Bugweri County legislator Abdul Katuntu campaigned for President Yoweri Museveni at a rally in Iganga District last week after two decades of criticizing the ruling National Resistance Movement. Speaker Anita Among asked Katuntu to request votes for the president, prompting him to tell supporters they should reject opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi because Kyagulanyi refuses to accept certain voters.
Katuntu entered Parliament in 2001 as an independent member but acknowledged last year that the government consults him on legislative positions. He admitted the ruling party designated him to chair his committee and nominated him to the Pan African Parliament through internal vetting processes.
Museveni told lawmakers at a closed meeting that Katuntu joined the party after calling him a poisonous mushroom in 2005. The veteran politician skipped recent party primaries and maintains an independent status technically, though his public appearances suggest formal alignment may follow.
Katuntu entered Parliament in 2001 as an independent member but acknowledged last year that the government consults him on legislative positions. He admitted the ruling party designated him to chair his committee and nominated him to the Pan African Parliament through internal vetting processes.
Museveni told lawmakers at a closed meeting that Katuntu joined the party after calling him a poisonous mushroom in 2005. The veteran politician skipped recent party primaries and maintains an independent status technically, though his public appearances suggest formal alignment may follow.
