The president of the Opposition National Unit Platform (NUP) party Robert Kyagulanyi, has said he is ready to work with a coalition of the willing in his attempt to wrest power from President Museveni, who has been head of state for close to four decades.
While addressing a press conference at his residence at Magere in Wakiso District, Kyagulanyi, spoke on a number of issues during the year, including corruption in Parliament that forced the youth to demonstrate, abductions of the Opposition leaders and their supporters, the natural disasters that hit the country, among others.
Responding to a question on whether there is still room for reconciliation with former Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga, after their fallout over the Shs500m service award and what his plans for a united Opposition front was, the musician-cum-politician said all the windows are still open.
Asked if his party is ready to form a coalition of the Opposition to challenge President Museveni in the forthcoming elections, he responded in the affirmative noting that they are willing to work with everybody that pushes for change that pushes for the end of the Museveni dictatorship and the return of democracy irrespective of political affiliation.
When asked what the current political squabbles in the Opposition parties’ mean and whether they will not derail their attempts to wrest power from Museveni, Kyagulanyi said such occurrences are not new.
He added that Museveni had used such tactics several times.
