Vote credible leaders, Muntu tell Ugandans

Nov 11, 2020

The ANT flag-bearer said the opposition is likely to face financial constraints to cover all the 146 districts in 60 days

Ugandans have been cautioned against voting their next leaders out of excitement, but consider integrity and credibility, to avoid regrets.

The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) presidential fl ag-bearer, Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu said: "People should first look at the candidate they are going to vote and also look at the kind of team they are coming with, their credibility and integrity. Do not be deceived that this country can be changed by just one person. It must be a team."

He added that Uganda still faces many challenges due to indisciplined people who are drunk with power and materialistic things.

Muntu made the remarks while unveiling his 47-member national campaign task force at the party headquarters on Buganda Road, in Kampala on Friday.

The team includes Alice Alaso (chairperson, national), Nyanja Musoke (deputy), Yokas Bihande, Kassiano Wadri, Paul Mwiru, Gerald Karuhanga, Ambassador Edith Ssempala and Sulaiman Kakaire.

They will be backed by subregional and district committees to co-ordinate their activities in different parts of the country.

Muntu said Uganda has been having many good presidential manifestos and policy documents since the attainment of independence in 1962 and leaders, but without much effect in terms of transformation.

"But when you look at these manifestos and policies; they are spot on and if they had been implemented, Uganda would be the best country," he said.

Muntu attributed the poor implementation of the policies to lack of credible teams around the past leaders to date.

"Without this missing link, these policies will continue to remain on paper," he added.

He said his team aims at ensuring a transition of what is on paper into implementation, for the betterment of all Ugandans.

"As ANT, we work as a team. To change a society where we have got hopelessness, we need to bring like-minded Ugandans of different backgrounds with integrity together, to cause the transition that Uganda needs," he said.

Muntu said every leader who gets to power must have a team to check his systems and what he is doing.

"Vote persons who will always have self-restraint against looting public resources and repeating mistakes of past governments," he said.

Financial constraints

Muntu also said the opposition is likely to face financial constraints to cover all the 146 districts in 60 days.

"It is not going to be easy to cover all these districts in the 60 days. It will require a lot of money, which we do not have as the Opposition," he said.

He urged the public to support their campaigns through cash contributions, to get the change they want.

Muntu also raised concern over the continued brutality against opposition politicians by security forces.

"This country is for all of us. We know that security forces might be under pressure from those in power, but they also need to do things that promote stability," he said.

He warned that acts of brutality and torture can easily brew anger among people, which can affect the country.

Muntu's national campaign manager, Winnie Kiiza, said: "We want the Electoral Commission (EC) as an independent body to ensure all candidates are treated equally. We want a leveled ground for all candidates."

She said EC should take responsibility of all candidates' security and welfare.

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