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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Maj Gen Muntu also appealed to residents of Serere to vote an honest man like him, saying with the alleged mineral exploitation in the district, a dishonest president spells doom to the sector<\/p>\n

The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) presidential candidate, Maj Gen (Rtd) Mugisha Muntu, has said the presence of the army on lakes has caused untold suffering to fishermen.<\/p>\n

Government deployed the Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces\u2019 Fisheries Protection Unit to crack down on illegal fishing activities on the water bodies in the country. However, fishermen accuse the soldiers of harassment.<\/p>\n

While campaigning at Kamod Trading Centre in Kamod Sub-county, Serere District, yesterday, Maj Gen Muntu said it does not make sense deploying soldiers on the lake because they are trained for war.<\/p>\n

He said fishing communities in Kwania, Amolatar and Serere districts, among others on Lake Kyoga have witnessed a number of atrocities such as torture and corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis regime uses force for any situation, you can see the difference in approach in the countries that share Lake Victoria like Kenya and Tanzania. Fishermen are not treated like it is the case in Uganda. They use civil means to protect where the fish lays eggs,\u201d Maj Gen Muntu said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce Museveni is retired on January 14, consider that problem solved,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Agricultural pledges<\/b><\/p>\n

The retired army general also decried the low prices of farmers\u2019produce, saying they are being exploited.<\/p>\n

Maj Gen Muntu said it was foolhardy for the government to establish a fruit factory which does not consume oranges produced from Teso Sub-region.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was talking to one of our parliamentary candidates for Amuria County; he said oranges take between three to four years to mature. How sad after those years, you are told that the factory cannot buy your fruits?\u201d the ANT presidential candidate said.<\/p>\n

Maj Gen Muntu claimed the country is being run by cartels, who control business, adding that in all government departments, this seems to be the norm.<\/p>\n

He said ANT will offer agricultural loans and competitive gate prices for produce through establishing safeguards against middlemen.<\/p>\n

Maj Gen Muntu also appealed to residents of Serere to vote an honest man like him, saying with the alleged mineral exploitation in the district, a dishonest president spells doom to the sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you people pray? If you do, please pray hard that by the time the minerals are extracted, this regime should not be in power,\u201d Maj Gen Muntu said.<\/p>\n

He also praised his work relations with Ms Alice Alaso, the former Serere Woman MP, saying it was built around honesty and integrity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis country cannot be fixed by people without honesty, I know you need water, good roads, improved standard of education, and equal distribution of wealth of this country, that I trust, I will offer,\u201d he said. Ms Alaso said Maj Gen Muntu is an accomplished politician who can bring sanity in the security circle.<\/p>\n

She said he is respected and will ride on that to cause change among the security personnel.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the village chairperson, Mr Simon Okot, attempted to block Gen Muntu from addressing the rally.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease take your rally away, how do you undermine me in my area of control, I need to have been respected, I need to have been given the opportunity to address and usher you in my area,\u201d he said. Gen Muntu\u2019s security detail calmed Mr Okot as locals threatened to throw him away for disrupting a national exercise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. Maj Gen Muntu also appealed to residents of Serere to vote an honest man like him, saying with the alleged mineral exploitation in the district, a dishonest president spells doom to the sector The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) presidential candidate, Maj Gen (Rtd) Mugisha Muntu, has said the presence of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,10],"tags":[233,234],"class_list":["post-606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nMuntu promises to withdraw soldiers from lakes - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/muntu-promises-to-withdraw-soldiers-from-lakes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Muntu promises to withdraw soldiers from lakes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press – Uganda. 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