Busiro North Member of parliament, Paul Nsubuga is in trouble after money lenders to whom he is indebted to the tune of sh50m threw him out of his home at Nansana-Gganda in Wakiso district.
This comes shortly after Nsubuga mortgaged the home of his mother Agnes Nabawanuka to get money for settling his heavy debts.
Luck seems to have eluded the youthful legislator because, soon after entering parliament in 2021, was arrested for allegedly stealing a mobile phone set valued at sh80,000, where after he was forced to pay a compensation of sh300,000 after losing the case in the court of law.
The phone which Nsubuga is said to have stolen in June 2019, had a mobile money balance of sh4,500,000 and when he was elected MP, the phone owner Gloria Nammengo resurrected the matter and took him to court.
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At about the same time, he was dragged to court by his DP contender Edgar Lubadde, who averred that he had sat his Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) under the names Peter Mukalazi and that he never proceeded any further in education. Lubadde further said that Nsubuga through manipulation, accessed a bursary as a son of a UPDF veteran, although his father Mathias Kibuuka has never served in any army.
However, Nsubuga and his mother convinced the court that he acquired the required academic qualification and the court decided the case in his favour. Lubadde appealed but still lost the case and Nsubuga was declared the legitimate parliamentary representative for Busiro North.
According to sources, Nsubuga approached the unnamed money lender with claims that because of the big debt burden, he was being paid sh2.9m out of the salary of the over sh30m, saying the balance was being deducted to pay his debts. The money lender is said to have given him the money after which he (Nsubuga) went into hiding.
When the money lender marked his house as a property for sale, he re-surfaced and appealed to him to accept making a payment reschedule. By press time, Nsubuga is said to have vacated the house while the money lender has hired out the servants’ quarters to tenants.
The LC I Chairperson for Gganda, Kenneth Nsubuga said that although he saw the MP’s property being taken out of his house, he (chairman) assumes Nsubuga is still the owner of the home because he has never received information to back the rumours.
He however agrees that for some time he has not seen him in the area. A fellow parliamentarian who preferred to stay anonymous, when approached, said his colleague is stranded with a lot of financial hardships, and added that his children are always being sent back home for school fees non-payment. Telephone calls to Nsubuga went unanswered.
As the MP’s woes are piling up, information collected by Kyaggwe TV indicate that a house belonging to his mother Agnes Nabawanuka, located at Kakooge village in Wakiso district, is up for sale with M/S Naddangira SACCO demanding Nsubuga to pay sh40m after defaulting to pay in six months as promised in 2022.
The SACCO head, Christopher Wamala said the payment schedule was one year but he himself said that was too long and promised to settle in six months. Two years down the road, he has not paid.
“He has since disappeared and when we send him WhatsApp messages, he responds by abusing us”, Wamala said. The mother Nabawanuka said she takes a long to see her son, and confirmed that he sweet talked him into handing him the documents pertaining to her house because he said had debts choking him.
It is assumed that the incessant court cases plus the costs incurred during political campaigns threw him the load of debts under which he is still staggering. Nsubuga’s mother is now elusive and keeps indoors.
His grandfather, Eddy Mulangira blames the SACCO authorities for writing announcements on the legislator’s mother’s house declaring it as property for sale, arguing that there was still room for negotiations.
“They could have traced him if they had sought for him. If his mother had a cardiac problem, he would have collapsed dead; but I want to advise him to look for money and pay his debts,” he said.
Fellow residents including Hassan Mbaaga, Muhammed Busuulwa and Edward Jjuuko hold a similar view like Mulangira, saying that he should be given a second chance.