Bunyoro leaders told to take Musevenomics to the grassroots

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Leaders in the Bunyoro region have been urged to embrace the economic development model dubbed Musevenomics, which is derived from President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s 40-year development agenda.

The call was made by the State Minister for Public Service, Grace Mary Mugasa, while officiating the launch of the Musevenomics campaign at Hoima Youth Centre in Kasingo cell, Hoima city.

Mugasa emphasised the need for a mindset change among local leaders, calling on them to focus on transforming communities by cascading the Musevenomics development model to grassroots levels.

“We need mindset change among our leaders in order to cascade this programme to the local people. Leaders should stop being selfish and thinking about politics as a job, but instead take it as a service,” said Mugasa, who served as chief guest at the event held on June 27, 2025.

She noted that President Museveni has initiated several poverty-eradication programmes, including the Parish Development Model (PDM), Emyooga, Youth Livelihood Programme, and Operation Wealth Creation, among others.

Leaders attending the Musevenomic launch in Hoima.

However, she lamented that instead of popularising these initiatives among local communities, some leaders continue to engage in political wrangles.

Delivering the keynote address, Fred K. Muhumuza, director of the Economic Forum, said the Musevenomics ideology aims to energise rural communities, consolidate existing achievements, and promote socio-economic transformation at parish level.

He acknowledged that while the government has significantly invested in strategic infrastructure, more needs to be done to empower local communities to engage meaningfully in productive economic activities.

Ronnie Kasaija from the National Planning Authority explained that the Musevenomics economic model is anchored on key pillars aimed at achieving Uganda’s Ten-Fold Growth Strategy by 2040.

These pillars include agriculture production, tourism, minerals (including oil and gas), services, and science and technology (ATMS). Kasaija said the strategy targets increasing Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from USD 50 billion in 2013 to USD 500 billion by 2040.

He stressed that this growth would be realised through value addition in agriculture, minerals, and human capital development.

Dr Charles Kajura, the Hoima district production officer and regional focal person for PDM, said the Musevenomics concept would be rolled out to lower local government levels, including parishes and villages.

He said further engagements would be conducted to ensure the concept delivers tangible outcomes.

The launch of Musevenomics was attended by leaders and technocrats from the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda Bureau of Statistics, Hoima district and city, as well as members of the business community and other stakeholders.