Mateke, who is also, the State Minister for Regional Affairs accuses Mugisha of using foul language and creating animosity among residents, costing the party the enormous support it previously enjoyed in the border district.
Kisoro Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Captain Pater
Mugisha is bickering with the
district's National Resistance Movement (NRM) party chairman, Philemon Mateke
over declining support of the NRM in the district.
Mateke, who is
also, the State Minister for Regional Affairs accuses Mugisha of using foul language and creating animosity among residents, costing the party the enormous support it previously enjoyed in the border district.
President Yoweri Museveni scored a landslide win in
Kisoro district with 86,533 votes in the 2016 general election, while his closest challenger Dr Kiiza
Besigye got only 9,943
vote, according to results released by the Electoral Commission. However,
Mateke says that the party’s support has gone down and more people are swinging between the various opposition groups.
Mateke says that he was forced to launch
investigations to ascertain why locals have started hating NRM and found out
that Mugisha was the main reason. Mateke says that he and other
NRM leaders appealed before Museveni to transfer Mugisha from Kisoro because he
is failing the party in vain.
//Cue in; “we
told president…
Cue out…in
NRM.”//
Rukiga//Cue in;
“RDC tukagambire president…
Cue out…muri kisoro.”//
According to
Mateke, Mugisha has sabotaged their efforts of recruiting more
supporters from the opposition to NRM by intimidating them. He also accuses
Mugisha of usurping the role of the party chairman in the district.
//Cue in; “if
one person…
Cue out…in
NRM.”//
However,
Mugisha argues that Mateke can not claim to love the NRM and Museveni than the RDC who represents him in the whole district, and adds that the fight is for personal reasons. Mugisha also accuses Mateke of disrespecting
the office of the RDC and failing to mobilize support for
Museveni.
//Cue in; “me
and Mateke…
Cue out…fighter also.”//
Rukiga//Cue in;
“mbweenu nyowe na…
Cue out:
“murwani oyorobi.”//
Mugisha says
that Mateke’s anger arises from Museveni’s failure to campaign in
Kisoro like he had scheduled on December 12, this year. Mugisha says that Mateke was annoyed when he was defied by the people he had mobilised not to travel to Kabale for a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni. The meeting was organised after President Museveni failed to make it to Kisoro.
