Kabuleta outlines priorities as he opens presidential campaign

Nov 10, 2020

"My style is not to fight the Police. I’m here to speak to people’s minds."

Presidential hopeful Joseph Kiiza Kabuleta has assured Ugandans that even if he is a pastor, he will not sugarcoat his speeches on issues that affect people's lives but rather speak them as they are.
 
"I'm a presidential candidate, not a pastor. I have to speak issues as they are," Kabuleta emphasized while responding to a concern that was raised by one of the local pastors who was attending the scientific manifesto launch that was held in Gulu City on Monday. 

The local pastor who preferred not to mention his name was bothered as to why the presidential hopeful repeatedly kept on calling some people in the government as "bushmen".  

The Independent candidate noted that even Jesus in the Bible used bitter language by calling people foxes.
  
Kabuleta said unlike some leaders who are good at mobilizing bodabodas to storm streets which attracts the Police to use tear gas to disperse them, he was not a person of that nature. 

"My style is not to fight the Police. I'm here to speak to people's minds. When I speak, I don't speak with fear. I'm not just speaking. These are things, I've thought about and I'm determined to implement them for the glory of God who wants everybody to be okay in life," he added. 

Addressing Gulu residents seated at Bomah Hotel, he said once elected President, he would do a total overhaul of President Yoweri Museveni's system, adding that Uganda is "just bleeding so badly".
 
"I am not promising an improvement on Museveni. I am promising a complete overhaul of the Museveni system. What I call Musevenism," he added. 

Under his regime, Kabuleta said he had come with a message of financial liberation that comes with the will of his government to see Ugandans prosper. 

He said the ruling government has a deliberate move not to help people get land titles, but his regime had come to solve such a problem. 

"When people have land titles, that limits wrangles in the communities. Within six months of my election, the government will facilitate a process of titling land and for those with issues, the matters will also be solved within six months through district courts," he pledged. 

He explained that with Northern Uganda having fertile land, people need to have resources to put the land into proper use, which will also eliminate the cry for lack of jobs. 

He cited Kenyan farmers who come to Kapchorwa and buy maize at sh300 and a few months later they come back with the same maize and sell it to Ugandans at sh1,500.  

"My plan is to put farmers in groups at the regional level and revive co-operatives so that people can have money in their pockets," he added. 

Kabuleta with some of the voters in Gulu City who turned up for his manifesto launch. Photo by Arnest Tumwesige
Kabuleta with some of the voters in Gulu City who turned up for his manifesto launch. Photo by Arnest Tumwesige

 

Fiscal policy 

Explaining about the country's economy, Kabuleta noted that Uganda was spending more than what was indicated in the budget. 

The congregation was also surprised to learn from the candidate that in the first quarter of 2020/2021 financial year, the Government was already asking for a supplementary budget. 

Uganda's debt burden now stands about sh53 trillion. 

Voters moved by Kabuleta's launch 

Joshua Gerald Oduka, a resident of Senior Quarters in Laroo-Pece division, was delighted that the candidate had considered the most pressing issues of corruption, education, changing fiscal policy and unfair taxation. 

Oduka whose parents are teachers added that he had been yearning for a government that puts the needs of the teachers at the forefront, adding that it was unfair for a teacher to earn peanuts yet they are the foundation of the country. 

Agnes Eliezer, from the same division, said as a voter, she was tired of the empty talk by politicians. She wanted to vote for someone who had solutions to key issues are affecting people. 

Similarly, Irene Laker who has a disability said although the Government has several policies aimed at addressing the needs of PWDs, the implementation is almost non-existent. 

"We have a policy on mandatory construction of ramps on all public buildings, but we keep seeing them being commissioned without such provision. I'm glad Kabuleta intends to address such gaps," she added. 

 

 

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