National Unity Platform (NUP) party President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has praised former Ugandan presidents Apollo Milton Obote and Idi Amin Dada for their achievements in service delivery, arguing that their administrations built better infrastructure than the current National Resistance Movement (NRM) government.
Speaking at a rally in Nebbi Town on Tuesday,18th November, 2025, Kyagulanyi said past governments established better hospitals, schools, roads, and administrative centres, while President Museveni’s 40-year rule has been marked by corruption and neglect.
“Museveni has been in power for 40 years. All the hospitals, roads, schools, and most administrative centres were built by Presidents Obote and Amin. Museveni has made us hate the old presidents, but for 40 years all he has done is steal from our people,” Kyagulanyi said.
The NUP party President also said that for every one year of President Museveni in power Ugandans lose over 10 trillion in corruption.
“According to the Inspector General of Government (IGG), we lose more than UGX 10 trillion every year. If this money were collected and saved, it would be enough to build all roads in Uganda for three years,” he added.
The NUP party Presidential candidate also criticized the dilapidated state of Uganda’s railway and water transport infrastructure, contrasting it with the past governments when planes flew from Entebbe to Kasese, Arua, and Kabale, and the railway network connected multiple parts of the country.
“We had a visible and working railway line, but now we see ruins in Pakwach and elsewhere. In the New Uganda, we aim to reestablish these transport networks using your taxes,” he noted.
Regarding the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), Kyagulanyi highlighted that while Kenya and Tanzania have made significant progress on their Standard Gauge Railway projects, Uganda continues to face delays.
Construction has stalled in several areas as local landowners demand compensation, which the government insists it is addressing, though some owners have yet to accept the offered settlements.
Kyagulanyi’s campaign trail continues across northern Uganda. On Monday, he toured Pakwach and Madi Okolo, and on Tuesday, he visited Zombo and Nebbi.
Upcoming stops include Arua, Arua City, Maracha, Terego, Koboko, Yumbe, Obongi, and Moyo, concluding on Saturday, November 22, 2025. He will return to Kampala to campaign in Kawempe on Monday, 24th November, 2025.
