NUP asks Mpuuga to step down for irregularly pocketing shs500m
The opposition National Unity Platform has asked its vice president for Buganda, Mathias Mpuuga to step down as a parliamentary commissioner after admitting irregularly pocketing shs500 million from parliament .
The money came to light during the ongoing parliament exhibition on twitter by users.
In a statement on Thursday evening, NUP said following the revelation, a meeting was convened by the party president, Robert Kyagulanyi together with senior MPs in which Mpuuga admitted taking the money.
“At the meeting, Rt. Hon. Mpuuga admitted that he indeed took part in this wrong doing and apologised for the same. In light of this, he was strongly advised that the moral thing to do in the circumstances is to step down from his role as Parliamentary Commissioner with immediate effect,” NUP said in the statement.
The opposition party said the follow values of discipline, reliability, inclusiveness, integrity, patriotism and services and therefore, any corruption tendency is against these values.
“They also go contrary to the Integrity Oath which every leader of the Party swore at the start of this term.We therefore ask our leaders at all levels to do self-reflection and recommit themselves to these values and the Oath they took to shun and fight corruption in all its forms.”
