“I don't want to hear that there is poverty in homesteads that have land and yet money is there at the parish level. If you are a minister and I come to your village and people are still suffering, I will sack you. I want to inform everybody that I have been monitoring and I don't want to embarrass mature people. The money is there on the ground; let's use it to get our people out of poverty,” Museveni said.

Beyond the ceremony, the roadmap to May 12 reflects a broader effort by government to reinforce political continuity, national unity, and public confidence positioning the inauguration not merely as a constitutional event, but as a symbolic reset for Uganda’s next phase of socio-economic transformation.

Museveni compared the proposed exemption to existing tax relief for police and army personnel, stressing that scientists deserve similar recognition for their role in national development.

The film sector plays a key role in national development, contributing to job creation, tourism, and the broader #ConnectedUg2030 vision.

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