The Member of Parliament for Kimaanya Kabonera, Abed Bwanika has threatened to leave the National Unity Platform (NUP) over the party's handling of members' concerns.
Appearing on NBS Television on Sunday, Bwanika expressed frustration over what he said was the party's consistent disregard for the issues he has previously raised, including party's position on homosexuality.
Now, Bwanika says he has compiled ten critical issues that he wants the NUP leadership to address, warning that if the party fails to respond to them, he will have no choice but to cease being a member of the party.
"It is important for me as a leader to raise the issues which I want the party to deal with, and I have raised the 10-point document of areas that I believe are critical to our party to deal with so that we can find a working relationship," Bwanika said.
"Should they handle my document the way they handled the document of homosexuality, that would mean that I don't have space in that party." he added.
Bwanika is part of a group of NUP members who were given a 30-day ultimatum last month to apologize or risk losing their party membership over what the opposition party termed disloyalty.
NUP accuses the members in question of distancing themselves from party activities, and has warned that failure to clarify their actions within the given timeframe would lead to a loss of endorsement for the upcoming 2026 general elections.
Notable figures among those implicitly targeted include former Leader of the Opposition Mathias Mpuuga, Jimmy Lwanga, Twaha Kagabo, and Joyce Bagala, among others.
In response to the ultimatum, Bwanika criticised NUP for its approach, suggesting that the party should have established an internal forum to address the issues rather than making a public spectacle of it.
"I am a Member of Parliament on NUP ticket. If I have issues, I expect the leadership of NUP to call me, put up a forum, to solve and handle the issues which I have raised, not to go around blackmailing the leaders the way I have seen them doing," Bwanika said.
Last Tuesday, NUP deputy president Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi defended the ultimatum, claiming the party had been patient before taking this step.
He mentioned that he had personally attempted to contact the estranged MPs but received no response.
"Some of these members are my dear friends. You have no idea how much I have reached out on a personal level to prevent this," he said.
However, on Sunday, Bwanika insisted that he had not heard from Kivumbi regarding his alleged disloyalty to the party.
"Up to now, I have not heard from Kivumbi saying we need to interface with you, I have issues. I'm hearing him moving left and right on media. So, me I have decided to put my issues in a document and beginning tomorrow, the NUP leadership will receive that document." the legislator told NBS Television.