Uganda President Museveni’s Expensive Joke On Nigeria’s Security Situation

President Yoweri Museveni has vowed to protect Ugandans and their property at all costs, saying it would be a vote of no confidence in our country to delegate that responsibility to foreigners.

He said for the country to develop, peace and security are paramount.

“I have never called the United Nations to guard your security. Me, Yoweri Museveni to say that I have failed to protect my people and I call in the UN….I would rather hang myself. We prioritized national security by developing a strong army, otherwise our Uganda would be like DRC, South Sudan, Somalia or Nigeria where militias have disappeared with school children.

“It would be a vote of no confidence in our country and citizens if we can’t guarantee our security? What kind of persons would we be?” he said amidst cheering from the crowd.

The President was speaking at a grand finale campaign rally for the NRM woman flagbearer Rebecca Nalwanga at Zirobwe Town Council grounds after a busy afternoon that saw him address the Nubian Community at a stopover at Bombo and an impromptu gathering at Kalagala.

“Am here to teach and undo the lies. Some people have turned politics into a game of lies and unseriousness. They don’t sensitize you about development, but they play around with your lack of information. The issue of development is a very serious one, not a joke. I detest the dishonesty and lies of the opposition who concentrates on what has not been done without considering what has been done,” he said.

The President said that when the NRM came to power, it revitalized the economy and increased revenue collection. The government had to prioritize the major pillars to national development starting with national security, the reason the country has been peaceful and stable for a long period, health through mass immunization, education with Universal Primary Education and Universal Secondary Education and then infrastructure such as roads and power generation. He described some of the criticism from the opposition on some development programmes that have not been done as “irresponsible talk”.
”If we made a mistake to prioritize education, then let anyone come up and suggest otherwise and we divert UPE and USE funds to other sectors,” he said.

He also castigated the opposition politicians for using lies and negative propaganda to gain political support and wondered why the electoral commission does not invoke the electoral law to disqualify them from being elected because it’s an electoral offence.

At Bombo, Lomule Parish, President Museveni assured the Nubian Community in Uganda that issues to do with their frozen accounts after the Amin war would be handled and said the children of soldiers returning from Congo will be treated as Ugandans with an entitlement to a Ugandan identity card. He warned against mixing religion with politics, saying infrastructure such as roads have no tribe and are used by all. He said the war against Amin was political with many Muslims supporting the NRA and that after the war he encouraged all of them to return from exile and settle home. He urged them to help him fight corruption.

Museveni used the occasion to strongly warn politicians and citizens against electoral violence and instructed the Luwero district police commander to arrest and bring to justice anyone involved in this vice.

“We want a civilized conduct in the electoral process and there should be zero tolerance of electoral violence. Please, even you our supporters, don’t involve yourselves in electoral violence or malpractices. People should not suffer because of an election,” he added.

He urged them to work towards overcoming household poverty which he said was the main challenge facing the country which he said can be overcome by engaging in modern agriculture that is profit oriented.