Summary:
- Despite being the presiding guest of honor over the friendly football match, Loyda Muhimbura found herself compelled to speak before the MP, owing to the circumstances.
NEWS: Drama unfolded over the weekend at Bwizibwera playground in Bwizibwera-Rutooma Town Council, Mbarara District, during a friendly football match between Good News Television (a local television station) and Bwizibwera United FC.
The event took an unexpected turn when Magrete Ayebaare Rwebyambu, the Woman Member of Parliament for Mbarara District and patron of the Yamba Foundation (the organization behind the football match), engaged in a heated exchange of words with Loyda Muhimbura Kyarikunda, the lady councilor of Rubaya sub-county, over a microphone.
Rwebyambu, who had been invited to speak at the function, declined to yield the microphone to her opponent, arguing that it was customary for a councilor to refrain from giving a speech immediately after the Member of Parliament had spoken, out of respect. This refusal led to tensions between the two prominent figures.
Despite being the presiding guest of honor over the friendly football match, Loyda Muhimbura found herself compelled to speak before the MP, owing to the circumstances. This reversal of speaking order further escalated the tension between the two political figures.
Following the event, Rwebyambu expressed confusion over why the councilor, who was presiding over the football match, had left the venue before the area’s Member of Parliament could deliver her speech.
The incident left a palpable sense of discord lingering in the air, overshadowing what was meant to be a jovial community event.
