KAMPALA: The largest opposition party in Uganda, the National Unity Platform (NUP), has launched the construction of a new and bigger home in Makerere- Kavule, Kawempe division.
They intend to shift from their Kamwokya-based office which they say is relatively smaller. Construction of the headquarters is set to commence very soon.
NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, laid the foundation stone for the establishment of the headquarters in Bwaise, Kavule.
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“Those who dismissed us as a mere wave will soon realise that we are a serious group, committed to leading the liberation struggle to its accomplishment,” he said.
“Whatever you call us, I want to inform you that we are here to stay,” Kyagulanyi said.
Kyagulanyi urged his party members and supporters to defend the new structures and their new home like it is theirs.
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Mathias Mpuuga said: “NUP now has a permanent home, and the people of Uganda know that our struggle is a permanent struggle for restoring sanity and a sense of permanent democracy in Uganda.”
NUP spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi said that the party’s Kamwokya-based office had become relatively smaller because NUP has grown so much since its launch.
“Many times when we want to have big functions, we inconvenience our party president to allow us to use his compound because he has an expansive compound,” Ssenyonyi said.
“We have over time, managed to salvage this place and have now finally acquired this place, so the headquarters of the National Unity Platform is going to be established here (Makerere Kavule).”
“We have future plans to perhaps make (Kamwokya offices) a training center for our people. Today, we are here to do the groundbreaking of our new offices,” he asserted.
