Elect leaders who will support proper resource budget allocation — Museveni

ELECTIONS 2021

President Yoweri Museveni, who has concluded his three-day campaign in Bugisu sub-region, has said the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has the capacity to accomplish all its tasks but reiterated his call to the electorate to send to Parliament leaders who will support him to push for proper budgeting of resources.

"There is nothing important that we cannot do. All that is needed is proper budgeting for the resources that are now available. We may not do everything at a go, but there is nothing we cannot do," he said.

Candidate Museveni was on Thursday meeting NRM leaders, flag-bearers and delegates from Bulambuli and Sironko districts at Masaba Senior Secondary School playgrounds in Budadiri East Constituency, Sironko district.

The NRM presidential candidate reiterated his call to the delegates by urging them to inform the electorate that NRM is able to do everything that is important so long as the distribution of resources is done properly.

He cited some of the major challenges that NRM went through, such as the invasion of locusts, the floods, landslides, floating islands and now the covid-19 that is being tackled decisively.

The President said piped water projects in many towns have been fulfilled in Bulambuli and Sironko and that in the next five years, other towns that have not received piped water will also be connected. The President further said water for production had been availed at the Bubulo small-scale irrigation scheme, Bamuse and Bukedea gravity scheme, which will serve 49 villages in Bukedea, 200 villages in Bulambuli and 43 in Sironko district.

Museveni also assured the people of the area that the government is going to work on the 12km road from Nalugu-Mutufu to Budadiri, as well as the 41km Magumba-BudadiriMutufu road.

He cited some groups that need more attention, such as the youth and women, adding that more funds should be allocated to them to create an impact. He said in greater Sironko district, very few youth and women benefited from the youth livelihood funds.

"In Bulambuli and Sironko, a total of 2,815 youth and 1,785 women benefitted from the youth livelihood projects in the last four years," the President noted. Museveni also asserted that with proper budgeting, there is need to empower more wananchi to create wealth through modern commercial calculated farming.