By Glady’s Mukisa.
New details have emerged that the Democratic Party (DP) vice president Fred Denis Mukasa Mbidde’s launched plan to run for the Buweekula county Member of Parliament (MP) in the 2026 elections is under the influence of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) vice chairperson Michael Nuwagira popularly known as Toyota, this website has exclusively learnt.
According to sources, the said influence is reflected by Mbidde’s enjoyment of the NRM party area support. To ensure that Mbidde found a soft landing in the area, NRM party cadres were given a lee way to do a ground mobilization work for him ahead of his official campaign launch in September, according to sources.
It is understood that declaration of the incumbent area MP William Ndori Museveni who had only served for his first term not to seek reelection, was connected to the said project.
Sources say that by Toyota spotting Buweekula county constituency for the former East African Legislative Assembly representative who has perennially struggled to enter the Uganda parliament, he was creating for him an employment opportunity since he badly need a job.
Speaking shortly after his nomination last month, Mbidde confirmed that he would only vote for the NRM party presidential flag bearer Gen. Yoweri Kaguta in 2026 election and not any one in the opposition, because he is the only candidate who mean well for this country.
Observers in Masaka sub region have described Mbidde as a person with a rich tie to nomadic politics with no permanent residency in all constituencies where he has contested for the seat.
Before crossing over to Buweekula, in 2021, he contested for Nyendo- Mukungwe constituency but lost to incumbent Mathias Mpuuga who had been sponsored by the National Unity Platform (NUP). He had earlier tried to contest in Masaka city before Nyendo Mukungwe was curved out, but lost.
In 2007, Mbidde contested for Kalungu East county parliamentary by election against NRM’s Umar Lule Mawuya who beat him. He stood for the same seat in 2011 elections and lost again.
Having failed to sail through parliament in 2011, Mbidde saw a loophole in Uganda’s East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) representation which then favored the ruling party, when he sought court redress and lobbied for the inclusion of more opposition party members.
On succeeding in court, he was voted in on the DP ticket though under controversial circumstances after meeting president Museveni.
