By KGR Reporter,
Nyendo-Mukungwe Member of Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga says he will not resign from his position as one of the Commissioners of Parliament.
Mpuuga in a statement issued last evening rubbished a call from his National Unity Platform Party urging for his resignation.
The NUP secretariat on Thursday issued a statement urging Mpuuga to resign for allegedly receiving five hundred million shillings from the Parliamentary Commission as service award as the Leader of the Opposition.
Mpuuga was in December 2023 dropped by the National Unity Platform from the position of the Leader of the Opposition. He was replaced by Nakawa West MP, Joel Ssenyonyi.
The Parliamentary Commission Chaired by the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among reportedly awarded Mpuuga five hundred million shillings as a service award.
NUP president, Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi, addressed journalists at the party headquarters Makerere Kavulu over the controversial money, saying Mpuuga should be relieved from as one of Parliaments commissioners over alleged corruption. Hon. Kyagulanyi speaking….
Since his reshuffle from Leader of the Opposition, where he had served for two and a half years, Mpuuga has frequently clashed with party officials on ideological views and has been criticized by some Makerere-Kavule-based party members. END