“The agreement we have is fundamental. We have been faithful to our part of the agreement. That is the reason why the president invited me to try first,” Mao said.

“We have been complaining about how bad those fronted by other parties are. Today, we have decided to front our own, the holy one, to represent the opposition in the forthcoming speakership race. I implore all opposition members of Parliament to rally behind our candidate,” Ssenyonyi said.

“This operation will not only end at parliament. The investigation will be extensive. For the first time, the country is applauding the government,” Kintu said.

“Let's ask Museveni what happened to Lubowa Hospital. Uganda taxpayers have paid more than UGX 1.4 trillion to Pinetti, and nothing is on the ground. Even in this financial year, Parliament is set to release an additional allocation of UGX 305 billion in promissory notes to Pinetti, with zero progress,” Centenary said.

Lukwago referred to Among as “a creature of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni” who was kidnapped from the opposition ranks in order to work as a procurement agent to politicians defecting to Museveni’s camp.

The party president, Maj Gen (Rtd.) Mugisha Muntu, told delegates that politics in Uganda is increasingly money-oriented and warned that if not careful, any party that will come to power will repeat the same mistake.

Since the January 15th election, the general public which included both government and the opposition had been anxious about the continued silence of the...