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By Kampala Post Reporter
KOTIDO. President Yoweri Museveni, also National President of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), today continued his election campaign in the country's new municipalities by addressing a Boma field rally. in the municipality of Kotido in the district of Kotido, Karamoja. Subregion
He urged the inhabitants of the municipality to send to Parliament and elect the local leaders of the Party which implements its commitments to the people.
"When we come here to campaign for the NRM candidate, we do not come here for the beauty pageant, we come here to elect someone who can represent the NRM," he said.
President Museveni was this afternoon supporting the NRM flag bearer of the Kotido Municipality for the political position of the MP, Loki Peter Abrahams and the mayoral candidate NRM, Mr. Ismail Muhammad Lomwar elections are scheduled for 27 July 2018.
Mr. Museveni was extremely pleased to see a large crowd at the rally and attributed it to the good NRM policies adopted that put the 39, emphasis on the priority of peacebuilding programs in the region and vaccination
"When I arrived here, there were very few people who attended the rallies but now you can see that All my children are growing up. The medications for this are 2. Peace and Immunization. I am standing here and I am very happy, "he said.
He then urged them to avoid any other harmful behavior, such as drinking, saying that their situation would be even better. He however advised Kotido residents to elect NRM flag bearers who can help to form a strong team to implement all government programs.
He noted that Karamoja surely achieved a lot of development emphasizing that the paved road of Soroti and Mbale will reach most areas of the Karamoja region. He told the meeting that negotiations have already started with some companies to build a road from Moroto to Kaabong in the direction of Ethiopia. He also pledged to build a road on the Kenya border
on the issue of imminent famine in the area due to adverse weather conditions, Mr. Museveni is committed to sending the food in the area.
"We have a lot of corn, my children will not starve, Uganda has a lot of food," he said.
On health, Mr. Museveni badured the residents of Kotido that since they are no longer in the Abim district, the government plans to build a hospital for the inhabitants of Kotido. the region.
Turning to the question of the cohesion of members and sympathizers of the NRM, the President of the NRM asked them to be disciplined and imitate the practice of a football team where the top eleven selected play the match because not all players can play at the same time.
He proposed that in the future, primary elections of NRM flag bearers should be done in the same way as those of local council leaders where supporters rank behind candidates of their choice . He added that this would eliminate the doubts of those who do not and will also address the issue of the self-employed.
The President also badured the inhabitants of the Kotido District in particular and the Karamoja sub-region in general that the water supply for their livestock
"We plan to To have a big dike by sub-county as it is the case at Kailong in Jie and Kobebe in Matheniko counties; He added that the government would build homes for teachers of Kotido High School and that he would build technical facilities. schools in the area. He is committed to providing a bus to the school and to building a dormitory for girls.
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