In our first news report we told you that FDC has branded some of its MPs in the Uganda ninth parliament as rebels. The rebel MPs in FDC we are told are those FDC members who criticise the party president Col. Kiiza Besigye whenever he goes wrong. Like in NRM, Besigye doesn’t want people to challenge him even when he makes an open mistake. In our first issue we told you that some of the rebel MPs in FDC are Reagan Okumu, Nabillah Sempala and Geofrey Ekanya of Tororo Municipality.
Besigye’s camp in FDC reportedly started witch-hunting Okumu and group in February last year after the general elections. The problem of FDC rebel MPs started when they asked Besigye to quit politics after he lost the presidential bid thrice.
Okumu and group reportedly told Besigye to step down and get replaced by a person who doesn’t come from western Uganda where Besigye and Museveni hails from. In what looks like a punishment, Okumu was dropped as chairperson of the committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises. He was also dropped from the shadow cabinet.
Ekanya was also dropped from the post of chairperson of the Local Government Accounts Committee, a post he held in the 8th Parliament. Nabillah too is witch-hunted because she supported Okumu’s proposal to have Besigye out. In retaliation the FDC rebel MPs have also vowed not to support party activities.
