Presidential candidate Gen. Henry Tumukunde has expressed concern over the continued involvement of the army in the electoral process. Tumukunde says that army involvement in blocking the rallies of the opposition candidates has become a routine yet the law prohibits the UPDF from taking sides in politics.
He adds that in case their involvement turns out to have an effect on the election results, they have gathered enough evidence to pin the army in the courts of law.
Tumukunde has further promised to end the land question in Bunyoro region and also ensure that the people from this area are beneficiaries of the oil despite being a national good.
He also pledged a vibrant innovation, Enterprise and global Competitiveness to the people of Kyenjojo once they trust him with their votes.
Meanwhile Tumukunde explains that it’s unfair that the investment policy is favouring foreign over local investors.
“Access to affordable credit has not been a deliberate priority of the government as the banking sector is controlled by the foreign owned private commercial banks. Low investment in agro technology, lack of policy on food preservation, neglect of high value traditional and non-traditional foodstuffs, low and discriminative access to affordable farm inputs, dependency on rain-fed agriculture, lack of technology-based agriculture to ensure food and nutrition security, failure to establish food supply chain linkage and value-addition processes, insufficient investment in invention and innovation lacks in new Uganda,” says Tumukunde.