The President of opposition National Unity Platform – NUP Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has suspended Nyendo-Mukungwe Division Member of Parliament Mathias Mpuuga from his position of party Deputy President.

The decision was revealed in a Social Media statement released on Thursday evening via the party’s Social Media Channels.

“The President of the National Unity Platform has suspended Hon. Mathias Mpuuga from the position of Deputy President (Central Region) for engaging in actions of corruption and abuse of office — which actions he has failed to give any satisfactory explanation for,” the statement reads.

Mpuuga who currently serves as the Parliamentary Commissioner has been under scrutiny following news that he allocated himself funds to a tune of Shs 500million as a service award, a move that his fellows in the leading opposition party termed as abuse of office calling for his resignation.

He however declined to take heed of the party’s calls and recommendations saying he couldn’t resign from either of his positions.

“I wish to state that I am a founder member of NUP where I serve as a Deputy President. I am not leaving the party I founded and I’m not doing anything that destroys a young party I participated in establishing with conscience and conviction,” he said.

“… NUP is my party and I harbor no intentions whatsoever of leaving; I am going Nowhere, rather I’ll in the coming days embark on a process of instituting internal Party reforms to make it a credible and competent Government in waiting.”

Mpuuga is yet to respond to Bobi Wine’s decision.