NRM to decide 2006 candidate,
Sep 26, 2005
The National Resistance Movement delegates’ conference due next month will determine President Yoweri Museveni’s political position on the March 2006 elections.
By Alfred Wasike
The National Resistance Movement delegates’ conference due next month will determine President Yoweri Museveni’s political position on the March 2006 elections.
Museveni made the remarks on Wednesday, at a Council on Foreign Relations meeting in Washington DC while briefing Americans interested in Africa on political progress in Uganda.
The gathering of Africanists, diplomats and scholars was co-sponsored by The Africa Society and the Centre for Global Development.
Outgoing Ugandan ambassador to the US Edith Ssempala, US ambassadors Princeton Lyman (South Africa), Howard Jeter (Nigeria), former US ambassador to Uganda Michael Southwick, and Johnnie Carson (Kenya); and former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Herman Cohen attended.
Museveni’s remarks are contained in a brief by his deputy press secretary, Tamale Mirundi.
Asked whether he will offer himself for the 2006 presidential elections, Museveni said it would be indiscipline on his part to say whether he would stand or not.
Museveni said, “Revolutionary organisations are highly disciplined. You can’t say whether you will stand or not. It will be decided by the NRM delegates conference depending on the mission and the most suitable person.â€
Museveni said in revolutionary organisations, an individual must submit to the wishes and interests of the organisation.
He said the mission before the NRM was the realisation of the East African federation and the industrialisation of Uganda.
“What amazes me is that none of the donor agencies has given me a condition that before giving Uganda money it should embark on value addition. You only talk of other irrelevant issues,†he said.
Museveni said Uganda would remain stable even after the 2006 elections, adding that those peddling alarming messages that his participation would lead to violence, do so because they cannot win. “Uganda is in the capable hands of Ugandans. They know their friends, those who liberated them, the charlatans and those who have betrayed them,†he said.
Museveni said the Movement values missions, not term limits. He said as a revolutionary, he would not abandon his compatriots. He said in the multiparty era, parties choose presidential candidates.
Museveni lashed out at Uganda’s opposition saying they had not presented their missions to Ugandans. “Adam Smith and Karl Marx wrote their books as ordinary people. They did not wait to get to power. But what is the mission of the opposition?†he asked.
The National Resistance Movement delegates’ conference due next month will determine President Yoweri Museveni’s political position on the March 2006 elections.
Museveni made the remarks on Wednesday, at a Council on Foreign Relations meeting in Washington DC while briefing Americans interested in Africa on political progress in Uganda.
The gathering of Africanists, diplomats and scholars was co-sponsored by The Africa Society and the Centre for Global Development.
Outgoing Ugandan ambassador to the US Edith Ssempala, US ambassadors Princeton Lyman (South Africa), Howard Jeter (Nigeria), former US ambassador to Uganda Michael Southwick, and Johnnie Carson (Kenya); and former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Herman Cohen attended.
Museveni’s remarks are contained in a brief by his deputy press secretary, Tamale Mirundi.
Asked whether he will offer himself for the 2006 presidential elections, Museveni said it would be indiscipline on his part to say whether he would stand or not.
Museveni said, “Revolutionary organisations are highly disciplined. You can’t say whether you will stand or not. It will be decided by the NRM delegates conference depending on the mission and the most suitable person.â€
Museveni said in revolutionary organisations, an individual must submit to the wishes and interests of the organisation.
He said the mission before the NRM was the realisation of the East African federation and the industrialisation of Uganda.
“What amazes me is that none of the donor agencies has given me a condition that before giving Uganda money it should embark on value addition. You only talk of other irrelevant issues,†he said.
Museveni said Uganda would remain stable even after the 2006 elections, adding that those peddling alarming messages that his participation would lead to violence, do so because they cannot win. “Uganda is in the capable hands of Ugandans. They know their friends, those who liberated them, the charlatans and those who have betrayed them,†he said.
Museveni said the Movement values missions, not term limits. He said as a revolutionary, he would not abandon his compatriots. He said in the multiparty era, parties choose presidential candidates.
Museveni lashed out at Uganda’s opposition saying they had not presented their missions to Ugandans. “Adam Smith and Karl Marx wrote their books as ordinary people. They did not wait to get to power. But what is the mission of the opposition?†he asked.