Luzzi pardons Mityana Muslims

By Issa Kigongo

Abraham Luzzi, an independent parliamentary candidate for Kampala Central in next year’s elections, has extended an olive branch to the Muslim leadership in Mityana district,  years after accusing them of fleecing him  in the previous parliamentary elections.

Luzzi informed Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) secretary-general Hadji Abbas Ssekyanzi Mulubya on December 4, shortly after Jumah prayers at the National Mosque in Old Kampala, that he had forgiven the Mityana leaders in the interest of harmony within the Muslim community.

Luzzi was the Democratic Party (DP) candidate for the Mityana Municipality parliamentary seat in the 2021 elections, finishing a distant fourth with 836 votes — a result he says did not reflect the district’s Muslim population, for whom he had done much in the run-up to the polls.

Mulubya briefed Luzzi on the ongoing activities of the UMSC and commended him for boldly contesting for the Kampala Central seat in the National Parliament.

“It is this I kindly request—to forgive the people of Mityana, especially the Muslim leaders who failed to fulfill their promises that they were to elect you as their area MP,” Mulubya said with a smile.

His plea prompted Luzzi to respond positively, saying that since the request had been made by the top Muslim authority, he had no reason to decline.

“I now announce that I have forgiven all people of Mityana for the way they harshly mistreated me,” he declared.