WHY THE “MBALE” MEETING WAS ILLEGAL
Accept our heartfelt salutations to you
dear comrades in Democracy. This is
coming at the climax of so many activities after the scandalous
un-constitutional Mbale DP meeting that no right thinking DP leader/member attesting
“Truth & Justice”, “constitutionalism”, rule of law”, etc would seek to
benefit. As you will read below, there was gross amount of fraud so patently
perpetrated in the name of the party and democracy.
Like many of you folks, I share the
profound pain for non-attendance and what went on in Mbale, thus appreciating
the widespread queries as to what happened and why we didn’t go to Mbale.
It is therefore essential for us to give a
detailed explanation as to why we didn’t attend and are still opposed to the
outcomes of what we consider to be an illegal, fraudulent and sham Mbale DP
Delegates Conference.
MBALE MEET WAS SUCH A MONUMENTAL FRAUD, A
SHAM AND AN UNPRECEDENTED ILLEGALITY IN THE HISTORY OF DP:
1.
We construed the entire process leading to
the meeting in Mbale, as a well abetted ploy by the NRM to pre-empt the
constitutional process of DP’s NEC to hold a National delegates Conference for
the Party.
(see
info below and ref. to Amama Mbabazi’s alleged statehouse’s correspondences
with the Mbale eventual victors and losers witnessed in the New Vision,
Bukedde, Monitor, Red Pepper, Kamunye, with the supporting evidence on the big
Bukedde Bill Boards at the Entrances of Major Towns – Mbale, Jinja, Masaka).
2.
There was gross disregard and overturning chapters
1-10 of the DP constitution, in spirit, substance and by the letter. In fact,
the Organizers of the purported Mbale Delegates conference were not only
illegitimate, but copiously unconstitutional in all their cause and actions in
the run-up-to (and even during) the event. Thus it would be a great disservice
to all democrats and the nation at large to participate in an event that
contradicts the Party constitution, the political party and organizations act
(PPOA) and the National Constitution.
3.
The bona-fide DP members at the
sub-branches, constituency branches and district were grossly denied a voice
and were in effect disenfranchised when a handful of people in the names of Isa
Kikungwe, Matia Nsubuga, Polly Mukiibi, Dab Opinya, John Sebaana and Co.
arrogated themselves responsibility, without the sanction of the National
Executive Committee (NEC).
The
deliberate actions of the rebellious faction to handpick and
select delegates and district leaderships throughout the country, instead of
electing them democratically, as conditioned by the DP constitution, catapulted
unprecedented levels of illegality and fraud. The normal procedures and process
of leadership regeneration was circumvented for selfish interests and the DP
constitution, as submitted to the registrar of companies and electoral
commission under the Political party organizations Act (PPOA), was overturned.
4.
There is overwhelming evidence, some of
which now well documented in the mainstream media outlets (not challenged
to-date) and the suspicious conduct of the perpetrators (all self-avowed
socialists) and their conspiring abettors and agents that there was a pulpable
ploy to saw confusion and frustrate Democratic Party membership around the
Country.
This
would not only help pre-empt and block the process of holding a constitutionally
authentic National DP Delegates conference, but also (for whatever reasons
these “DP leaders” had) would give bad press to DP and play well in the
hands of our opponents because :
It
is a futile process that its illegality and unconstitutionality lead to
automatic self –disqualification, with serious penalties (including banning the
party not to participate in general elections for a couple of election seasons)
handed down to the party and its flag bearer(s) if any smart citizen challenges
it (them) in the Courts of law.
In
our view therefore, DPs and Ugandans deserve better, not the usual excuses that
“we knew about this illegality, fraud and unconstitutionality but failed to
forestall it or forecast it” - a similitude of the 2001 “seya
saga/circus” that instead bolstered Besigye’s Reform Agenda – now FDC.
5.
