Men in Uniform Still Rule the Uganda Political Fashion Parade   This Page This Page  The Publisher's Site (Nairobi) OPINION June 20, 2005 Posted to the web June 21, 2005 Charles Onyango-Obbo Nairobi The big stories in the Uganda media in recent weeks have been, in that order: The criticism of President Yoweri Museveni's government by Brigadioer Henry Tumukunde, Tumukunde's arrest, his court-martial and, now, his replacement as army representative in Parliament by Brig Andrew Gutti. Tumukunde had already been court-martialled earlier, following allegations that he padded the army payroll with "ghost soldiers" and, allegedly paid himself their salaries. The good Brigadier's latest round of trouble came after he suggested that Maj. Gen. Museveni was a dictator, and he announced presidential ambitions of his own. He was arrested on charges of

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