Daily Monitor Tuesday December 15 2020 Summary A son of a staunch supporter of former president Milton Obote, Maj-Gen Mugisha Muntu, to the surprise of his father and Obote, joined Museveni’s bush war right after graduating from university and helped the current government capture power in 1986. The former spy chief and security minister Lt-Gen Henry Tumukunde, 61, is a lawyer by profession hailing from western Uganda too. Together with Jet Tumwebaze and Mugisha Muntu, they joined Museveni in the bush immediately after graduating from Makerere University. Advertisement Uganda goes to the polls on January 14, 2021, to choose a president out of 11 candidates. About 38 years ago, a number of professional military men joined Yoweri Museveni in his “bush war” in Luweero to depose the second Milton Obote government.