The political climate of Masaka City has remained to become frenzy as more new entrants into the field to oust the embattled former Leader of Opposition in parliament Mr Mathias Mpuuga as Mr Lubowa Ssebina who is a bursar at Makerere joins.
Mr Lubowa joins the voices of the others including Ms Alice Nanungi who had put her foot earlier into the long walk to change the politics of the area.
The well educated economist boasts of the much work he has done for the people of Masaka and the NUP and he says he stands a chance to replace the embattled MP.
The Masaka politics is torn into about three parts of the Buganda kingdom, the catholic church and the electorate with the two institutions well behind Mr Mpuuga while the electorate is divided.
Work for Buganda
Mr Lubowa says he has been pivotal in shaping the education and economics of Buganda but they have not been treated fairly.
“I think these institutions are being unfair and people who have worked with Mpuuga can tell you that he will always use them to just cover his dirt. And party members should stop the mentality of individualism and get back to the ideology of the party that power belongs to the people,” Mr Lubowa says.
“We were the people who started the Buganda Royal Institute of Business and Technology which is a big thing for Buganda Kingdom and I have been close to our county of Buddu and renovation of the Budukiro building.”
He has also been the leader of the layte of Wakiso Parish and we have given a big piece of land to the church and that means he has always been part of the religion.
The son of the late Stefano Mwanje and Milani Nanyumu Namayanja says he is going to fight the issue of double taxation in the markets, accusing the past leaders of not organising tax seminars which would help the traders.
With many people already jostling to stamp their foot in Masaka, the area becomes more volatile and the support of Mr Mpuuga could be affected.
Ms Nanungi who also says she wants the position says Mpuuga has not been good to the people of Masaka Mukungwe and he should make way for others to lead the party.
“Mr Mpuuga has stopped party mobilisation events and that is not good for us. We have not sat to discuss recruitment and making sure more people join the party and he thinks that no one else can do anything without him,” Mr Lubowa says in an interview for this story.
At the peak of all the happenings, Mr Mpuuga stopped a Kunga meeting organised by party leaders in his constituency.
“We are not here to play games, there are members and leaders within the party that need to be taught a lesson. I will stand on my own two feet and stop any leader who is coming to disorganized my people,” Mpuuga said during an event in Masaka.
The commissioner of parliament has on several occasions accused party leaders of supporting and grooming other leaders under his nose and he says he will not allow that to happen.