There was open fixing of elections, almost
in over 90% of the district branches under the overseer-ship and control of a
one Hon. Issa Kikungwe, with no know leadership position on NEC nor within the
organs of the DP constitution. The practice of fixing “DP Elections” conducted
by the so-called internal electoral
committee (IEC) of a one Polly Mukiibi was contested to no redress (fell on
deaf ears). Never could we go to Mbale with a factional “Internal Electoral
Commission(er)” appointed by a faction on the 18th July 2009. They
choose a committee of 5 but later 2 members (Mr. Twallah Kadalla and Dr.
Kasozi) publicly resigned sighting gross irregularities and fraudulent operations
to serve interest of their appointing authhorities (Kikungwe-Mbidde-Nsubuga-Kezaala
and colleagues in the joint campaign team of candidates Mao and
Sebagala”).
In
fact, following the above scenario, the factional IEC was disbanded earlier on
the 19th Oct. 2009 and some of the fraud-stars suspended and/or
expelled by resolutions of NEC for excessive gangsterism and being subversive
to the party, except for Mbidde who had been expelled earlier in September
2009, by Patron Ssebaana and colleagues in UYD, for suspected financial
dealings with state house and ISO.
6.
Under the DP constitution (Art. 12) only NEC can, through a
democratic decision (either by consensus or vote in its meeting), convene a
Notional Delegates conference (NDC).
Even under unusual times, NEC would be obliged to convene a Special
Delegates Conference (SDC) if requisitioned by a ¼ of the NEC members or
district executives (ref. 13 (a), b (i) & (ii). Were any of the above done? No. It was
therefore gross indiscipline and a
profane attack on the DP constitution and its core-values for a faction to
unilaterally proceed with the type of Mbale conference inspite of:-
(a) Every
effort made by eminent persons like Prof. F. Ssempebwa, Hon. President Emeritus
P.K. Ssemogerere, former Nganzi ya
Ankole & DP District Chairman Busenyi J. Kabaireho, Mzee J.B. Isabirye,
Pastor Musitwa, H.E Cardinal E.K. Wamala and others, to give good counsel and
reconcile the party into unity ahead of other programmes.
(b) The
tremendous work done by the party to ensure grass-root elections that would
give every member and every part of the Country opportunity to elect delegates
to the National Delegates conference.
7.
Under the circumstances prescribed in (6)
above, and prior to the 18th Feb. purported Mbale Delegates
Conference, NEC had clearly pronounced itself not to attend, so as not to give
credence and thereafter handing over to an illegally convened meeting.
8.
There were other glaring
constitutional-administrative and technical oversights, so overwhelming that
they were bound to contaminate Mbale and make the validity of the outcomes of
the Mbale meeting; inconsequential, illegitimate and a plain legal nullity.
(a) Delegates
and branch/sub-branch leaderships were merely selected and/or handpicked
instead of being elected throughout the various levels as provided for under
the DP constitution.
(b) On
several occasions since November 2009, the DP President (Hon. Ssebaana Kizito)
the National Chairman (Prof. J. Mukiibi) the National Treasurers (Mrs Sarah
Kanyike and Mr. John Mugisha), the organizing secretaries (Mr. Deo Njoki and Mr.
John Tusiime), the Women Leader (Ms. Christine Ikiria), the competent Legal
minds in NEC including Senior Counsel J.Balikuddembe (V. President Buganda), Ms.
Susan Abbo (DP National Youth Leader), Mr. Peter Sebyuma and Hon. Elias Lukwago
(National Legal Advisors) and other substantive officials of NEC had openly and
in writing based on sound reasons denounced the Mbale meeting due to the
massive illegalities involved, the irregularities in its organization and fraud
sighted in the various petitions including those from 2 prominent members of
the said IEC that used to fix the “elections”.
