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In May 2022, Kirunda denounced the party and crossed to the National Unity platform-NUP accusing his party members of not valuing his selfless efforts in mobilizing grassroots support. He ordered the party leadership to vacate his premises within two weeks, which they promised to comply with.
Some Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party officials in Jinja
city are considering taking legal action against the former Jinja central
division chairman, Mubarak Kirundu for alleged failure to hand over office
property.
Kirunda, a longtime serving FDC member voluntarily
surrendered part of his house along Nizam road, in the Southern division, in Jinja
city to host the party offices for the past 13 years. He, however,
fell out with the party leadership ahead of the 2021 general elections after
failing to win the FDC flag for the Jinja City South Division Mayoral seat.
In May 2022, Kirunda denounced the party and
crossed to the National Unity platform-NUP accusing his party members of not
valuing his selfless efforts in mobilizing grassroots support. He ordered the
party leadership to vacate his premises within two weeks, which they promised
to comply with.
However, Kirunda is reported to have dumped the office chairs
in the open and locked up the offices on Thursday morning. The
FDC officials who rushed to collect the property
accused Kirunda of failing to hand over five desktop computers, sensitive
documents, office furniture, a photocopying machine, and a printer, which are
essential in the smooth operationalization of their new office.
The acting Jinja FDC administrative Secretary, Dennis
Baraza, says that they officially approached Kirunda and asked him to
voluntarily hand over the remaining property or risk legal action.
//Cue in: “Singa Mubarak….
Cue out…attach any condition,”//
Reagan Okumu, the FDC Registrar in Jinja city
says that his office was dismantled without his knowledge and he has failed to
trace both the electronic and physical data from the premises since the
desktop computers and laptops are missing.
Okumu adds that they have only recovered plastic chairs
belonging to “one family,” a pressure group attached to FDC within Jinja city.
//Cue in: “ekitumazeku…
Cue out…twetaga ebintu,”//
Kirunda says that since he voluntarily handed over the office
space to his former party leaders without official documentation, there was no
clear audit of the office property. He accuses a section of the party members
of spreading false accusations with the aim of damaging his public image.
