Bayiga blasts DP boss Ssebaana Kizito
Jul 18, 2009
AS the Democratic Party braces itself for a national council meeting today, the party’s deputy secretary general, Lulume Bayiga, has said the leadership of John Ssebaana Kizito is lazy and full of intrigue.
By James Kabengwa
AS the Democratic Party braces itself for a national council meeting today, the party’s deputy secretary general, Lulume Bayiga, has said the leadership of John Ssebaana Kizito is lazy and full of intrigue.
Bayiga, in a July 10 three-page letter to the secretary, general Mathias Nsubuga, said the national council had been summoned without following the proper procedure.
“Since November 2007, the National Executive committee(NEC) of the party has not been sitting, having been overrun by the president general who prefers a NEC that listens and implements his will without debate and consensus,†he wrote.
“The President first usurped the duties of the secretary general, then suspended the calling of the would-be monthly NEC meetings indefinitely,†Lulume said.
He added that party procedure allowed for the convention of the national council after a NEC meeting that prepared the state of the party and programmes which are debated and approved by the National Council.
According to Bayiga, for two years now, DP’s NEC has not convened, so the National Council can not be called.
“Who decided that we should have a National Council? Who decided on the items on the agenda? Who drafted the roadmap to the National Delegates Conference? Are all NEC members aware of this roadmap, or they will be ambushed in the National Council?†Bayiga asked.
But in a brief telephone interview, Nsubuga confirmed that the meeting would go on. “That’s Bayiga’s thinking. We followed all the procedure. The meeting is on at Kisubi on Saturday starting at 9:00am.â€
Bayiga also said the party was divided. He noted that the youth structure was divided between the socio-democratic UYD youth inclined to the Socialist movement and to the president General and Youth leaders elected under the party’s constitution under Suzan Abbo.
“It is unfortunate that as Ugandans anticipate for the fall of the NRM regime and anxiously looking for a leadership, DP is not seizing the opportunity. What we profess is not what we practice,†Bayiga said.
AS the Democratic Party braces itself for a national council meeting today, the party’s deputy secretary general, Lulume Bayiga, has said the leadership of John Ssebaana Kizito is lazy and full of intrigue.
Bayiga, in a July 10 three-page letter to the secretary, general Mathias Nsubuga, said the national council had been summoned without following the proper procedure.
“Since November 2007, the National Executive committee(NEC) of the party has not been sitting, having been overrun by the president general who prefers a NEC that listens and implements his will without debate and consensus,†he wrote.
“The President first usurped the duties of the secretary general, then suspended the calling of the would-be monthly NEC meetings indefinitely,†Lulume said.
He added that party procedure allowed for the convention of the national council after a NEC meeting that prepared the state of the party and programmes which are debated and approved by the National Council.
According to Bayiga, for two years now, DP’s NEC has not convened, so the National Council can not be called.
“Who decided that we should have a National Council? Who decided on the items on the agenda? Who drafted the roadmap to the National Delegates Conference? Are all NEC members aware of this roadmap, or they will be ambushed in the National Council?†Bayiga asked.
But in a brief telephone interview, Nsubuga confirmed that the meeting would go on. “That’s Bayiga’s thinking. We followed all the procedure. The meeting is on at Kisubi on Saturday starting at 9:00am.â€
Bayiga also said the party was divided. He noted that the youth structure was divided between the socio-democratic UYD youth inclined to the Socialist movement and to the president General and Youth leaders elected under the party’s constitution under Suzan Abbo.
“It is unfortunate that as Ugandans anticipate for the fall of the NRM regime and anxiously looking for a leadership, DP is not seizing the opportunity. What we profess is not what we practice,†Bayiga said.