcher now says that the opposition members who are just poached from their mother parties risk being dumped quickly because they lose credibility and integrity.
Mr Ndebesa Mwambutsya, a political analyst from Makerere University says that opposition members who are appointed by Museveni should always put conditions that they will serve in his government while maintaining their political affiliation if they do not want to be used and dumped.
Daily Monitor
Thursday December 24 2020
NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi with the party’s Mityana candidates Joyce Bagala and Francis Zaake on December 23, 2020. PHOTO | DAVID LUBOWA
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There are as many candidates running on Independent ticket for parliamentary and district chairperson seats as the combined number of party flag bearers, official records show.
Our analysis of the Electoral Commission data shows that half of the 2,667 parliamentary contestants are Independents, followed by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party that has fielded 496 candidates while the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has 281 flag bearers.
The National Unity Platform (NUP), Uganda’s youngest political party led by presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, has raised 242 contenders for parliamentary slots which, constitute half of candidates that the ruling party is sponsoring, fielded.