Museveni takes NRM gospel to Alebtong, Otuke after successful Lango launch
The rallies are building on momentum from his grand launch in Amolatar and Dokolo, where he unveiled the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) 2026–2031 campaign agenda.
A crowd welcoming President Yoweri Museveni, the NRM presidential flagbearer as he arrived at Amolatar Secondary School playgrounds for his first campaign rally in Lango sub-region. PPU photos.
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President Yoweri Museveni is today, October 2, 2025, expected to hold his third and fourth 2026 General Election campaign rallies in the districts of Alebtong and Otuke.
The rallies are building on momentum from his grand launch in Amolatar and Dokolo, where he unveiled the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) 2026–2031 campaign agenda.
Addressing thousands of supporters at Amolatar Secondary School and Dokolo Technical School playgrounds on Wednesday, the President touted the NRM’s 40 years in power, which he said could be distilled into seven key achievements:
- Peace
- Development
- Jobs
- Roads
- Education
- Communication
- Health
- Wealth creation.
Wealth creation at the centre
Museveni underscored that while the state provides infrastructure and peace, individual families must embrace wealth creation to fully escape poverty.
“At independence, only nine per cent of Ugandans were in the money economy. The rest were working only for survival,” he said.
“By 2023, the number had grown to 32 per cent, and with interventions like Operation Wealth Creation and now the Parish Development Model (PDM), 67 per cent of households are participating in the money economy.”
To illustrate, he showcased video testimonies of Parish Development Model beneficiaries, including a woman who used her allocation to plant maize, sold it and reinvested in sheep farming for cross-border trade with South Sudan.
“My message is clear: Chase poverty out of your homes,” Museveni urged, calling on households in Lango to fully embrace commercial farming and enterprise.
Jobs, industry and the private sector
The President dismissed the perception that employment is synonymous with government jobs.
“We cannot talk about jobs without talking about wealth creation,” he said.
“Government employs only about 450,000 people, yet Uganda now has 50,000 factories employing 1.2 million. Agriculture and the private sector are our biggest employers.”
Education and health gaps
On education, Museveni admitted that school charges still hinder access despite UPE and USE programmes. He pledged the recruitment of 50,000 teachers and backed day schools as a more affordable model for rural families.
On health, he praised Uganda’s immunisation record that eradicated polio, but strongly condemned the theft of drugs from government health facilities. He promised to personally establish a spy network to expose and prosecute health workers engaged in the vice.
Market integration and unity
Reiterating his long-held call against sectarianism, Museveni urged Ugandans to look beyond local markets.
“When Acholi produce simsim and Lango produce another crop, the market in one region is not enough,” he said. “That’s why we say love Uganda and East Africa — we need each other for trade.”
Fisheries, land use and co-operatives
The President addressed community tensions with the Fisheries Protection Unit, including an incident in which Amolatar MP Moses Okot Bitek was injured. He promised fresh discussions with MPs from fishing constituencies to craft sustainable fishing solutions.
He also warned against destroying wetlands for rice cultivation, encouraging fish farming instead.
“From one acre of fish ponds, a farmer can earn shillings 70 million compared to just 1.2 million from rice,” he said, announcing that the Government would fund fish ponds and strengthen fishermen’s SACCOs.
Roads, security and NRM’s legacy
Museveni reassured the crowd that road infrastructure in Lango will be improved and confirmed that the technical school pledged to Amolatar will be built and named after Latogo Olal, the elder who first welcomed NRM in the district.
He revisited his pledge that every Ugandan homestead should own at least five cows as a sustainable path to family prosperity, instead of blanket compensation for past cattle losses.
On security, he called for vigilance: “The work of NRM has been around these seven points. That is the reason our country has been stable. Safeguard this peace not just for Uganda but for the wider region.