A section of members of the Democratic Party that supported Go Forward candidate John Patrick Amama Mbabazi have expressed regret at their decision.
Speaking in Masaka town earlier today the Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament Betty Nambooze Bakireke, who was participating in theBulungi Bwa Nsi, said they erred in supporting the former Prime Minister and are ‘to reverse their stand.’
Bulungi Bwa Nsi is a clean-up activity common in Buganda and according to the DP, the party wants to use it as one of its platforms for recruitment of members.
The outspoken Nambooze was in the company of Bukoto East MP Florence Namyanja, Joseph Sewungu of Kalungu East and EALA MP Fred Mukasa Mbidde, all of who had opted to back Mbabazi against the FDC’s Dr Kizza Besigye as opposition joint candidate in the 2016 presidential elections.
The quartet alongside other DP stalwarts and other oppositionists were part of The Democratic Alliance formed mid this year, where the DP members formed the largest chunk of Mbabazi’s backers.
Indeed, it was DP party president Norbert Mao who declared Mbabazi as the TDA flag bearer.
Early this week Kawempe North MP Latif Ssebagala also said he was abandoning his alliance with the Mbabazi ‘Go Forward’ team.
