Ssebagala out of Mayoral race

POLITICS   2021 ELECTIONS

KAMPALA - National Unity Platform flag bearer for the Kampala Lord Mayoral seat, Latif Ssebagala on Tuesday announced he had stepped down and would not be participating in the race.

"I have taken this decision to withdraw from the Mayoral race for Kampala for the best interest of the opposition in Kampala and also given the fact that we have many conflicting interests in NUP.  Many supporters within the party are supporting different candidates, of course, this may cost us and that is why I have taken this decision," Ssebagala announced.

He apologized to the party and all Ugandan who had put trust in him and maintained that "I remain a member of the National Unity Platform (NUP) and will still give all my support to Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu for the presidency."

Ssebaggala resignation comes two days after NUP announced him as the party candidate against current Lord Mayor and Forum for Democratic Change Strongman Erias Lukwago.

NUP vetting committee in leaked vetting assessment forms that the party has since disowned found Ssebaggala more suitable for the Kampala Mayoral race compared to popular musician Joseph Mayanja aka Jose Chameleon.

It remains unclear what the party will do next and whether Chameleon will stand as an independent candidate to face Lukwago and National Resistance Movement candidate Daniel Kazibwe, also known as Ragga Dee in the February 2021, elections.