President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people of Yumbe to vote for the National Resistance Movement in the forthcoming 2021 elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President made a stopover, a few metres away from the Lokopio Hills Technical Institute, following a thunderous welcome by the party supporters who had thronged the roadside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He first got out of the vehicle and stood at the opposite side of the road to speak to the people who were chanting and singing party songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDuring these times of the Coronavirus pandemic, we are not allowed to hold rallies for fear of contracting the virus. I will get time to come back here and speak to you but I urge you to vote for NRM,\u201d Museveni told the party supporters who responded with ululations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President later walked a distance of over 150 metres to the institute where he addressed district and party leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He noted that initially, when the NRM came to power and asked those who had gone to exile to return, they thought it was a joke until they later realized it was real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Banyankore have a proverb that somebody threw dried meat at a dog and it ran away thinking it was a stone. Initially, people of West Nile thought we were throwing stones at them but later found ut it was meat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Museveni said that since then, West Nile region has overwhelmingly supported the NRM and urged them to continue with the support to ensure they secure the country\u2019s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter elections, I will come back here so we talk more but also have a feast. For the issue of compensation of former UNLF and West Nile Bank Front, we shall handle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is about several competing needs but it will definitely be done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President was later given a spear and a bow by the local leaders as a sign of support to his presidential candidature in the forthcoming elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President had earlier commissioned the refurbished and expanded Yumbe Regional Referral hospital and a fruit factory at Pani village, Lodonga sub-county in Yumbe district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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