President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Friday, 21st Nov 2025, concluded his intensive Busoga campaign trail with a powerful message on peace, development, and wealth creation while warning the region against opposition falsehoods aimed at undermining Uganda’s stability.
Speaking during his final stop in Jinja, Museveni said Busoga’s progress reflects the pillars on which the NRM has built Uganda.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in City.
He noted that the region was once affected by insurgencies, with groups like the Alice Lakwena rebels reaching Magamaga and Busede.
“We brought peace to the whole country. That was the first pillar of Uganda’s house,” he said.
President used his several rallies to successfully debunked opposition lies to the people of Busoga and extensively highlighted government investment in the region’s infrastructure, citing improvements on the Jinja–Tororo road, the Jinja–Kampala highway, and earlier works on the Jinja–Kamuli route.
He announced that government now has funds to construct the long-awaited Jinja–Budondo–Mbulamuti–Kamuli road, a project he said had delayed due to competing national demands.
“When people demand many things at the same time, resources scatter and little is achieved. Prioritisation is essential,” Museveni said, noting that this principle guided the NRM even during the guerrilla years.
Museveni also highlighted progress in education, explaining that Jinja District and Jinja City together host more than 70 government primary schools and 20 government secondary schools.
However, he called for fairer distribution to ensure every parish has at least one government primary school.
In the health sector, the President noted that all sub-counties in Jinja District and Jinja City now have functioning health facilities, ranging from Health Centre IIIs to the regional referral hospital.
He placed strong emphasis on wealth creation, describing it as the third pillar of Uganda’s transformation.
Museveni encouraged households to adopt the four-acre model and other enterprises supported under government programmes such as the Parish Development Model, Operation Wealth Creation, and EMYOOGAs.
Even urban youth without land, Museveni said, can benefit through skills training, citing testimonies from tailoring, metalwork, and other trades within the skilling hubs. These, he said, are turning young people into income earners.
The President also pointed to rising industrialisation as the fourth pillar, saying factories in Busoga are creating thousands of jobs and transforming the economic landscape. He vowed to address complaints of corruption in factory recruitment.
With the Busoga campaign trail successfully completed, Museveni announced that he will now head to Kigezi, marking the next phase of his nationwide campaign engagements aimed at rallying communities around peace, development, and household prosperity.
In Iganga, a mammoth crowd on poured to welcome President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as he wrapped up the final day of his Busoga campaign tour.
Thousands of enthusiastic supporters thronged the district headquarters, turning the entire town centre into a sea of yellow long before his convoy arrived.
The atmosphere was electric—cheers, chants and NRM flags waving high—as the President stepped onto the podium.
Museveni thanked Busoga for its steadfast support and used the moment to reflect not only on current progress but also on the difficult journey that brought the country to where it is today.
In a rare and vivid recollection, the President narrated how Iganga played a part during the dangerous years of struggle.
He told the crowd of a time in the early 1970s when Uganda was engulfed in insecurity under past regimes, and when he secretly passed through Iganga with 12 machine guns smuggled from Tanzania en-route to Kampala.
To avoid detection, he disguised himself as a traveller, hid the weapons in a garage in town, and spent the day at the local clubhouse pretending to wait for a bus to Namasagali.
“I could not enter Kampala during the day with guns, I waited here in Iganga until nightfall. This town helped hide us when the country was in turmoil,” he recounted.
The crowd erupted some in disbelief, others in admiration at the memory of a time when safety was uncertain and survival depended on strategy and courage.
Museveni contrasted those dark days with the peace Uganda now enjoys, affirming that peace remains the first and most important achievement of the NRM.
He reminded the audience that without peace, the country could not have built roads, extended electricity, repaired the railway, expanded schools, or delivered safe water across villages.
He highlighted the improved infrastructure in Busoga, including the already-funded Iganga–Kamacwa–Kamuli road, increased rural electrification, and safe water coverage reaching most villages.
He also pointed out the need to ensure every parish gets at least one government primary school, with new secondary schools already planned for the district.
As he wound up his message, the President urged Busoga to use the peace and infrastructure now in place to focus on wealth creation through programmes like PDM and Emyooga.
The overwhelming turnout reaffirmed the region’s strong ties with the NRM, closing the tour on a high note.
The president cautioned Busoga not to listen to opposition leaders salivating to grab power yet they are being used by the foreign powers to destabilise Uganda.
