Museveni warns lazy NRM cadres
Jun 19, 2011
NON-performing and untrustworthy NRM cadres who are employed in the public service risk being dismissed.
By Frank Mugabi
NON-performing and untrustworthy NRM cadres who are employed in the public service risk being dismissed.
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday warned that result-oriented officials will take over the jobs.
“For the last 25 years, I decided to give everybody a chance. As a result, many people were put in positions where they did not perform. I am tired of pleading with people who work in a lackluster manner,†Museveni said.
He was speaking at the thanksgiving ceremony for Kamuli woman MP Rebecca Kadaga’s recent election as the Speaker of Parliament.
The function that attracted residents from all districts in Busoga and the Eastern region was held at Busoga Square in Jinja town yesterday. Over 100 MPs attended the event.
Earlier in her speech, Kadaga had requested the President to employ NRM members who respected the party rules and did not contest in races after losing in the primaries.
She cited the former LC5 chairman for Kamuli, Stephen Mubiru and the former chairman of Iganga district, Asuman Kyafu.
In his response, Museveni said job opportunities were many because the under-achieving officials will be kicked out of service. “I want only trustworthy and pro-people cadres,†he cautioned.
Museveni disclosed that the Government would initiate a special programme for Busoga region to help improve the socio-economic indices in the area.
He noted that the region needed affirmative action because it is heavily populated, has fertile soils and yet remains among the poorest in the country.
Museveni, however, emphasised that the programme would be centred on household prosperity, which majorly addresses food security and household incomes.
He thanked the Basoga for voting NRM members in the February polls. He particularly hailed them for voting out the former MP for Jinja West, Harry Kasigwa, a member of the Forum for Democratic Change party.
The President reiterated the need to improve household income, saying issues like tarmacking roads and extending electricity were important, but not as critical as improving household income if people’s livelihoods are to change.
He advised people with resources to procure solar energy equipment as the Government struggles to extend electricity to their areas.
Museveni said the presence of poor families on the Jinja-Kampala highway, which was tarmacked several years ago, should be a lesson that a tarmacked road doesn’t necessarily mean elimination of poverty.
He, however, assured the residents that the projects that were indicated in the NRM manifesto, including the tarmacking of several roads across the country, would be worked on at different intervals within his five-year tenure.
Jinja mayor Mohammed Kezaala said investors had started flocking the town to establish factories although compensation of land owners was a challenge to the local authorities.
Museveni promised to find resources to compensate residents in areas where new factories are to be built.
NON-performing and untrustworthy NRM cadres who are employed in the public service risk being dismissed.
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday warned that result-oriented officials will take over the jobs.
“For the last 25 years, I decided to give everybody a chance. As a result, many people were put in positions where they did not perform. I am tired of pleading with people who work in a lackluster manner,†Museveni said.
He was speaking at the thanksgiving ceremony for Kamuli woman MP Rebecca Kadaga’s recent election as the Speaker of Parliament.
The function that attracted residents from all districts in Busoga and the Eastern region was held at Busoga Square in Jinja town yesterday. Over 100 MPs attended the event.
Earlier in her speech, Kadaga had requested the President to employ NRM members who respected the party rules and did not contest in races after losing in the primaries.
She cited the former LC5 chairman for Kamuli, Stephen Mubiru and the former chairman of Iganga district, Asuman Kyafu.
In his response, Museveni said job opportunities were many because the under-achieving officials will be kicked out of service. “I want only trustworthy and pro-people cadres,†he cautioned.
Museveni disclosed that the Government would initiate a special programme for Busoga region to help improve the socio-economic indices in the area.
He noted that the region needed affirmative action because it is heavily populated, has fertile soils and yet remains among the poorest in the country.
Museveni, however, emphasised that the programme would be centred on household prosperity, which majorly addresses food security and household incomes.
He thanked the Basoga for voting NRM members in the February polls. He particularly hailed them for voting out the former MP for Jinja West, Harry Kasigwa, a member of the Forum for Democratic Change party.
The President reiterated the need to improve household income, saying issues like tarmacking roads and extending electricity were important, but not as critical as improving household income if people’s livelihoods are to change.
He advised people with resources to procure solar energy equipment as the Government struggles to extend electricity to their areas.
Museveni said the presence of poor families on the Jinja-Kampala highway, which was tarmacked several years ago, should be a lesson that a tarmacked road doesn’t necessarily mean elimination of poverty.
He, however, assured the residents that the projects that were indicated in the NRM manifesto, including the tarmacking of several roads across the country, would be worked on at different intervals within his five-year tenure.
Jinja mayor Mohammed Kezaala said investors had started flocking the town to establish factories although compensation of land owners was a challenge to the local authorities.
Museveni promised to find resources to compensate residents in areas where new factories are to be built.