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Muntu Concedes Defeat, Hints on Quitting FDC

Major General (Rtd) Mugisha Muntu, now the outgoing President of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) early this morning made a concession speech after losing the top seat of the party; that left more questions than assurances on the hearts of his supporters.Gen Muntu failed to clench a second term in office, losing to former MP Patrick Amuriat Oboi 641 to 463 votes
The other two candidates Moses Byamugisha and Dan Matsiko managed only 3 and 2 votes respectively.

Instead he warned of “interesting times ahead of the FDC,” and announced that he will be making a major decision in the coming weeks.
“I take this opportunity to congratulate you Hon. Oboi for your victory,” he started his address.
“May I also take this opportunity to sincerely apologize to those who don’t trust in me; I sincerely apologize. It wasn’t my intention to waste your time up to this time.”
“It has been a pleasure working with you all. Where we are heading, there are going to be quite interesting times as we are going forward. For those who believe in my method and approach, please I urge you, don’t be frustrated, don’t panic, and don’t be provoked.”
Gen Muntu went on to warn the over 1000 delegates that took part in the election at the Mandela Stadium, that they needed to ‘tighten their belts,’ and focus on the major challenges in the country.
“At a personal level,” he went on to announce, “There are decisions that I must have to make…”
“I am an honest man and I have always been honest to myself; I would like to be honest with you as well.”
“We are in the common struggle for the liberation of our people. I joined this struggle at 23 years, I don’t intend to back track as far as the struggle for freedom of the people is concerned.
“But I also want to operate in an environment where I feel I am trusted. So colleagues, I don’t want to be unfair to you nor do I want to say that you are being unfair to me.”
“On my side in the next few weeks or so, there are decisions I will have to make, so we need to bear with each other even as we ponder on the decision that we will have to make. We do our part as human beings and the rest we leave it to God.”
Observers fear that Gen Muntu, one of the most cherished opposition leaders, especially by outsiders, could be have been hinting on exiting the party.
The party will certainly be waiting fingers crossed on Muntu’s decision which, as he said, is coming next few weeks.
In the meantime though, he warned his successor that the seat he is assuming is a tough one, and wished him luck.
“I hope you don’t go through an environment I have operated through. I wish you a better environment so tighten your shoes and belt.”
The main objective remains the freedom and rights of our people, continue on the same part of building democracy within the party. He also had a package of advice; “Hon. Amuriat and the colleagues that you will be working with; if you lose those values that we believe in, you lose the party. No party will survive unless it has those values in it.”

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