President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Saturday took his campaign to Kalungu District, where he rolled out what he described as the National Resistance Movement’s long receipt of achievements in peace, development, wealth creation and jobs.
He urged residents to turn stability into higher household incomes.
Addressing a lively crowd, Museveni said Uganda’s progress began with restoring peace, which allowed government to fix what war had broken.
He recalled that before the NRM took power, the Kampala–Masaka–Kabale road was in a sorry state.
“Today, you drive smoothly,” he said, noting that roads from Kanoni through Kampala to Kalungu have also been worked on.
With a touch of nostalgia, the President revisited the days of fighting around Katonga, when roads were barely passable.
He said the situation has since changed and assured residents that roads to Chamuni Iwa and Tufampa will soon receive attention.
Museveni took a swipe at opposition politicians, accusing them of opposing government programmes while failing to clearly represent voters’ priorities.
Museveni said government implements projects step by step not through political excitement without planning.
On service delivery, the President said Kalungu is almost fully connected to the national electricity grid, while six out of seven sub-counties already have Health Centre IIIs.
He announced that Navutongwa Health Centre II will be upgraded, completing coverage across the district.
Turning to wealth creation, Museveni reminded residents that he has preached the gospel of production since the mid-1990s.
He revisited the four-acre model, encouraging farmers to mix coffee, food crops, fruits and enterprises such as piggery, poultry or fish farming.
He also revealed that 93 per cent of Kalungu now has access to safe water, with only 17 villages remaining. Water, he said, should not only quench thirst but also create wealth through irrigation.
Citing the Presidential Banana Initiative in Ntungamo, Museveni said irrigation transformed productivity and similar projects will be introduced in Kalungu, drawing water from River Katonga and Lake Victoria under a micro-irrigation programme.
With roads improving, power expanding and irrigation on the way, Museveni’s message was clear and delivered with confidence: peace plus planning equals prosperity.