(c) Mbale
was organized devoid of the National Organizing Secretary and the National
Treasurer’s involvement. In fact the National Organizing Secretary (Mr. Deo Njoki),
his deputy National Organizing Sec. (Mr. John Tumusiime) and the Deputy
Treasurer then Acting National Treasurer (Mr. John Mugisha) were fraudulently
and illegally chased out of Office by the Kikungwe-Sebaana-Sebagala-Nsubuga group
and their files, membership card-booklets and office desks confiscated.
This
had several serious implications among others:
i.
There were no organized DP Members and
voters registers and hence fake Delegates in Mbale that included crooks,
impostors and members from other parties, and as such its memberships
(delegates”) would not be verifiable – Ref: revelations from Seya &
co. admissions and reports from bitter district Chairmen as well as delegates
who missed out or who were hoodwinked/tricked into attendance.
ii.
There was a deliberate circumvention of
constitutional procedures to solicit, procure, deposit and disburse monies
since the National Finance Committee and the office of the National Treasurer
were rendered dysfunctional for the selfish interests of President Ssebaana and
Hon. Isa Kikungwe, later becoming apparent that they were working in concert
with Vice President Mao.
iii.It
had all the hallmarks of a sinister ploy to defraud the bona-fide DPs of
their monies - since money solicited in their name and the proceeds of sales of
fake cards circumvented the constitutional procedures and went to personal
accounts, hence a fragrant contravention of Articles 18(f), 31(f), 33(e), 59,
60(b), 62 and 63 of the DP constitution.
iv.
It was also a suspect arrangement, to the
wider DP leadership and membership, meant to cover-up the mega deals widely
leaked in the media between the ring-leaders of the Mbale breakaway faction and
State-house/intelligence officials.
v.
Mbale group did not consider the authentic
credentials committee set up by NEC which meant that unqualified people would
sieve through to the leadership ranks without proper vetting and screening.
While this could suit the organizers of the Meet, it was bound to disadvantage
the distinguished servants (members) of the party who play by the rules, let
alone leaving open loopholes for mediocre leaders and former convicts to ride
high, in the name of the party that cherishes reward of service, merit, common
decency and brain power.
(d) The
Mbale meet was neither chaired by the National Chairman nor his deputy, making
it just an ordinary meeting that probably included party members with a few
leaders but not a Delegates Conference prescribed under the DP constitution.
(e) The
Mbale meeting was neither sanctioned nor convened by the democratic decision of
NEC. In the same vein, its agenda was not drawn by the authentic officials
under the direction of NEC. These are officials whose roles are clearly spelt
out in the DP constitution and cannot be wished away or circumvented.
According
to the DP constitution, submitted to the electoral commission and the Registrar
of Companies as directed by the PPOA and the National Constitution,
the leading organizers (I. Kikungwe, J. Ssebaana, Poly Mukiibi and M. Nsubuga)
were not the Treasurer General, the National Chairman the organizing secretary
and Secretary General of the party respectively, to organize/convene the
National Delegates Conference but just impostors and impersonators.
(f) Fake/Invalid
Cards were fraudulently used and circulated alongside the NEC-sanctioned
valid cards under the subversive conspiracy and sanction of Kikungwe, Poly
Mukiibi and Ssebaana who were neither the Treasurer General nor the National
Organizing Secretaries.
To
our understanding, this had implications:
i.
It had all the hallmarks of a sinister
ploy to defraud the bona-fide DPs of the sales of fake cards which went
to personal accounts.
ii.
It would, and indeed it gave, the perpetrators
a big bung in their mission to create parallel memberships and structures to
the authentic ones in a secret bid to start a new party within DP. Several weeks to the Mbale meet, innumerable
NRM cadres had also found their way into the DP structures and list of
delegates, courtesy of the joint stake in the project between the ring-leaders
of the Mbale breakaway faction and State-house/intelligence officials.
Indeed
the two party cards brought a lot of confusion, sparking an irreconcilable
fission (spilit) in the party which the organizers of the Mbale meeting took
advantage for mainly financial and other ulterior motives other than the
survival of DP.
9.
