The president of Uganda Peoples Congress Dr. Olara Otunu has advised supporters of the ruling political party in Uganda to stop mistreating people. He says that when the big thugs and politicians in government are out of Uganda and have fled to Burundi or Rwanda or US, the small people they have been using to persecute people will remain behind.

He says that when President Museveni and his family members will flee the country, the policemen and soldiers who are persecuting civilians will claim they were obeying orders of their masters from statehouse.
Otunnu says that the people reportedly committing atrocities in president Museveni’s government are adults with brains and they will be held criminally liable.

So Otunnu advises president Museveni’s cohorts, allies, and government officials to keep the diary of the events they do and those that have violated people’s rights to remember that the date and time of occurrence is at their door posts.

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The former UN Diplomat says that the gap between the rich and poor people inUgandais widening. The truth on the ground is that the difference between people who have money in volumes and don’t know what to do with it is unimaginable. And this has turned most families inUgandato become beggars.

Otunnu further says that due to torture and impoverishment Museveni’s regime has conditioned people to accept things the way they are and not see things the way they should be. InKampala, for example in September 2009 the UPDF and the police openly shot dead unarmed demonstrators and since that time nobody has been held accountable.

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The leaders of opposition parties are through with the list of candidates they want to represent them in EALA. The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has chosen its iron lady Salaam Musumba, and former MP Augustine Ruzindana to be its candidate for EALA. The Uganda Peoples Congress has sent Cecilia Nyakait, Okello Okello and Dr. Olara Otunnu.

Justice Forum has picked Asuman Basalirwa; Conservative Party (CP) picked Suzan Nakawuki while the Democratic Party is planning to pick Norbert Mao and former legislator, John Kawanga. Others still in the race on DP side are Mukasa Fred Mbidde, Kenneth Paul Kakande, Deo Kijjambu, John Mary Sebuwufu, and DP deputy Secretary General, Vincent Mayanja.

The parliament of Uganda will seat in April to vet the opposition party representatives. After the vetting exercise the MPs will vote two people from the opposition shades to represent the opposition opinion in EALA.

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The meeting we are told took place in Kasangati in the home of Col. Kiiza Besigye of FDC. In attendance was UPC President, Dr. Olara Otunnu, Social Democratic Party president Michael Mabikke, DP representatives and Col. Besigye himself was present.

The donors asked Besigye and other opposition leaders who were in the meeting why they don’t unit to form a one party opposition force to oust president Museveni. Otunnu, and the DP officials deliberated on the issue.

In the meeting, DP, UPC and SDP declined to form a joint opposition party. But they agreed to work together in the struggle to oust Museveni. From the meeting, Besigye and group went to Namasuba Kalina zone for a joint rally.

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The message that Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party president Dr. Olara Otunnu had packaged well yesterday that he has two daughters has been rubbished by his own party members. One of the UPC officials, David Pulkol says that he knows Otunnu well; the man does not have daughters/ a family.

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The president of Uganda Peoples’ Congress (UPC), Dr. Olara Otunnu has welcomed the birth of the new prince ofBugandaKingdom, Richard Semakokkiro.

The Katikkiro of Buganda announced the birth of a second son of the Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi on Tuesday evening.

Otunnu says that the birth of the newBugandaprince means that there will be continuity of traditional leadership in Bugandaas there will be no succession vacuum. Otunnu says that UPC has a party is a strong supporter of Buganda traditions; this is the reason it is pleased with the birth of the newBugandaprince.

Otunnu said this in a statement he pinned at the UPC head offices in Kampala today.  The new born prince is the fifth child of the Kabaka after Prince Jjunju and Princesses; JoanNassolo,Victoria Nkinzi  and Sarah Katrina Sangalyambogo. Otunnu says that all the members of UPC are praying for the good health of the newBugandaprince.

By Walakira Nyanzi

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Some of the officials on Otunnu’s cabinet who have reportedly deserted the UPC secretariat include Maj. Kisembo from Bunyoro, Cyprian Bamwoze Deputy Secretary General of UPC, Emmanuel Ofumbi, Rebecca Eryemu, and Lawyer Peter Walubiri among others.

The members of Otunnu’s cabinet are also angry that recently Otunnu reportedly saw them coming and locked himself inside his office perhaps because he did not want to talk to them. A source in UPC told us that the members of UPC on seeing this they felt disrespected and they nearly kicked his door.

On the same day, they called Otunnu to meet them in the board room such that they iron out their differences and Otunnu reportedly declined to do so. The party members have also reportedly written a letter to the financial controller of Milton Obote Foundation, CD Mindra requesting him to stop paying Otunnu’s monthly house rent of 1.8 million shillings until their party president reconciles with them. If Mindra honours the request of Otunnu’s cabinet, it will mean that the former UN diplomat will now be homeless because we also hear that Otunnu was recently chassed from the boy’s quarter of one of the UPC members, David Opul over late payment of rent. Opul is a son to late Oyite Ojok.

By Walakira Nyanzi

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Pulkol told the media that he and other party officials used the money to run party activities. He threatened to sue media houses that would continue publishing defamatory stories about him.

Pulkol says that publishing such stories destroys his name in the public. The media houses that published stories against Pulkol quoted the UPC President Dr. Olara Otunnu who told a press conference that David Pulkol had stolen 250 million shillings.

Otuno told journalists that UPC had already alerted Deepening Democracy Program -the NGO which provided the party funds to investigate the loss. Otunnu sacked Pulkol last month over reported mismanagement of the above funds.

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Addressing the media in Kampala today, Rurangaranga reiterated that the party constitution does not give the party president powers to expel the officials who were elected by the General Assembly.

Rurangaranga says that the party is planning to hold a meeting next year that will decide whether Odit and Pulkol should be suspended.

On 12 December the UPC party President Olara Otunu suspended David Pulkol and Odit from the offices of the Secretary for Policy and Mobilization and Secretary General respectively on allegations of mismanagement of funds.

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