Trouble hits Rukungiri District as Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde faces serious claims about his campaign workers. A business owner says the team hurt him after he took down their posters from his shop. The man named Eliab Keinamura went to the hospital for his injuries. Police let him go after the campaign team accused him of destroying their signs. He says they questioned him about supporting Isaac Atukunda instead of Tumukunde.
Tumukunde wants to win the Rukungiri Municipality seat for Parliament against Atukunda. People who back Atukunda claim Tumukunde's group keeps threatening voters around the district. They want the ruling party leaders and President to stop what they call harassment. Tumukunde spoke on radio recently and threatened to fight his opponents. He said he has the money and power to wage war against them.
Some watchers think Tumukunde acts this way because he lost another race earlier. He failed to become the district party chairman against Security Minister Jim Muhwezi. Police have not made any public statement about what happened to Keinamura. Nobody from Tumukunde's campaign answered questions about the claims before the story came out.
Tumukunde wants to win the Rukungiri Municipality seat for Parliament against Atukunda. People who back Atukunda claim Tumukunde's group keeps threatening voters around the district. They want the ruling party leaders and President to stop what they call harassment. Tumukunde spoke on radio recently and threatened to fight his opponents. He said he has the money and power to wage war against them.
Some watchers think Tumukunde acts this way because he lost another race earlier. He failed to become the district party chairman against Security Minister Jim Muhwezi. Police have not made any public statement about what happened to Keinamura. Nobody from Tumukunde's campaign answered questions about the claims before the story came out.
