“I Won’t Resign – Stop Undermining Me And Making NUP Your Small Family Matter” Mpuuga Blasts Bobi Wine

Yesterday’s news startled the internet as Bobi Wine unveiled a document detailing his convening of a party meeting to address corruption allegations against former leader of opposition and parliamentary commissioner, Hon Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba.

In a statement from NUP, Mpuuga reportedly confessed to receiving a Shs500m appreciation token from the parliamentary commission, categorized as a “Service Award.” Despite admitting to this, Mpuuga apologized and was urged to resign from his lucrative position as parliamentary commissioner.

“Specifically our former Leader of opposition in Parliament and current parliamentary commissioner Rt Hon Mathias Mpuuga alongside three other parliamentary commissioners have been accused of irregularly awarding themselves huge sums of tax payer’s money on the pretext of “Service Awards”….”reads part of the NUP statement.

In the statement, Mpuuga was asked to step down from his parliamentary commission job where he replaced Hon Francis Zaake who was booted in a parliamentary vote in 2022.

“At the meeting, Rt Hon Mathias Mpuuga admitted that he indeed took part in this wrong doing and apologized for the same. In light of this, he was strongly advised that the moral thing to do in the circumstances is to step down from his role as parliamentary commissioner with immediate effect.-the statement further reads.

While political observers speculate on Mpuuga’s resignation, he has defiantly rebuffed Bobi Wine and NUP, asserting he won’t step down and challenged them to wait until 2026 to replace him as parliamentary commissioner.

In a strongly worded statement shared via his social media accounts, Mpuuga dismissed allegations of corruption, insisting the Shs500m wasn’t a bribe. He criticized his party for labeling the payments as corruption, calling it spiteful and misleading.

“To call such payments corruption is the highest level of spite, double standards and deliberate misrepresentation to the public and membership of the Party on a purely selfish mission. If such payments amounted to corruption, all current and previous MPS would be compelled to refund to the public coffers monies paid as gratuity or honoraria since no MP, current and previous was not paid gratuity at the determination of the Parliamentary Commission”-Mpuuga’s statement reads.

Mpuuga adamantly refused to resign, citing internal party politics and attempts to tarnish his reputation, including hiring bloggers to attack him. He also addressed issues surrounding his demotion from the Leader of Opposition job which he says was fueled by allegations and plans to character assassinate him where even bloggers were paid to taint his good name.

“I accordingly decline the cowardly call on me to resign as a Parliamentary Commissioner, based on spite, envy and deliberate misrepresentation. The general public is aware and alive to the internal intrigue and machinations unfortunately within this young party over the last 21/2 years, during my occupation of the covered office of the LOP. It became the official style of different party leaders to undermine my work, including hiring of bloggers to abuse and insult my person”-Mpuuga’s statement further reads.