By The Eye Media
Kampala | Sunday, October 19, 2025 — Presidential Assistant for Press and Mobilization also Deputy Press Secretary Hajji Faruk Kirunda has weighed in on reports suggesting that the National Unity Platform (NUP) is struggling financially, arguing that the development vindicates President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s long-held claim that sections of the opposition were being bankrolled by foreign entities to destabilise Uganda.
In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), Kirunda said the current situation facing the Kamwokya-based opposition party reflects the impact of tighter controls on foreign aid following policy changes made under the Trump administration in the United States.
“The latest reports about @NUP_Ug being broke probably prove H.E @KagutaMuseveni right when he said in the run up to the 2021 elections that foreigners were bankrolling the opposition to destabilise Uganda, and the concerned denied,” Kirunda wrote.
He added that when former U.S. President Donald Trump instituted an audit and scrapped some outflows of American money, the ripple effects were immediately visible back home — with no more street riots, tyre burning, or violent protests.
“Ugandans can now see the facts for themselves with more revelations coming,” he remarked, tagging @POTUS, @realDonaldTrump, and @WhiteHouse in his post.
Kirunda’s statement comes amid growing speculation about the financial health of NUP, which some insiders have claimed is struggling to sustain its nationwide mobilization and welfare programs.
While the opposition has not officially responded to Kirunda’s remarks, his comments have reignited debate over foreign influence in Uganda’s domestic politics — an issue that has previously drawn strong denials from NUP and other opposition actors.
Analysts say the remarks also fit into the government’s broader narrative of protecting Uganda’s sovereignty and “guarding the gains of peace and stability”, a theme Kirunda echoed in his closing hashtag, #ProtectingTheGains.
