National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has highlighted some of the visible achievements in Lango Sub-region during his term of service in power and attributed it all to courtesy of his party’s correct political ideology coupled with structures built over the years.
Museveni made the remarks while speaking to a select group of party leaders in Apac on Wednesday on his second day of campaigning in Lango sub-region.
Pointing to the large number of corrugated iron-sheet houses he had observed on his way from Baralege State Lodge in Otuke to the meeting venue in Apac, Museveni observed that such a fundamental change had greatly improved on the welfare of the people of Lango Sub-region.
“This starts with how you manage society. If you manage it well, it will gradually develop. The NRM came with an ideology focusing on the needs of the people rather than identity and that is why we are succeeding. This has helped us build a national army which has been able to guarantee peace in the country. This is the first time in 500 years when there is total peace in the country from corner to corner.” he said.
Museveni also noted that the government is set to upgrade the 191 KM Rwenkunye-Apac-Lira-Puranga-Acholibur Road, to tarmac and in addition to the now functional MV Kyoga-2 Ferry, there will be the Zengebe-Namasale Ferry, and the Achwa Bridge has been completed.
He promised that Operation Wealth Creation will continue to give farmers inputs to boost agriculture and asked NRM leaders not forget to reminding Ugandans about the need to shift from subsistence farming to commercial farming so as to improve their household income, and fight poverty.
Talking about compensation for cattle in Acholi, Lango, and Teso sub-regions, the President said the government will increase the money to a total of Shs150 billion so that each Sub-region gets Shs 50 billion and have that matter resolved once and for all.
Museveni showed great concern about the health of Ugandans during this difficult moment of Covid-19, and promised that he will neither conduct mass rallies nor hold processions because it would put the public at risk in light of the raging pandemic.
According to Museveni, no other political party or presidential candidate would have attracted huge crowds like the NRM if the situation was different.
“If it was safe, there would be rallies and nobody would have bigger rallies than the NRM but we care about your safety. Don’t join those enemy groups forming crowds that will put people in danger. This bankruptcy of calling people in such dangerous times is criminal and we are going to deal with these people,” he said.
The President, who is conducting his campaign at the sub-region level, has been meeting groups of not more than 70 NRM leaders, under strict adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) issued by the Electoral Commission and the Ministry of Health.
He urged all Ugandans for the need to be more vigilant and treat the Covid-19 pandemic seriously because more people were dying. He encouraged them to adhere to the SOPs and practice the ‘Tonsemberara campaign’.
NRM vice chair for the North and Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanya, said since the NRM took power, there was a notable fundamental change in the country.
He assured the residents that roads in Lango will be fixed and maintained, widened and strengthened, citing the Tororo-Mbale-Soroti-Lira-Kamdini and Rwenkunyu roads.
Addressing President Museveni, Oulanya said, “When you came and took power in this nation, you promised a fundamental change and we have witnessed it. The peace, security, that you have brought are a sign that you are a promise keeper. The people of this country trust you with their own lives because they know that you will keep them safe.”