Mbale was a subversive deliberate effort
to create another party within the Democratic Party: i.e. with a different
constitution; opposite set of core values; different leadership - disloyal to
the authentic NEC; an effective way of purging the centre right ideology upon
which DP was founded and replacing it in effect with a socialist one.
10.
The Mbale meet was organized by a gang of Kampala-Masaka-Jinja-Wakiso
rebellious leaders/individuals of questionable characters, many of whom had a
blotted record of “the terror gangsters and mafias at City House” that
invoked official suspension among the NEC’s emergency counter measures
(Articles 12, 79 (c) and 80 (d)) to safeguard the programs, interests, unity
and the security/defense of the Party.
Even
in the case of the disputed Secretary General Hon. Mathias Nsubuga, who claimed
that he overturned the legal caveats against his privilege/authority to convene
the NDC, he had no acclaimed permit to totally disregard the constitution and
by-pass the sanction of NEC and an authentically constituted National Council.
By
ignoring and circumventing all three, Mathias yet again committed “treason”
against the Party. In any case, Mathias was still the subject of a Court of
Appeal in which he was striving to overturn a straight forward judgment of
Justice Yorokemu Bamwine which judge declared the DP National council that elected
Hon. Nsubuga, “a Nullity”.
11.
Less than 12 District Branches out of 86
had constitutionally held their constituency and district delegates conferences
were ready by the 18th Feb. 2010 to send delegates to the NDC. This
means that the Mbale purported NDC wasn’t a conference of delegates from the
Democratic party structures, but a make shift arrangement deliberately given
the name of a NDC to suit the ulterior
and sinister motives and objectives of the organizers of that event, hence
sealing the fate of DP in the political landscape of Uganda.
12.
The Mbale meeting ignored, overlooked and
intransigently disparaged the joint re-conciliation committee (JRC)
of distinguished senior citizens and members of the party of Hon. Dr. P.K.
Ssemogerere and Prof. F. Ssempebwa and others, as well as the solicited
intervention of distinguished senior citizen and religious leaders (H.E
Cardinal E. Wamala & Pastor Musiitwa) who did order and in the later case
pleaded for a cancellation of the purported Mbale Delegates conference. It should be remembered that the National
Council that sat at Nsambya Cardinal Emmanuel Social Center (on the 28th
Jan. 2009) had unanimously supported the proposals of the JRC. This preceded
the concrete signed agreement between Ex-president General John Ssebana Kizito
and the party Chairman Prof. Joseph Mukiibi, witnessed by Hon. Dr. P.K
Ssemogerere and Prof. F. E. Sempebwa - widely publicized over the media.
It should be remembered that the joint
reconciliation committee was a culmination and merger of a 5 member committee
selected by the Ssebaana-Kikungwe-Nsubuga faction led by Prof. Ssempebwa
on one part and Dr, P.K.Ssemogere 5-members committee appointed by NEC on the
other part. The JRC must be thanked here for leading by example; working together
for the common good of the party and democracy; and taking advantage of our
rich heritage of internal mechanisms to resolve our differences and unite the
party. How could one then attend Mbale whose agenda was to undercut and
overturn any efforts aimed at uniting the party before the Delegates
Conference?
WAS MBALE DELEGATES CONFERENCE A
CULMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN SSEBAANA, HIS FORMER CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR AND
PERSONAL HENCHMEN ABETTED BY THE NRM-O, TO INSTALL A SMALL NRM-COMPLIANT
FACTION OF THE EXIXTING NEC?
There was an unrelenting effort by the
Mbale group to circumvent the constitutional procedures and guidelines
especially in regard to policy and leadership regeneration.
NB:
For purposes of clarity of evaluation, here below is a list of members of
the DP National Executive Committee, as of 18th February 2010, part
of which masterminded a pre-emptive move to unconstitutionally install an
NRM-compliant leadership.
