I will not return to NRM, says Mushega
Aug 09, 2009
THE former East African Community secretary general, Amanya Mushega, has said it is impossible for him to go back to the National Resistance Movement (NRM).
By Chris Ahimbisibwe
THE former East African Community secretary general, Amanya Mushega, has said it is impossible for him to go back to the National Resistance Movement (NRM).
Mushega, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) vice-president in charge of the western region, was yesterday responding to higher education state minister Mwesigwa Rukutana, who asked him to return to the NRM.
“You did bad to convince me to go to the NRM and later withdrew from it. We should have remained together taking one route,†Rukutana said, inviting Mushega to rejoin the party.
Mushega responded by saying: “It is impossible.â€
Rukutana was officiating at the Bumbeire Primary School old students’ reunion in Bumbeire sub-county, Bushenyi district. He said Mushega’s withdraw from the NRM upset him.
However, Rukutana added that although the two of them were not in the same party anymore, they were still working together to develop the country.
“Mushega is supporting us in implementing government programmes like the Prosperity-for-All programme through his activities and that’s what we need,†he said.
Health state minister Richard Nduhura, who is also the Igara East MP, hailed Mushega for improving education and politics in the constituency.
Mushega was the area MP before Nduhura. Mushega said past leaders should be remembered for developing the country.
“We should have a culture of thanking others. You cannot say that I did nothing in the years I spent serving the Government and the East African Community.â€
Mushega appealed to the Government to support technical institutions, saying countries in the West had developed because of their advanced technology.
Earlier, Rukutana had visited Valley College School and Bumbeire Technical School. He said the country needed job creators with skills acquired from technical schools.
Rukutana added that technical courses were more marketable than other courses because they are practical.
THE former East African Community secretary general, Amanya Mushega, has said it is impossible for him to go back to the National Resistance Movement (NRM).
Mushega, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) vice-president in charge of the western region, was yesterday responding to higher education state minister Mwesigwa Rukutana, who asked him to return to the NRM.
“You did bad to convince me to go to the NRM and later withdrew from it. We should have remained together taking one route,†Rukutana said, inviting Mushega to rejoin the party.
Mushega responded by saying: “It is impossible.â€
Rukutana was officiating at the Bumbeire Primary School old students’ reunion in Bumbeire sub-county, Bushenyi district. He said Mushega’s withdraw from the NRM upset him.
However, Rukutana added that although the two of them were not in the same party anymore, they were still working together to develop the country.
“Mushega is supporting us in implementing government programmes like the Prosperity-for-All programme through his activities and that’s what we need,†he said.
Health state minister Richard Nduhura, who is also the Igara East MP, hailed Mushega for improving education and politics in the constituency.
Mushega was the area MP before Nduhura. Mushega said past leaders should be remembered for developing the country.
“We should have a culture of thanking others. You cannot say that I did nothing in the years I spent serving the Government and the East African Community.â€
Mushega appealed to the Government to support technical institutions, saying countries in the West had developed because of their advanced technology.
Earlier, Rukutana had visited Valley College School and Bumbeire Technical School. He said the country needed job creators with skills acquired from technical schools.
Rukutana added that technical courses were more marketable than other courses because they are practical.