I rejected ministerial job â€" Muntu
THE Forum for Democratic Change’s (FDC) Major General (rtd) Mugisha Muntu has said he turned down a ministerial job offer from President Yoweri Museveni.<br>
By Abraham Ahabwe
and Raymond Baguma
THE Forum for Democratic Change’s (FDC) Major General (rtd) Mugisha Muntu has said he turned down a ministerial job offer from President Yoweri Museveni.
Addressing a public rally at Independence Park in Mbarara town during the launch of the party in the district on Friday, Muntu said, “After I retired as army commander in 1998, they wrote to me giving me a ministerial post. But as soon as I got the letter, I immediately wrote back refusing the job offer.
“If I wanted, I would have remained with NRM like some of my friends. I would have stolen and gone untouched, but you people matter to me,†Muntu said.
He said he had decided to leave the benefits of a rich party like NRM and begin afresh with FDC.
The rally was preceded by a march through the streets under the scorching sun and the watchful eye of armed UPDF soldiers and anti-riot police.
Police guided the procession led by MP Major John Kazoora and Chapaa Karuhanga. The procession was made up of mainly young men in white party T-shirts and carrying presidential campaign posters of Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye.
The party’s district chairperson, Mary Frances Kabateraine, said they had hired a band from Uganda Martyrs Primary School to play during the procession, but the school authorities withdrew at the last minute and returned the money they had been paid.
The Mbarara office is the 41st FDC has opened.
and Raymond Baguma
THE Forum for Democratic Change’s (FDC) Major General (rtd) Mugisha Muntu has said he turned down a ministerial job offer from President Yoweri Museveni.
Addressing a public rally at Independence Park in Mbarara town during the launch of the party in the district on Friday, Muntu said, “After I retired as army commander in 1998, they wrote to me giving me a ministerial post. But as soon as I got the letter, I immediately wrote back refusing the job offer.
“If I wanted, I would have remained with NRM like some of my friends. I would have stolen and gone untouched, but you people matter to me,†Muntu said.
He said he had decided to leave the benefits of a rich party like NRM and begin afresh with FDC.
The rally was preceded by a march through the streets under the scorching sun and the watchful eye of armed UPDF soldiers and anti-riot police.
Police guided the procession led by MP Major John Kazoora and Chapaa Karuhanga. The procession was made up of mainly young men in white party T-shirts and carrying presidential campaign posters of Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye.
The party’s district chairperson, Mary Frances Kabateraine, said they had hired a band from Uganda Martyrs Primary School to play during the procession, but the school authorities withdrew at the last minute and returned the money they had been paid.
The Mbarara office is the 41st FDC has opened.