Uganda, March 1 -- The former Leader of Opposition, Mr Mathias Mpuuga has said he will not resign from his current Parliamentary commissioner position, contending that the advice from his party, the National Unity Platform (NUP), to do so is based on falsehoods and "terrible misapprehension of facts."

NUP officials on Thursday evening asked the party deputy president (Buganda region) to step down barely three months after he was appointed as parliamentary commissioner.

This was on allegations of corruption and abuse of office

However, in a Friday statement, the Nyendo-Mukungwe MP dismissed claims that he received Shs500 million 'service award' from Parliament fraudulently.

According to him, the money was allocated to him legally by a ...