Memoire of late Mutagamba; how the US ambassador wooed her into NRM
In memory of former DP assistant secretary general Maria Mutagamba we reproduce an article published in the Monitor of 20th October 2010 in which she revealed how the US ambassador wooed her into NRM.
I was wooed to the NRM party by the US Ambassador to Uganda, water and environment minister Maria Mutagamba has said. Mutagamba, formerly the secretary general of the Democratic Party (DP), said the envoy whom she declined to name, became a major factor before she denounced her party to join the NRM.
“As Uganda was making preparations to receive US President Bill Clinton, that US ambassador called me to his office and told me the truth about politics,” Mutagamba said.
She added that while in his office, the ambassador challenged her to mention what was in DP’s constitution that the NRM government had not done. “From that day, I made up my decision to join the NRM since my goal was to serve the people of Uganda,” Mutagamba said.
She was on Sunday receiving 100 youth from Kyotera town council in Rakai district who crossed to the NRM from the DP and Forum for Democratic Change (FDC).
The youth, under Agali Awamu Kyotera Youth Association led by Medi Sembatya, told Mutagamba that they had remained in opposition for a long time because they had not benefited from the current government.
Sembatya asked the minister to make arrangements for them to meet President Yoweri Museveni so that they hand over to him their former party cards.
Sembatya said they would work with the Government to fight the HIV/AIDS scourge, idleness, poverty and illiteracy.
An article published in the Monitor on 20th October 2010
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