The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has accused President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of fronting narratives based on his personal life, memories, and experiences, which deny the public the chance to understand the current imperative issues driving the country’s economy.
According to Robert Franco Centenary, the FDC party vice Chairperson, Museveni, on many occasions, fails to articulate the current state of the country’s economy, security, social services, infrastructure, and governance, yet people expect him to account for government performance by explaining what has been achieved since the previous address.
“He delivered a personal memoir that begins in 1959, when he visited a stock farm as a Primary Seven pupil, compared milk production figures from 1986, recounted bus fares from 1967 from Rushere to Katongore, and described sleeping next to sheaves of millet in Naama. This is an autobiography,” Centenary said.
While speaking to journalists on Monday, June 8th, 2026, at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi, Centenary added that Museveni should instead present solutions to national challenges and explain how the government intends to address them, provide direction and leadership by setting out his vision for the country in the next year.
“The question is, what did the government do since the last address, and what will it do next year? A president beginning his seventh term owes Ugandans a term-by-term account, not a four-decade lap,” he added.
He further noted that telling Ugandans not to go abroad while offering no plan to create opportunities at home is not a solution, but to invest heavily in agro-processing industries to create jobs close to farming communities and to reduce the cost of doing business for small and medium enterprises, among others.
In his address, Centenary recommended that Stronger commitments to transparency, accountability, and effective oversight of public funds be made, adding that fighting corruption become a measurable national priority.
“Expand vocational and technical education aligned to labour market needs. Establish transparent youth enterprise financing mechanisms free from political interference. Support innovation, technology, graduate funds, and digital entrepreneurship to unlock opportunities for young people,” he noted.
However, Museveni’s recent State of the Nation Address focused on Uganda’s economic transformation, commercializing agriculture to push citizens into the money economy, and aggressive accountability for government leaders. He reiterated his no more sleep directive to root out corruption and inefficiency.
