Outspoken Mawokota South Member of Parliament and Deputy President of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) for the Central Region, Yusuf Nsibambi has officially joined the ruling National Resistance Movement(NRM).
Nsibambi was on Wednesday led to the NRM headquarters in Kampala by the NRM first vice chairperson(female), Anita Among.
“I have brought Hon Nsibambi to join NRM. Today, today February 18th he has joined NRM. He believes and has said he had known what NRM had done and that since joining parliament he has seen it and believes wants to be in team that delivers for this country,” Among said.
“As a party we have got a knowledgeable and resourceful person in Nsibambi.”
Nsabambi, who was clad in yellow, said he is ready to serve the party.
“I am ready to join the struggle for peace. I am ready to be given any task to serve our people,” Nsibambi said.
Nsibambi recently lost his seat he had occupied for only five years to NRM’s Susan Nakawuki . He recently led a number of fellow opposition MPs to meet Museveni , a development that stirred questions.
Appearing on various media platforms in the past weeks , Nsibambi has defended the meeting and said some Ugandans have wrongly assumed that engaging the President brings immediate cash benefits.
“Many of those who are struggling are the ones who believe that meeting President Museveni means you will receive money. I am not in that category,” he said, stressing that his mission was not about personal gain.The Mawokota South MP said he was encouraged that President Museveni had shown some willingness to hear concerns about prisoners detained after election unrest.
“I’m glad President Museveni agreed to listen to our plea and to release prisoners including those who need rehabilitation,” Nsibambi said.
The MP also revealed that his dialogue with Museveni was not a one off event.
“President Museveni is a leader chosen by the people. Last year, I met him three times,” Nsibambi said.
Who is Yusuf Nsibambi?
He is a Ugandan lawyer and politician who currently serves as the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Parliamentary Whip.
Over the years, he has built a reputation as a vocal opposition figure, blending legal practice, business, and public service.
Born on April 4, 1965, to Hajji Ausi and Hajjat Jalia Kalega in Kalagala village, Nkozi, Mawokota, Mpigi district,Nsibambi studied at Nkozi Primary School and later joined Kibuli Secondary School for both O-level and A-level. He earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from Makerere University in 1989.
After university, he worked briefly at Sebalu and Lule Advocates before joining Greenland Bank. In 1995, he completed a master’s degree in International Financial Crime at the University of Florida.
He later founded Nsibambi Advocates and ventured into business, establishing Jalia City, a hospitality facility in Mpigi District.
In the past, Nsibambi described himself as someone not deeply rooted in politics early on, saying, “I wasn’t so much in politics but on a local level those that knew me loved my work as a committed lawyer.”
He maintained strong ties to the FDC, dating back to the era of Dr Kizza Besigye.
When he entered elective politics, Nsibambi presented himself as a reformist voice. He said in the past, “A good parliament is everyone’s dream. A good leader is every citizen’s dream but here it is the vise-versa. They pass laws in conformity of the ruling government.”