1. President General: John
Ssebaana Kizito. *
National Vice President: Reiner
Kafire Juliet (Mrs)
Vice President - Central region: Sc. J. Balikuddembe
Vice President - Northern region: Norbert Mao (now new factional President)*
Vice President - Western region: A. Katabazi
Vice President - Eastern region: Al-Hajji Kezaala Baswali *
2. Chairman: Prof.
Joseph Mukiibi
Vice Chairman: Al-hajji
Ali Serunjogi
3. Secretary General: Vacant
Vice Secretary General: Dr.
Lulume Bayiga
4. Treasurer: Sarah
Kanyike Ssebaggala *
Vice treasurer: John
Mugisha
5. Organising Secretary: Deo Njoki
Vice Organising Sec. John
Tumusiime
6. Publicity Secretary: Bakireke
Nambooze
Vice Publicity Secretary: Fred
Mwesigwa *
7. Legal Advisor: Elais
Lukwago Ssalongo
Vice Legal Advisor: Peter
Ssebyuma
8. Women Leader: Ekiria
Christine
9. Youth Leaders: Suzan
Abo
S. Luyombya
Hussein Lubega.
NB:
Of the NEC regional representatives whose names are not given here only 4 out
of 10 went to Mbale. The above list clearly shows that out of the
whole DP – NEC, only those names with a star
at the end went to Mbale.
Deliberate effort by Ex-president Ssebaana
and his henchmen that included two of his Vice Presidents (Mohammed Baswale
Kezaala and Nobert Mao) his personal assistants and handymen ( Mathias Nsubuga,
Mayanja Vincent, Kidandala, Mbidde, Kakande and others) to forestall and make
NEC dysfunctional, was construed by our campaign and the general membership of
the party and NEC itself, to be a calculated ploy to overturn the people’s
mandate; disenfranchise members of the party; torpedo the renewed optimism and
constitutional order within the Party; and to derail the much anticipated
National Delegates Conference and the potential of the party to challenge state
power.
A chronology of such
deliberate actions, aimed at paralyzing and causing financial loss to the
Party:
1)
Whereas according to the party
constitution, each of the party’s top executives is voted separately into
office, unlike in the case of UPC, NRM, FDC, etc … whereby only the party
president is “elected” and then mandated to select and appoint other executives.
Mr Ssebaana abrogated the DP constitution by appointing himself secretary
general and later relinquishing it to his personal assistant Mathias Nsubuga in
a fraudulently organized National Council that he (himself) illegally chaired,
after propagating the exit of Mr. Ebill Otto and making the work of Dr. Lulume Bayiga
(Acting Sec. General) next to impossible.
2)
In order to enforce his illegal decisions,
impeached President, John Sebaana Kizito, and two of his five vice presidents
(Mao and Kezaala) boycotted, undermined, circumvented and blocked DP NEC
meetings for well over 3½ years up till the purported Mbale Delegates
Conference, despite holding privileged positions in NEC. During this time they
resorted to using illegal and unconstitutional assemblies in the names of
National councils – chaired by Ssebaana, John Kawanga (not a NEC Member) or
Komakech Leander (Sr.) who is also neither a NEC member nor National Council
member.
3)
They ensured that Ssebaana did not handover
the office of the National Treasury (since he was the Treasurer before elected
President in 2005), even when party accounts had to be audited as required by
law – hence didn’t care the penalties, as the party was just something used to
achieve own selfish ends.
Before
the last 2005 Deligates Conference at the Nelson Mandela National Stadium, Mr.
John Sebaana Kizito was Natioanal Treasurer to the DP. Unfortunately, up to the
date of his impeachment (17th Feb. 2010) Mr. John Sebaana Kizito had
never handed over to his successor, hence in effect undermining the office of
the National Treasurer (Mrs. Sarah Kanyike and her Deputy, Mr. John M.
Mugisha).
4)
They fraudulently misused Ssebaana’s
signature to authenticate and cause issuance of the fake Kikungwe party cards
alongside the authentic official ones, hence causing both cards to be in
circulation.
