NUP central executive committee to determine Mpuuga's fate

The party had given Mpuuga an ultimatum of seven days, which ended today afternoon, without Mpuuga’s response

The National Unity Platform (NUP) spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi has revealed that the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting will decide the fate of the embattled Parliamentary Commissioner and former Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Parliament Matthias Mpuuga.

Ssenjonyi, who succeeded Mpuuga as LoP last December, was speaking in the wake of Mpuuga failing to explain himself to the party that had demanded to know why he shouldn’t be recalled as a commissioner following the controversial “good service award” of Shs500 million he received from Parliament.

The party had given Mpuuga an ultimatum of seven days, which ended today afternoon, without Mpuuga’s response

NEC is the party’s top decision making organ. This very organ is said to be the one that has decided on who holds which position in Parliament, including vetting Mpuuga as LoP, and last December as Commissioner.

The committee is composed Of over 30 party leaders and is headed by the president of the party.

NEC is said to have sat on  March 4 in a meeting Mpuuga, the party's deputy president Buganda, skipped. The meeting made a resolution  giving Mpuuga seven days to explain himself.

Since then, Mpuuga, who has been under intense scrutiny from all and sundry, has retreated into silence unlike the tough-talking he initially exuded while responding to the party's calling the award corruption and abuse of office.

"As a party, we are taking action on our end because we are ones who seconded," Ssenyonyi said.

"NEC is the one who seconded and NEC will again resolve, whichever way it resolves. Whatever happens in parliament there after that okay. We have asked him to resign, it’s up to him as an individual, as a leader but as party which seconded him it’s important that we make a decision on these sues”

Mpuuga has since insisted the money he is accused of awarding himself was deserving and worked for it, contrary to the party’s corruption allegations