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Uganda polls: Generals seeking to unseat Museveni

Mugisha Muntu and Henry Tumukunde.

General Mugisha Muntu and Lt. Gen (Rtd) Henry Tumukunde. PHOTOS | FILE

By  JONATHAN KAMOGA

Uganda goes to the polls on January 14, 2021, to choose a president out of 11 candidates. 

About 38 years ago, a number of professional military men joined Yoweri Museveni in his “bush war” in Luweero to depose the second Milton Obote government.

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