I thank everyone for showering me with birthday wishes.
I am grateful for the gift of life and the past 80 years I have lived. I thank my parents for raising me and Maama Janet for blessing me with a large and loving family.
This morning, I addressed the media on the state of affairs in our party. Attached hereunder is my PRESS STATEMENT
Colleagues, I come to you this morning after days of silence and meditation to address two issues on my next plan in the fight for total liberation of our country.
Questions and speculations have been on as to whether, where and when I am going.
I wish to state that I am a founder member of NUP where I serve as a Deputy President. I am not leaving the party I founded and I’m not doing anything that destroys a young party I participated in establishing with conscience and conviction. At least I’m not yet moved to that level.
Secondly, I have seen a copy of a letter circulating on social media. The owner of the copy is visible from the bottom. The letter is addressed to the Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, and I’m only informed of the contents by copy. I will not respond thereto, save to restate my position as communicated to the party and the country.
I wish to affirm that I confess no wrong doing whether in law or elementary common sense. The position of the law has been clarified to whoever wished to understand; but to not deliberately slander and defame me for short-term political security.
I wish also to re-assure all comrades in the struggle for a fair Uganda that my commitment has never waned; that I am not and shall never be part of any form of corruption. When we find ourselves disagreeable on anything in our midst, we must find mechanisms for mature resolution; which is different from grandstanding and desire to settle political scores, at the expense of reputations of comrades with whom we struggle to offer the country better leadership.
Ugandans must be encouraged at all times to question the decisions of their leaders; especially those in higher offices, and making critical decisions on their behalf. In the current circumstances, it is also not difficult to tell that the objective was never on accountability because no one provides financial accountability at press conferences and on social media.
The previous days have cast much doubt within the Ugandan populace as to whether our Party is capable of handling the humongous task of liberation and effecting solutions to the political and social challenges our country is facing. We must regain public confidence, trust and demonstrate that we are worthy the peoples support in leading the charge for change and transformation that the Ugandan masses are yearning for.
Whereas Gen. M7 has been candid on his dynasty agenda, including the latest reshuffles in the UPDF that saw his son ascend at the helm of the country’s military, the largest opposition party looks clueless and unable to guide its bruised cadreship. Even the renewal of term of the EC Commissioners who bungled and fidgeted with the last election did not raise the curiosity of the supposed vanguard opposition party!
Let me now assure the entire NUP leadership, membership, supporters and the general public, that NUP is my party and I harbor no intentions whatsoever of leaving; I am going Nowhere, rather I’ll in the coming days embark on a process of instituting internal Party reforms to make it a credible and competent Government in waiting.
To our supporters and followers in the diaspora, we immensely appreciate your contribution to the building of our young party and the quest for a new Uganda in general. You interact with a lot of information, but largely misinformation targeting your justifiable desperation for change. I pledge to you my availability and clarity of mission and purpose in whatever we do to change the trajectory of our country.
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PHOTOS: Hussein Ibra, a graduand from Makerere University College of Humanities and Social Sciences, made a notable entrance at the graduation ceremony, holding a picture of President @KagutaMuseveni.
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Your TALENT will open the door for you, but it is your CHARACTER that will keep you inside the room. Likewise, your GIFT may lift you to the highest places, but it is only your CHARACTER that will sustain you there.
Have a blessed day.
With great pleasure, I extend my heartfelt congratulations and deep appreciation to everyone who contributed to reaching this very significant milestone. #Mak74thGrad
Special thanks to @JoadahConsult for their generous sponsorship and @aitajoel for the invaluable mentorship.
Hon. Sam Kutesa with his close friends, Hon. Elly Karuhanga and Dr. John Patrick Kabayo.
Happy 75th birthday, Papa. We thank God for your humble beginnings, your ambition, and your gracious life.
I join the country in mourning Alhaj Nsereko Abdul, who passed away today morning. During our university days, Alhaj mentored most of us in politics. He has served the country in several capacities, and I’m glad his son Hon. Alhaj Nsereko Mohamed has kept the family legacy shining. May his soul rest in eternal peace.