Rebel Members of Parliament subscribing to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party on Wednesday met at State House in Entebbe with party chairman, President Yoweri Museveni and asked forgiveness.
The rebel MPs have continuously voted against the NRM stand on various issues with the most popular being the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2017 that removed the presidential age limit.
The MPs that attended include; Theodore Ssekikubo (Lwemiyaga), Barnabas Tinkasimire (Buyaga West), Mbwatekamwa Gaffa (Kasambya), Muyanja Ssenyonga (Mukono South), Kibalya Maurice (Bugabula South), Sylvia Rwabwogo (Kabarole Woman) and Sam Lyomoki (Workers).
Others were Michael Timuzigu (Kajara), Moses Adome (Jie), Susan Amero (Amuria Woman), James Kaberuka (Kinkizi West), Robert Migadde (Buvuma), Sarah Nakawunde (Mpigi Woman), Evelyn Chemutai (Bukwo Woman), Dennis Sabiiti (Rubanda) and Anthony Semuli (Mubende Municipality).
Museveni welcomed the members back and promised he would table their request for forgiveness before the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC).
“The issue we are dealing with is not terms limits or age limits but survival of the African race. We do not have a strong black nation like the US, Russia, India, China,” Museveni said.