Ex army commander Gen. Mugisha Muntu has spilled away the ‘dark side’ of UPDF when he showed up for a press conference at Hotel Africana in Kampala to justify his resignation from FDC party.
Muntu’s revelation came after members of the press tasked him to explain his alleged meeting with President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the end of 2016.
A seemingly charged Muntu, questioned what would be the intention of meeting his ex boss when he physically turned down a ministerial post before he broke ranks with government to join FDC in 2004.
Muntu has consistently said that he chose to quit NRM because the commander in chief lost truck.
At a time of leaving government Museveni had proposed to appoint Muntu Minister of Defence having served as army commander.
Known as principled, Muntu rejected the offer and joined his other colleagues in opposition to form FDC.
However, he again quit FDC on Tuesday citing frustrations by top party honchos who openly rejected his method of leadership but rather embraced radicalism.
But for the whole period Muntu has served the party he has faced hostility engineered by party members who allege he has been spying on them.
In the past he also served as Director of Military Intelligence.
However, Muntu fronts integrity as core value of his existence as a human being.
It is at this point that he spilled secrets how the army officers at a time of his command siphoned money in sacks and shared amongst themselves.
“What would I be looking for from Museveni that I didn’t get then, power, money?” Muntu queried.
He added, “When I was in command some officer brought money in sacks, they told me this is yours. I refused. I told them this money doesn’t belong to me. It belongs to government. I rejected it.”
Retired and active army officers who worked under and with Muntu attest that he is incorruptible.
He reprimanded many senior officers who were cited in corruption scandals at a time he was army commander.
Whereas Muntu is perceived as a perfect successor of President Museveni, many officials in government fear they could end in prison over corruption charges.