Mengo woos MPs to accept federo
By Robert Mwanje
Mar 3, 2005KAMPALA - Mengo and Buganda Members of Parliament on Tuesday revised strategies to win majority support in Parliament for the federo deal between Mengo and the government.
In a four-hour closed meeting attended by over 55 Buganda MPs at Bulange Mengo, they resolved to sensitise Ugandans on a federal system of government.
Mengo will hold conferences with MPs from other regions to ensure that Buganda's long desired demands are achieved.
A source that attended the meeting said Mengo officials would visit different districts to elicit support for the new federo arrangement and to discuss how it will be implemented.
The MPs unanimously agreed to drop their political differences while pushing for the kingdom's interests.
"We have agreed to unite on Buganda's interests despite our political differences. We have to see Mengo's stand passed by the Parliament," the chairman of the Buganda Parliamentary Caucus and State Minister for Ethics and Intergrity, Mr Tim Lwanga, told journalists at Mengo.
Lubaga South MP, Mr Ken Lukyamuzi, said Buganda needed more support from other regions besides having a common voice."What we have now is not yet a genuine federo, but it can be used as a launching pad to win more interests," he said.
The deal between Mengo and the government provides for an elected Lukiiko that will have legislative and executive powers.
But Buganda would be given more powers to manage education, roads, health, agriculture and culture.
� 2005 The Monitor Publications.
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