DF Accuses Minister Mao Of Envy Over Party’s Rapid Success

On September 18, 2025, at the Democratic Front (DF) headquarters in Namirembe, the party’s national spokesperson, Moses Kasibante, took aim at Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Nobert Mao, accusing him of harboring envy towards DF’s notable achievements in its brief existence.

This scathing rebuke came in response to Mao’s recent comments suggesting a perceived collaboration among various opposition parties, including DF, and the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), led by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.

Kasibante expressed that DF’s impressive progress in under four months has sparked understandable envy among detractors.

He noted, “His intentions now are to tarnish politicians as his tactic to attract attention from the people of Uganda.”

Earlier this week, during a press briefing, Mao alleged that parties such as the Democratic Party (DP), Jeema, DF, and others are collaborating with the NRM to facilitate a peaceful transition of power.

However, Kasibante vehemently refuted these claims, stating, “The Democratic Front agenda has no working arrangement with the NRM.”

He emphasized that DF’s objectives are well-known, focusing on demanding electoral and political reforms, mobilizing for national dialogue, and advocating for a peaceful transfer of power not with just one single political organization or individual, but collectively as Ugandans.

Mao’s remarks, according to Kasibante, illustrate a deeper issue of envy rather than genuine political discourse.

“His envy against other political parties can be understood,” Kasibante stated, “the success of DF in particular within such a short time since its formation is attracting hate from detractors.”

In a pointed observation regarding Mao’s political aspirations, Kasibante added, “Ugandans are now asking him about his claims that he had joined Museveni to restore constitutionalism, rule of law, and peaceful transition at the onset of his marriage with NRM, and he cannot answer” thus his resort to diverting public attention from his own political dilemmas, especially regarding his purported agreement with the NRM.

“Can you imagine, he went to pick expression of interest forms to stand as presidential candidate using the government vehicle which Museveni gave him as a minister serving Museveni whom he purports to wanting to unseat yet he supports him!” Kasibante questioned, illustrating the irony of Mao’s situation.

Kasibante did not stop there, urging Minister Mao to address his own political marriage with the NRM rather than engage in a smear campaign against other parties.

“Instead of tarnishing other political parties, Mao should focus on putting that political marriage he entered with the NRM right,” he implored.