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THIS WEEK: Museveni meets inter-party committee
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni asked opposition parties to fight electoral violence in a meeting with members of the Inter Party Organization for Dialogue (IPOD), a forum of political parties represented in parliament.
In a meeting at State House Entebbe, Museveni was positive that if opposition parties join hands with NRM, the ruling party, they can put an end to political violence and monetization of politics. “I urged leaders of the opposition political parties, together with their supporters, to work with the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government to eradicate electoral violence and the monetization of politics to give democracy and stability a chance to flourish in Uganda,” Museveni said in a statement on his Facebook page.
The IPOD delegation to State House was led by its chairperson Fred Ebil, the secretary general of Uganda People’s Congress (UPC). Others were NRM secretary general Justine Kasule Lumumba and her deputy Richard Todwong, JEEMA secretary general Fredrick Kasajja and Democratic Party secretary general Gerald Siranda.
The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda. Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) snubbed the meeting saying State House, a government facility, cannot be sued for party activities.
