Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gen Mugisha Muntu, the president of the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party has called upon Ugandans to hang in and continue speaking against the evil orchestrated by state agents at the expense of Ugandans. He was addressing journalists at their party headquarters on Wednesday. He …
Read More »Keep off Congo’s resources, Gen Muntu pleads with UPDF
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) Gen. Mugisha Muntu has implored the Ugandan army operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DR Congo to focus on the operation. Muntu, a former long-serving chief of the country’s defense forces, urged the UPDF to avoid …
Read More »ANT demands repayment plan for Entebbe Airport loan
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party has asked the government to table before Parliament, a repayment plan for the Entebbe Airport loan. In 2015, the government represented by the finance ministry and the Civil Aviation Authority-CAA, signed an agreement with China Exim Bank to borrow …
Read More »Opposition parties accuse NRM of hijacking Uganda’s independence day celebrations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four opposition parties, the National Unity Platform, the Democratic Party, the Alliance for National Transformation and the Forum for Democratic Change, have said the ruling National Resistance Movement hijacked Uganda’s independence day celebrations by turning them into a partisan fete for the party to celebrate its …
Read More »ANT calls for more support to rural schools to improve performance
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition political party Alliance for National Transformation-ANT has called upon government to increase support for rural schools in order to improve their performance in national exams. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network-URN, Alice Alaso, the acting Secretary General of ANT said they are tired of reading …
Read More »ANT to conduct internal party elections in August
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party is planning to conduct internal party elections in August 2021, to streamline its structures from the grassroots. The party which believes in building party structures, has been operating with an interim leadership composed of the National, Regional and Sub region …
Read More »How opposition disunity awarded NRM 20 MP seats
NUP spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi says some losses were self-inflicted, adding that the lesson they learn as forces of change is to strive and not only unite at the lower levels but also at the presidency Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After agreeing in principle to fight the 2021 general election …
Read More »Ban of cameras at polling stations is hiding transparency-Muntu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) party presidential candidate, Gregory Mugisha Muntu has said that the Electoral Commission’s ban on the use of cameras and smartphones at the polling stations is aimed at concealing transparency during voting exercise. Last week, the Electoral Commission announced a …
Read More »Vote out MPs that voted in favor of age limit removal – Muntu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) party presidential candidate, Gregory Mugisha Muntu has said that members of parliament who voted in favor of age limit and term limit removal from the constitution made a very big mistake. In December 2017, parliament approved the amendment of …
Read More »Muntu warns electorate of NRM’s blinding billions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential candidate Gen. Mugisha Muntu has cautioned voters in Kampala not to be blinded by the 60 billion shillings that the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM is scheduled to spend to bolster support for its candidates across the country. The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) candidate …
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