Lumu vows to advance his Bill at whatever cost

Two months ago, in a move that was aimed to show that he has more allies within the Opposition beyond his party the National Unity Platform (NUP), Mr Mathias Mpuuga, the Nyendo-Mukungwe lawmaker, visited Richard Lumu, who represents Mityana South on a Democratic Party (DP) ticket.

On the face of it, Mr Mpuuga had gone to condole with Mr Lumu who had lost his mother. Yet, as has become a norm in Uganda, the burial quickly turned into a political function. Mr Mpuuga praised Mr Lumu. The immediate past Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LoP) said Mr Lumu’s mother had raised a…