Particular
mention must be made here, that over a million fake cards are estimated to have
been printed and sold to unsuspecting members of the party where the proceeds
from the sales went to private accounts.
5)
They worked together and used Ssebaana to
forestall and Undermine gender equality in numerous ways, as one of the many
ways they would promote their move to the left:
1
Deliberately blocking the holding of the
DP women’s Delegates Conference.
2
Deliberately isolating madam Vice
President (Hon. Juliet Reiner Kafiire) and Madam Treasurer General (Hon. Cllr.
Sarah Kanyike) and denying them access to their party offices.
3
Refusing to recognize Miss Susan Abbo as
the elected leader of DP youth wing and her executive committee, an organ of
the party under the party constitution and, taking it upon themselves to replace her role in the
party with men of socialist inclination well over 40 years of age.
6)
They worked to catapult an ideological
confusion that would help to scare off our traditional funders, thus serving
their selfish interest to move the party to the left and to promote the
interests of their NRM-abettors.
Everyone will remember the famous Ssebaana answer to our Westminster
friends (when asked about who the true DP international allies were? The center
rightists or socialists? And he answered “you can eat with both hands” to the
disappointment and eventual withdrawal of funding to support party activities
by all our former allies including Christian Democrats who disowned DP under
Ssebaana).
One
starts to wonder whether a similar legacy left in the DP National Treasury 10 years
ago; the legendary Teefe Bank; the Bika Bya Buganda Football Association; the
Muteesa I Royal University; and Kampala City Council could be explained by
similar circumstances than the ones that to-date explain a very successful
SWICO that insures the Presidential Jet and State House!
MBALE WAS AN IRREVOCABLE AND TREASONABLE
BREACH OF THE DP CONSTITUTION AS SUBMITTED TO THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES AND
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF UGANDA:
1. Just
as the 1st August 2008 National Council meeting was ruled in the
Honorable High Court on the 26th Oct. 2009 (misc Cause No. 217 of
2008) as illegal and the consequent party activities built on its outcome
declared null and void, the 18th July 2009 and 29th Dec.
2009 were equally convened, chaired, constituted and conducted in contravention
of articles 33(e), 16, 18 (d) & (h), 25 and 26 of the DP constitution, henceforth;
a legal and administrative nullity.
For
that reason therefore:
(a) The
purported appointing of the Kikungwe finance committee; the Dab Opinya – Polly
Mukiibi/Mwebe IEC; and the Sebuliba Mutumba-Damiano Lubega’s Organizing
committee acted in contravention of Article 18(d) & (h) of the Party’s
constitution and did not have the authority of NEC. Thanks to Dr. Kasozi,
Twalla Kadalla, Damiano Lubega and others who consequently heed NEC’s advice
not to be party to the gross fraud widely petitioned regarding the business of
these respective committees and the unprecedented level of illegality and
unconstitutionality they would in the process portray to the party and the
public at large.
(b) The
unconstitutional printing, issuance, sale and distribution of fake membership
cards and illicit soliciting of funds without following the constitutionally
laid down procedures and without the mandate of NEC, which is the Directorate
of the Party, did not only contravene Articles 18(f), 31(f), 33(e), 59, 60(b), 62
and 63 of the DP constitution, but spelt the following unfortunate
consequences:
-
Would greatly affect the party never like it before; now that even non-members
and members of the NRM-O and other rival parties would acquire them and find
way to the Delegates Conference(s). Particular reference will be made to the
fake delegates and gangster brigades ferried and caused to attend the purported
delegates’ conference in Mbale.
-
Would be a bad precedent used by a rebellious faction in the purported Mbale
NDC to split the party in total disregard of the party constitution and
dismantling all positive efforts/counsel expedited through the internal
mechanisms and efforts by the elders and senior citizens mentioned elsewhere
here-in.
