Muntu, former NRA kadogo reunite at Miteete rally
At the time of meeting, the former army commander was on the trail soliciting for votes. After Sseguya introduced himself, Muntu, in his trademark calm and verifying manner, switched to Kiswahili to confirm his identity.
Muntu, former NRA kadogo reunite at Miteete rally
_________________ Steven Seguya, the NRA kadogo, Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) presidential flag-bearer Maj. Gen. (rtd) Gregory Mugisha Muntu ran into. (Photo by Dedan Kimathi)
Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) presidential flag-bearer Maj. Gen. (rtd) Gregory Mugisha Muntu has had the most surprising of reunions.
This was after he ran into Steven Seguya, one of the rank-and-file soldiers who once served under his command at his rally in Miteete town, Sembabule district, on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
At the time of meeting, the former army commander was on the trail soliciting for votes.
After Sseguya introduced himself, Muntu, in his trademark calm and verifying manner, switched to Kiswahili to confirm his identity.
“Ulikua kwa jeshi (were you in the army)?” he probed.
After which, Sseguya took his turn, asking in Kiswahili whether Muntu remembered any of his old commanders.
“Do you remember Major Kabenge, Afande Nsamba?” Sseguya added in Kiswahili.
Muntu nodded, acknowledging that he knew them. Before Sseguya encouraged the ANT president to carry on.
Who is Sseguya?
Sseguya, 51 years, who we had met earlier in the morning as he was riding his motorcycle, claims to have joined the National Resistance Army (NRA) at Miteete.
He and many others formed the bulk of the kadogos (child soldiers) who saw action in various parts of the country during the push to oust the UPC Government and Gen. Tito Okello Lutwa’s regimes.
“At Katonga, two tanks had been stationed on sand terrain. One of them was blown up by a fellow kadogo. We were in a tree foraging for mangoes when we saw it, and as it passed, he dropped a hand grenade,” he narrated.
After the war, he says all minors, including himself, were ordered to resume school at the Kadogo school in Makenke, Mbarara. Something he said was quite difficult, given that the war had psychologically taken a toll on them. While others, including himself, simply thought they couldn’t catch up with books.
“Personally, I studied at Makenke for six months and escaped back to Miteete. However, they returned me to Mbarara. Then my mum and younger sibling came for me, arguing that I was a minor when I joined the army.”
The only thing he regrets is that they have been neglected by the regime.
Turning to a permanent house nearby, Sseguya posed, “Why should someone like me who fought live in such a house (semi-permanent)? Why can’t Government build me a decent house?”
Additionally, Sseguya also wants Muntu, if he sails through, to help combat cattle theft and revive the local economy. He said that he has deep respect for him.
"It is during Muntu's stint as army commander that i was given the rank of Lance Corporal. I remember, we were at Paboo," Sseguya said.
Muntu later held a rally at Mateete town amid a drizzle before heading to Lwebitakuli, still in the same district