Mityana South MP Richard Lumu is currently very stressed after the ruling NRM government surprisingly rejected a private member’s bill , which proposed reforms to how the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) is elected yet at first they pretended that they supported him.

The Administration of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2024, sought to have opposition members of parliament elect the LoP, specifically from the opposition party with the greatest numerical strength in Parliament. Lumu’s bill also proposed grounds for removing Joel Ssenyonyi the current LoP from office, requiring the shadow cabinet to be approved by opposition MPs, and mandating consultations with all opposition parties in parliament when appointing parliamentary standing committee leaders, hihis ideas caused him trouble in the opposition as he was seen as working for the oppressor to appoint that even those who elected him vowed not to do the same for him.