The President of the National Economic Empowerment for Dialogue (NEED) party, Joseph Kabuleta, has declared that his party is completely out of the Holy Alliance.
The Holy Alliance founded by Kabuleta was launched to spearhead constructive dialogue to guarantee a stable political transition; however, there were allegations of “some alliance leaders receiving money from the State House.”
Addressing members of the press on Monday, November 25, 2024, at the NEED party headquarters in Rubaga, Kampala, Kabuleta said that NEED party will not continue to be part of the holy alliance, which has turned out to be unholy.
“I sat with the leaders of the alliance and asked them to explain whether they received money from Museveni or not. However, they failed to give me satisfactory answers. They stopped including us in the decision-making process, as we used to just read some decisions in the news. I wonder whether they had understood the meaning of the word alliance,” Kabuleta said.
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According to Kabuleta, NEED had joined the holy alliance to prepare people for good governance after Museveni; however, it seems their leaders went off track to pursue their ambitions.
“The last time they had a meeting, some members did not attend, including the members from the Justice Forum (JEEMA), NEED, and the Conservative Party of Ken Lukyamuzi. What was an alliance has become a DP bloc,” he said.
He revealed that the leaders of the Holy Alliance were taking the same road to State House, “just like Norbert Mao, the DP president, who is serving as the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in Museveni’s government.”
However, Kabuleeta blamed the leaders of the Holy Alliance for purportedly issuing a document that proposed the postponement of the elections.
The alliance comprised leaders from the opposition political parties, such as JEEMA, the Conservative Party, and NEED, to fill gaps in previous and existing political alliances and push for democracy, financial freedom, constructive dialogue, and stakeholder leadership.
