Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Kasese Woman MP Winnie Kiiza has officially denounced the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC and joined the Alliance for National Transformation. Kiiza was part of the group that abandoned FDC after a fall out with Maj Gen Gregory Mugisha Muntu. Although she was part …
Read More »MP Ariko quits FDC
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti Municipality Member of Parliament, Herbert Edmund Ariko has officially quit the opposition Forum for Democratic Change- FDC party. In his press statement issued on Wednesday, Ariko indicates that he is going to contest as independent candidate for Soroti City East Division parliamentary seat …
Read More »Opposition skeptical of opinion poll putting Museveni ahead of rivals
Kampala , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Opposition have rejected an opinion poll that puts President Museveni ahead of all prospective presidential aspirants ahead of the 2021 elections. The opinion poll conducted by Research World International on behalf of Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies interviewed 2,321 Ugandans …
Read More »MP Kasiano Wadri joins ANT
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Member of Parliament Arua Municipality Kasiano Wadri has been unveiled as a member of the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party. Wadri was welcomed into the party on Thursday by the founder and former FDC party President Mugisha Muntu. Speaking after he was unveiled, …
Read More »Electoral process already going wrong under EC watch -Muntu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has been accused of acting as an accomplice in upsetting the country’s politics because of its silence as rights of opposition politicians are being abused. The Alliance for National Transformation-ANT presidential aspirant Rtd Maj Gen Gregory Mugisha Muntu told journalists in …
Read More »Muntu disappointed with rebel MPs for returning to NRM
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the presumptive presidential nominee of the Alliance for National Transformation [ANT] has said he is very disappointed that the National Resistance Movement [NRM] ‘rebel’ MPs have crawled back to the party. Muntu, a former commander of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces …
Read More »Kiiza’s retirement a gasp of hope for Uganda’s Opposition- Muntu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The decision by Kasese Woman Member of Parliament Winnie Kiiza to quit active politics is gratifying and one of the gestures that bring a ray of hope in Uganda’s opposition political landscape. This is according to Maj Gen Gregory Mugisha Muntu, the leader of …
Read More »Kasese youth protest attempt to block nomination of Busongora south MP
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of youths stormed the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party offices in Kasese District on Tuesday, contesting the withdrawal of nomination forms issued to Busongora South MP Mbaju Jackson Kathika. The youth accused the commission and FDC area leaders of plotting to block their …
Read More »Muntu nominated ANT presidential candidate unopposed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rtd. Maj. Gen. Gregory Mugisha Muntu has sailed through unopposed as the first presidential candidate for the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party. He was nominated at a function held at the ANT party secretariat along Buganda road in Kampala under the supervision of the …
Read More »Muntu speaks out on presidential bid ahead of ANT nominations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National transformation-ANT, Uganda’s youngest political party is scheduled to conduct nominations for its presidential candidates on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Uganda Radio Network spoke to the party founder Rtd. Maj. Gen. Gregory Mugisha Muntu on Monday in an exclusive …
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