Two loquacious Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) leaders Frank Gashumba (vice chairperson for central region) and Daud Kabanda (secretary general) do not see each other in eye, arising from a sharp dispute that has left cracks exposed into the political outfit top leadership.
This growing dispute now in the public domain, ensued when Kabanda while in one of his media appearances reportedly expressed shock at Gashumba’s support for Juma Witonzi, one of the leaning PLU East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) MP aspirant.
According to Kabanda, he was surprised to see Gashumba promoting Witonzi that he used to criticize as an attention-seeker, which was a matter necessitating an apology.
Kabanda decried what he called envious individuals with hate inside hearts against successful MPs yet no one ever blocked their dreams of becoming one, which did not go well with Gashumba who vented out in the retaliatory video recordings that have since then gone viral, sending the PLU house into shock waves.
Gashumba Retaliates.
In a bitter response, Gashumba down played Kabanda’s claims, stating that all MPs are of law IQ that needed no further debate. “In the whole parliament there only 50 MPs who qualify to be MPs”.
The loquacious city socialite accused the Kasambya county MP of fighting any potential PLU leader including himself, daring him to resign if he could not stand the heat.
“Actually, you have ever reported me to our boss Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba but I told him I will not cancel what I had said about Kabanda”
Gashumba wondered why he was being regarded hateful of MPs, insisting that the MPs like other citizenry clusters were survival seekers.
‘If you’re very powerful, how often do you receive invitations from Makerere University, Kyambogo and Nkumba. I have invitations and even for this weekend. I want to show you invitations that I receive day in, day out to inspire people. You don’t have to be an MP to be respected or even to impact life”
He further accused his sg of undermining other key PLU figures including among others, Michael Nuwagira and Balaam Barugahara.
Sources say that this dual’s public disagreement has caught the top leadership’s eye , planning to sit down the two leaders to reconcile.
