President Yoweri\nMuseveni, who is also NRM National Chairperson, today began a two-day\nby-election campaign canvasing votes for the NRM flag bearer for Hoima District\nWoman Member of Parliament Businge Harriet Mugenyi Akiiki and called upon the\nelectorate to vote for the NRM candidate to reciprocate government\u2019s\nsocio-economic and political achievements made in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRoads have been constructed\nto connect Bunyoro Sub-Region to other parts of the country. Electricity has\nbeen connected to 10 Sub-Counties of Hoima district except Kyabigambire County,\nwhich will soon be connected also; education and health sectors have been fully\nsupported,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also added that\ngovernment is building Kabaale International Airport with a five-kilometre run-way\nin Bunyoro and said that it is an equivalent of Entebbe Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe government has\nmanaged to record its achievements because it focused first on national economic\nrecovery. Secondly, the restoration of peace and stability, and general\ninfrastructure in the country\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Businge Harriet is\ntussling out for the Hoima District Woman Seat with the opposition contender,\nAsinansi Nyakato, of FDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hoima District Woman\nMP seat fell vacant after its former Woman MP, Tophace Kaahwa Byagira, decided\nto move to represent the newly created District of Kikuube as Woman MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing rally at\nKabaale Public Primary School in Kabaale Sub-County in Bugahya County today in\nthe afternoon, the President reaffirmed to the people of the area that other\ndevelopments, such as the discovery of oil deposits in Bunyoro Sub-Region, is\nattributed to the peaceful environment and NRM\u2019s zeal for national development.\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that Uganda\nis hosting a refugee influx from the neighbouring countries because of a\npeaceful political atmosphere that was ushered in by the NRM. He, therefore,\nurged the people of Uganda to guard peace jealously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He used the occasion\nto assure tobacco farmers in the Bunyoto Sub-Region that Government is going to\ncompensate them following the loss they incurred after selling their tobacco\nproduce, worth Shs.36 billion, to a Kenyan Company called Continental\nthat had collapsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He thanked the people of Bunyoro Sub-Region for voting NRM in every election in the past. He advised them to vote the NRM flag bearer, Businge Harriet Mugenyi, to represent Hoima District in Parliament as Woman MP come Thursday 26th<\/sup> September 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He further commended NRM women contenders who had been in the race together with Businge Harriet Mugenyi for stepping down in her favour to foster and consolidate NRM\u2019s support in the race for the District MP slot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As he travelled in the area, he also made a stop at Buseruka Trading Centre and thanked residents for being economically focused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NRM Vice\nChairperson for Western Region, Matayo Kyaligonza commended President Museveni\nfor ably steering the country\u2019s politics saying this has garnered more strength\nto the Movement.\n\nLater,\nPresident Museveni addressed another campaign rally at Kigorobya Muslim Primary\nSchool in Kigorobya County. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Yoweri Museveni, who is also NRM National Chairperson, today began a two-day by-election campaign canvasing votes for the NRM flag bearer for Hoima District Woman Member of Parliament Businge Harriet Mugenyi Akiiki and called upon the electorate to vote for the NRM candidate to reciprocate government\u2019s socio-economic and political achievements made in the area. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":11417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-11416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n