Uganda, Oct. 10 -- I t's election time, but Opposition groups are struggling to mobilise their supporters under the Covid-19 induced guidelines which ostensibly forbid mass gatherings.
But one person who is thriving under these circumstances is Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu.
Even when he was still in the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Uganda's largest Opposition political party, Gen Muntu always detested holding mass political rallies when compared, to say, Dr Kizza Besigye, the party founding president.
He preferred small gatherings like townhall meetings and conferences much to the chagrin of some of his backers who, perhaps, wanted a populist approach.
Now under his party, the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), Gen Muntu has fol...