Before the court delivered its ruling, Nalubowa had denied meeting Museveni, even as her rival, Nameere, alleged that the two had met the President.
Disagreements have emerged within the National Unity Platform (NUP) after former Masaka Municipality Woman MP aspirant Rose Nalubowa claimed that several party legislators secretly met President Yoweri Museveni, contradicting the party’s position that her engagement with the President was a personal arrangement.
Nalubowa, whose video clip confirming that she had met Museveni sparked public debate, has insisted that she was not the only opposition figure who sought his intervention over election petitions, claiming that several other NUP legislators also seized the opportunity.
A list circulating publicly allegedly attributed to Nalubowa names several opposition politicians, including Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and Nakawa West MP Joel Ssenyonyi, Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze Bakireke, Makindye West MP Zahara Maala Luyirika, Nansana Municipality MP Zambaali Bulasio Mukasa and Lubaga North MP Abubaker Kawalya.
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Others named include Lubaga South MP Eugenia Nassolo, Kampala Woman MP Shamim Malende, Nyendo-Mukungwe MP Gyavira Ssebina, Mukono District Woman MP Sheila Amaniyo Draville, Makindye East MP Ali Nganda Kasirye and Mpigi District Woman MP Teddy Nambooze.
On Sunday, NUP issued a statement distancing itself from Nalubowa’s revelations, saying her meeting with Museveni was a personal arrangement that the party neither sanctioned nor had prior knowledge of.
However, Nalubowa has maintained that the engagement involved other party members, particularly legislators facing election petitions in court.
Nalubowa, who unsuccessfully challenged State Minister for Local Government Justine Nameere’s election victory, lost the election petition she had filed against the minister.
Before the court delivered its ruling, Nalubowa had denied meeting Museveni, even as her rival, Nameere, alleged that the two had met the President.
Nalubowa’s latest claims have raised questions about the alleged engagement between opposition legislators and the NRM chairman, particularly at a time when the opposition has continued to criticise the ruling party over political persecution and the handling of electoral disputes.
Neither NUP nor the individual legislators named in the circulating list had, by the time of publication, publicly provided detailed responses confirming or denying Nalubowa’s allegations.
The claims therefore remain unverified.
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