A supporter of incumbent President Yoweri Museveni is pictured next to a wall of posters in Kampala, Uganda, Nov. 2, 2020. (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua)
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has launched his five-year reelection manifesto for the 2021 general elections.
KAMPALA, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has launched his five-year reelection manifesto for the 2021 general elections.
Museveni, ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party presidential candidate, said the 2021-2026 manifesto, under the theme "securing your future" focuses on five priority areas which include, creating wealth and jobs, delivering education and health, ensuring justice and equity, protecting life and property, and achieving economic and political integration.
"My priorities are defense -- we must always have a strong army, then I add electricity, roads and railway, health, education and paying government scientists well and wealth funds," said Museveni.
A man checks body temperature of a visitor at the entrance to the offices of Independent Presidential Candidate Gen. Henry Tumukunde in Kampala, Uganda, Nov. 2, 2020. (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua)
"This manifesto builds on the success of NRM. NRM has an unmatched record of performance and a clear vision of securing your future. We are now ready for takeoff," he said.
He said after years of turmoil, it is the first time ever that Uganda has enjoyed more than three decades of uninterrupted stable democratic process based on the ruling party's core principles of democracy, patriotism, pan-Africanism and socio-economic transformation.
"In order to accelerate Uganda's socio-economic transformation, I appeal to you for a fresh mandate for NRM to continue leading the country," said Museveni.
A supporter pastes posters of opposition presidential candidate Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi, also President of National Unity Platform (NUP), in Kampala, Uganda, Nov. 2, 2020. (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua)
The country's electoral body on Monday cleared incumbent president Yoweri Museveni, former Security Minister Henry Tumukunde and former army commander Mugisha Muntu.
The Electoral Commission on Tuesday also cleared music star-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi to run for the 2021 presidential polls.
