The Director of Veteran Affairs, Brigadier General (Rtd) Emmanuel Musingunzi, has urged members of the Wakaliga Veterans’ Market to reconcile their differences and come up with workable methods that will smooth the work flow of the association.
Brig Gen. (Rtd) Musinguzi was speaking during an inspection tour aimed at finding a lasting solution for Wakaliga Veterans’ Market vendors. The tour also aimed at querying the root causes of a long-standing conflict that has been associated with the Mustard Seed Veterans’ Association (MUVA) so that the Directorate can now come up with a permanent, workable solution.
Addressing the veterans, he called for total reconciliation and reorganization amongst the members so that they can tap into government funding for future developments that will help them fight poverty.
He encouraged the veterans’ leadership to streamline all leadership folds and strive for mindset change for better service delivery by considering inclusiveness of all members regardless of rank at retirement.
“As long as the leadership problem is sorted out amicably, I will lead you to the Minister of Defence and Commander-in-Chief so that your market is developed like others under the Ministry of Local Government,” Musinguzi said.
He called upon the members to share experiences and brainstorm ideas so their leadership would know how to tackle veteran problems better.
MUVA chairperson Warrant Oficer (Rtd) Bwambizo Benon thanked the government for having thought it wise and allocated them land to execute their duties as veterans and fend for their families.
For the existing conflict, he apologized to the members and called for unity so that the association could open up new chapters of service.
Present were staff from the Directorate of Veteran Affairs and area members of security.
