Ruhaama elders in Ntungamo district have asked him to contest for the presidency in 2023 when general elections for Local Councils and Parliament will now be held, from the 2021 envisaged in the pre-existing legal order.
This was revealed during Easter Monday’s rally at Kahiija Primary School playground of Kabingo Parish in Nyakyera Sub-County, Ruhaama County in the district of Ntungamo during the NRM victory celebrations following the winning of Ruhaama Constituency by NRM’s Kahima Moses Mugabe as the area MP in a by-election that was occasioned by the passing on of former MP, late William Zinkuratiire.
The President was accompanied by the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Hon. Janet Museveni who is the Ntungamo District NRM Chairperson and also former Ruhaama Constituency legislator.
The elders handed the president a spear, shield and stool.
The new MP, Kahima Moses Mugabe pledged loyalty “to the Movement system of governance throughout my life time.”
“We shall shower you (Museveni) with votes come 2023, please contest for president when that time comes,” he said to the ululations from the crowd.
Kahima said that the celebrations marked the victory of NRM and served to extend appreciation to the electorate for supporting the Movement in their area. He revealed that development projects have taken and will continue to take route in the areas as exemplified by the construction and tarmacking of Mirama Hills road. He said that plans are underway to build the Eriya Kategaya Memorial School, the construction of Maama Janet Museveni Girls’ School and the extension of electricity deeper into rural areas, among others.
Ntungamo District Women Representative, Ms. Beatrice Rwakimari, observed that the big turn up by the people at the ceremony was a reflection that the local communities commend the government’s infrastructure programmes and services’ delivery in the area.
Uganda last held a presidential poll in 2016 and is supposed to go for polls in 2021.
But MPs extended their tenure by two years. The decision on the extension of Museveni’s term length is a question of a referendum.
