Mao’s deputy, Mbidde disowns his Speakership bid

“We were not consulted. Not at all. That candidature was a shocker to me.......... I was not consulted, and neither were other members of the party. I don’t know which people he consulted, but if it involved lawyers, they should have told him that he is a minister, under a corporation arrangement by an agreement, whose expiry date is the 11th Parliament,” Mbidde said.

DP party vice-president Mukasa Mbidde (L) with Speaker Anita Among at the latter's residence said his party (Democratic Party-DP) did not endorse its president, Norbert Mao for speakership.