Democratic Party (DP) president general Norbert Mao is on the spot over allegations that he pocketed Shs5m meant to facilitate his transport to a meeting with NRM chairman Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni and officially cross to the ruling party.
Mao has in recent been attacking opposition leaders and parties, including Dr Kizza Besigye and Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine of NUP.
The DP leader claims NUP is shadow state project party serving Museveni’s interests. (Read Story Here).
He has also claimed that Besigye previously held secret talks with Museveni. (Read Story Here).
But Besigye quickly dismissed Mao’s claims. (Read Story Here).
A source that Mao had claimed had revealed to him the details of the secret talks has since spoken out, embarrassing the DP leader. (Read Story Here).
Mao has also since confessed that he had no concrete evidence on the claims of secret talks between Museveni and Besigye. (Read Story Here).
Now, a video from a 2017 NTV Fourth Estate show carrying allegations that Mao received Shs5m from then internal affairs minister Aronda Nyakairima to facilitate his transport to a venue to meet Museveni.
According to the claims made by former Daily Monitor reporter and now lawyer Ivan Okuda, Mao had called Nyakairima informing him of his intention to cross over to the NRM.
But once he had received the Shs5m transport facilitation, Okuda further alleged, Mao switched off his phones, leaving Nyakairima stranded.
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Okuda, currently an associate at Anguria & Co. Advocates, has since revealed that Mao dismissed this allegation, prompting him to apologize to him.
“Norbert Mao called me and denied but I insisted that I trusted my source. With Gen. Aronda dead, Mao’s the only witness alive. I apologised to him. I wouldn’t repeat this story today.”
