Editorial
A number of the opposition party supporters in Acholi sub region have defected to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party.
They include Lanam Kijange, the National Unity Platform (NUP) party flag bearer for the Kilak South constituency, Oola Patrick Lumumba, the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) Party chairperson for Gulu city and the National Unity Platform (NUP) party Coordinator for the Acholi Sub-region, Brian Jakisa Mungu.
Mungu announced his defection on Wednesday during President Yoweri Museveni’s campaign rally at Kaunda Parade Grounds in Gulu City.
The group of youthful defectors, allegedly comprising NUP district registrars, coordinators, and mobilizers from Gulu City and neighboring districts, was officially received by President Museveni in the presence of senior NRM leaders.
Caesar Rubangakene, the NUP Deputy Spokesperson for Northern Uganda, said the party wasn’t surprised by Mungu’s decision to cross to the ruling party, noting that suspicions about his loyalty had been growing for months.
Mungu’s defection comes barely a month after NUP denied him the party flag for the Bardege-Layibi Division Parliamentary seat, instead choosing Robinson Akera as its official candidate in the upcoming general elections.
In total, 117 opposition party supporters defected from Amuru district and 916 defected from Gulu city and Gulu district.
