President Yoweri Museveni has, in his State of the Nation Address to Parliament at the Kampala Serena Conference Centre on Thursday 6 June 2019 blasted opposition MPs who don’t help their people because they are not NRM.
He warned Opposition politicians against what he called misleading the population, berating those he says imagine they cannot be useful except when in government.
“If you claim that you are a leader and you do not care about your people, you are nothing I can tell you; do not tell me that you cannot help your people because you are not NRM….I can tell you on good authority,” said Museveni.
With the coming of the two Bombardier CRJ 900 planes meant to start the hitherto defunct national carrier, Museveni exuded confidence on the economy’s progress.
On issues of security, Museveni said the army has helped weed out criminals, and that the country will as a result remain secure.
“Some months ago, killers, robbers and rapists had been all over the place; the Police had been infiltrated by criminals and people who have been compromised in some way,” said Museveni.
These are claims he made last year after sacking the Inspector General Police, Gen. Edward Kale Kayihura and Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde, the Minister for Security.
“That crime wave will be defeated; UPDF works with the security forces to curtail the action of the criminals,” said Museveni.
A few days after his address on the State of the Nation, Arua Municipality MP Ibrahim Abiriga was brutally murdered, in a manner that was quickly becoming fashionable since the death of several Muslim clerics and security officials.
Cameras would later be installed to cover a wide pan of the metropolitan area, which was a key promise the Head of State made to Parliament at the height of the murder incidents then.
“The NRM government remains committed to ensuring a secure and peaceful Uganda by uplifting patriotism, democracy and good governance,” said Museveni.