Political strategist Egesa Ronald has delivered a stinging critique of Uganda’s Parliament, accusing the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) of turning it into a rubber stamp for anti-people legislation.
In a detailed post on X, Egesa argued that even if opposition parties filled the House with intellectuals, the dominance of the NRM majority would still render Parliament ineffective.
“The NRM has bastardized Parliament beyond redemption. Even if NUP, FDC, PFF, and ANT were represented by Makerere University professors, Speaker Anita Among would still preside over the passing of anti-people laws and budgets because of the tyranny of numbers," he wrote.
Egesa compared relying on the current Parliament to hoping a man who underwent a vasectomy could still conceive, dismissing arguments that internal reform can restore credibility.
He said the solution lies outside the chambers of Parliament, calling for a national “reset” driven by popular will.
“The Ugandan Parliament as currently constituted needs to be disbanded, and this will not happen inside it. The disbandment will have to be by a popular revolution outside that Parliament,” he stated.
Responding indirectly to Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, Egesa challenged him to name five pro-people accomplishments of the current Parliament to justify its continued existence.
He accused opposition MPs of turning legislative work into “Musevenomics exhibitions,” lamenting without driving real change.
“What the country needs is not exhibitionism or pageantry but a redefinition of Parliament itself,” he added, asserting that meaningful transformation must follow President Yoweri Museveni’s eventual exit.