Early this year, political parties under the Inter-Party Organisation for Democracy (IPOD) Council drafted a proposal to change modalities for funding political parties.
Political parties currently receive minimal funding from the Consolidated Fund through Electoral Commission and the funding is shared through numerical strength. Opposition political parties in the past cried foul that almost all the funding is taken by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party.
Dr Ssimba says Musazi mobilized Ugandans to defeat colonial economic oppression without receiving any political party funding from government as being craved by political parties today. He said political parties should stop blaming restrictive political environment for preventing their effective mobilization in the country.
Ahabwe, the former Lira Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, was posted to Lira municipality as the town clerk, to replace Assy Abireebe who was facing trial at the Anti-Corruption Court over alleged embezzlement of public funds and abuse of office.
