The Mengo government has been asked to repackage Buganda's Federo demands to consolidate support for a federal system of government from other regions. This was contained in a paper presentation by Democratic Party aspirant and Gulu District chairman Norbert Mao at the annual Buganda conference held at Hotel Africana on 17th December
2009.

Mr. Mao one of the leaders from Northern Uganda agitating for a Nile state citing isolation by the NRM government advised the leadership at Mengo to repackage the Federal idea to attract the support of other regions as a way of warding off isolationism. According to Mao, though Buganda's demands are legitimate as evidenced by the Odoki constitutional commitee report, opponents of the federal system always point to it as a creation of Buganda's sub-nationalism and not as a universal aspect involving other regions of Uganda. Citing a common luganda saying nsibambi edibya mutere(poor packaging diminishes the quality of the contents), the soft spoken former Gulu Municipality legislator called upon the Mengo government to seek the views of other regions in the process of repackaging the Federal demands.