Presidential aspirant and former Security minister, Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde, has opted to go underground to canvas for votes as the race to unseat his former boss, President Museveni, heats up ahead of the 2021 General Election.
While hosting a section of Muslim leaders for Idd prayers at his home in Kololo, a Kampala suburb, last Friday, Lt Gen Tumukunde said Opposition camps are disseminating information to the electorate without preparing them and building systems.
Gen Tumukunde said the Opposition should not yield to the pressure from citizens about internal political party proceedings but focus on building solid structures to guarantee victory in the 2021 polls.
“I have heard a very serious disagreement with the way Opposition runs politics. I know there is so much pressure in the era of information to want to get so public [and] so open, but I want to ask you that should you ever do all this, where does your publicity land?” Lt Gen Tumukunde wondered.
Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, the Kyadondo East legislator, recently launched his National Unity Platform (NUP) party, while Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party cemented its relationship with Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago last month.
A faction of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) also unanimously declared Mr Jimmy Akena its sole candidate for party presidency.
Lt Gen Tumukunde led the 2016 Museveni campaign taskforce where he rubbed shoulders with the Opposition politicians, and he hopes his experience will come at the fore.
