The National Economic Empowerment for Development (NEED) party President, Joseph Kabuleta, has said that the opposition in Uganda is satisfied with being in opposition, saying that they are built to be in opposition, comfortable being bridesmaids, and cannot strive to become brides.
According to Kabuleta, the opposition is by nature supposed to be a government in waiting, but doubts whether the opposition in Uganda is ready to run the country.
Kabuleta made these remarks while appearing on one of the local television shows to discuss ‘the widening opposition rift and political parties self-destruction mode’ on April 1, 2024.
He said that if the opposition was interested in removing President Museveni, things like the widening rift and destruction mode in the opposition wouldn’t be happening.
“It is better for the opposition to clean the country than to clean their house and stay in the opposition forever,” Kabuleta said.
Muwanga Kivumbi, a Member of Parliament on the National Unity Platform ticket representing Butambala county, said that years ago he had warned against the removal of term limits, saying that it was aimed at a life presidency, and today the aim is a family dynasty.
He noted that the opposition’s task is very clear, adding that they are going to tackle President Museveni’s dynasty.
Kivumbi, however, said that the biggest problem the opposition has in the country is the role played by Anita Annet Among to infiltrate the opposition, which was being played by Kale Kayihura and Amama Mbabazi.
He further revealed that the structure of the NUP is not formal, but it has been able to give them the party they have.
“If you want to formalize a party structure with our experience of opposing Museveni, he will infiltrate that formal structure. NUP has only four Suubi group members, and Museveni is threatened by this group because it is tested with over 20 years of experience in Ugandan politics,” Kivumbi noted.
This follows conflicts going on in the opposition parties in the country, where last year the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party split into two factions resulting from allegations of dirty money, and currently the conflict is going on in the NUP party over allegations of corruption.
