analysisOn Thursday, the national executive committee of the Democratic Party (DP) suspended vice president of Buganda region, Ms Betty Nambooze, for defying party president general Norbert Mao. The five who crossed with Bataringaya to join UPC were; James Ochola, MP South East Bukedi; Stanislaus Okurut, MP South Teso; M. K. Patel, MP South Jinja; Joseph Magara, MP South West Bunyoro; and Francis Mugeni, MP South Bukedi. The breakaway faction called the Nationalist Liberal Party (NLP) was led by Tiberio Okeny, who was former DP vice president general. A faction led by Lukwago and composed of DP politicians mainly from the Buganda region viewed as illegitimate Mao's election as DP president. Katomi vs LuweeroIn the run up to the 2015 delegates' conference, DP leadership organised grassroots polls.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 24, 2017 04:41 UTC