{"id":7039,"date":"2025-08-25T02:55:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/?p=7039"},"modified":"2025-08-25T02:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:55:44","slug":"kadagas-public-clash-with-nrm-leadership-sparks-call-to-join-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/kadagas-public-clash-with-nrm-leadership-sparks-call-to-join-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Kadaga&#8217;s Public Clash with NRM Leadership Sparks Call to Join Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kampala, Uganda<\/strong> &#8211; A prominent Ugandan governance expert has called for former Speaker Rebecca Kadaga to join opposition forces following her public confrontation with ruling party leadership, signaling deepening fractures within the country&#8217;s political establishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The controversy emerged from a 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