2. The
purported National Councils held on the 29th Nov. 2009, 18th
Jul. 2009 and 10th Feb. 2010 were:
(c) Convened without the authority of NEC (mandated
to sanction and prepare the agenda for the convening of National Council),
(d) A misrepresentation of what should constitute
a National council (i.e. with impersonating; chairmen – Ssebuliba-Mutumba, John
Kawanga and Komakechi Leander (Snr) - and
members),
(e) A violation of Articles 14, 15, 16, 25 and 26
of the DP constitution and the democratic resolutions taken in the constitutionally
held National Council of the 28th Jan. 2010.
3. The
decisions, processes and all arrangements to organize the purported Mbale NDC
were not only a usurpation of the powers of the National Chairmen, Organizing
secretaries and National Treasurers, NEC and the Party in general, but also:
(f) A violation of Articles 12, 33(a)&(e), 34,
18(d) & (h), 25, 26, of the DP
constitution and the democratic resolutions of NEC taken in its sittings on the
2nd Nov. 09 & 17th Feb. 10,
(g) A complete misrepresentation of what should
constitute a National Delegates Conference (i.e. chaired by with an
impersonating chairman - John Kawanga - and by-and-large constituted by
handpicked delegates even from the NRM-O and other parties).
4. The
deliberate refusal to heed internal efforts and mechanisms to resolve internal
differences and rebelling against all relevant counsel and authority not to
organize a factional “Delegates Conference” in Mbale without NEC resolution,
was bound to:
(a) Split the party beyond repair;
(b) Compromise our core party values and
ideological foundation – as the ensuing factional leadership would resort to
work in total disregard of the party constitution, “rule of law” and in
absolute disrespect of the DP motto of “Truth and Justice”;
(c) Automatically make the emergent factional
leadership lose the moral authority to stave off any future such factional
coups and abrogation the party/national constitution(s), let alone disable it
to condition a smooth transition/handover.
5. Participating
in such a sham delegates conference and giving credence to such rigged
elections and abrogation of the DP constitution, would give an unprecedented
momentum to entrenching unconstitutionalism, disrespect to the rule of law and
bad governance that were an exclusive practice of Obote’s UPC and its daughter
regimes as well as graft parties like the NRM. If allowed, this shall
permanently erode DP’s moral high ground hither-to enjoyed, as well compounding
its control to statehouse, since Museveni and our other opponents as well as any
smart democrats, can only use the excuse of a broken DP constitution and a
rigged primaries to eliminate our candidates; penalize the party out of as many
election seasons as they may please; and forestall the hopes of the Party and
democrats for good.
WHAT NEXT NOW THAT MBALE LOGJAM IS OUT?
To
me, and to the members of my campaign-team and certainly, to the majority of
the well informed DP members country-wide, the purported Mbale –DP-Delegates
conference was fraudulent, unconstitutional and to say the least bogus”. It
was actually a ploy to pre-empt or to block the process of holding the
constitutionally authentic National DP Delegates’ Conference.
We
commend the Chaiman Mukiibi, Haji Sserunjogi and President Reiner Kafire NEC
for standing firm, being decisive and unwaivering in protecting the Party
constitution; sticking with DP core values; and giving direction to organize a
legally authentic Delegates Conference immediately after disposing off the now
slated cases in High Court on 25th - 29th May, 2010.
Let
us have true delegates’ conferences to chat a way forward for DP; debate local
and national issues, principles and values of the party; and, forward adopted
resolutions to the National Executive Committee through the National Organizing
Secretary to enable his office build up a worthwhile agenda for the NDC; made
up by members’ submissions, for members’ aspiration and debated on behalf of
members for the democratic aspirations of the party’s delegates’ Conference at
Namboole Stadium in the not too distant future. Team –work is the answer!
Build the team! Winning is for all of us
– as we work “for the Change Ugandans will trust”!
FOR GOD AND MY COUNTY
SAMUEL
WALTER LUBEGA
PRESIDENTIAL
ASPIRANT DP 2011
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