President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged National Resistance Movement (NRM) district, city, municipality, and division chairpersons to intensify supervision of government programs, warning that corruption and poor service delivery remain major challenges.

Speaking at State House Entebbe, on 13th February 2026, the President highlighted instances of mismanagement, including allegations of job-selling by District Service Commissions, land grabbing, and theft of medicines from government health facilities.

President Museveni also criticized poor road maintenance and substandard works, attributing part of the problem to weak budgeting priorities, including the creation of new districts and municipalities at the expense of essential services.

He emphasized the need for party leaders to enforce accountability and ensure that programs and essential services reach their intended beneficiaries.

“Government programs and essential services must reach their intended beneficiaries, and that requires strict supervision and responsible budgeting,” the President emphasized.

On education, he raised concerns over some teachers’ sabotage and insufficient oversight by leaders, emphasizing that free education programs must be properly monitored to benefit learners.

“Free education is a powerful tool, but it only works if teachers are committed and leaders provide proper oversight; we must ensure every child benefits from the opportunities we provide,” President Museveni added.

He urged NRM leaders to strengthen oversight and accountability, saying that only through vigilant supervision and transparent governance can government programs reach the people and build lasting public trust.

“Leaders must enforce accountability and ensure programs serve the people; this is how public trust is earned,” the  President emphasized.

President Museveni’s message to NRM leaders was clear; holding a party position is not merely a title, but a mandate to serve as guardians of public resources therefore, by pointing out specific failures like job-selling to missing medicines, he has redefined the chairperson’s role from a political mobilizer to an enforcer of quality control and accountability.

As Uganda strives to balance the creation of new administrative units with the delivery of essential services, the responsibility now falls on these local leaders to prove that the NRM can self-correct.

The President’s ultimate challenge to them is to transform oversight from a bureaucratic formality into a cultural norm, ensuring that the trust placed in them by the public is rewarded with tangible results.