By Rogers Mulindwa
April 5, 2004
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WOBULENZI - The ruling Movement is not set to leave power in the next twenty years, the Presidential assistant on political affairs Mr Moses Byaruhanga has publicly mentioned. �I don�t see the Movement leaving power in the next 20 years,� said Byaruhanga. He was speaking as chief guest at the swearing-in ceremony of Mr Tito Ddamulira Mutuluki as the new mayor for Wobulenzi town council, April 1. He said the movement system was still very strong to be challenged by the old or any of the newly registered political parties in the elections to come. �No one can take away the power from the Movement,� he said amidst scanty cheers. Byaruhanga told celebrants that the Movement was still very popular among Ugandans and called on the opposition to get ready to face the challenge in the next elections to come.
He warned that the government had lost many seats to the opposition because of having more than one Movement candidates in a single race. He cited an example of Lubaga South constituency where he said Hon. Ken Lukyamuzi went to parliament with a percentage victory of only 28% in 1996 because the Movement had many of its own candidates in the race. The new Mayor, Mr. Tito Ddamulira Mutuluki called on the losing camps to join him in implementing his manifesto for the remaining two years. Mr. Richard Mubeezi, one of the three candidates attended the function but Mr. Sebastian Ssebagala never showed up. The function was attended by Education Minister, Prof. Khidu Makubuya, RDC, Geoffrey Kyomukama and the CAO, Mr. Simon Mpiira Bigairwe among others. |
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