From: Leo Odera Omolo
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has warned the opposition against peddling lies to the voters, saying they could be disqualified or jailed.
Addressing a rally at Angwecibange primary school in Dokolo district on Thursday, Museveni advised voters to record statements made by the opposition to enable the police deal with them.
Sam Engola, the NRM northern region chairman and President Museveni during the commissioning of a power network for Lwala, Kaberamaido and Amolatar at Boma grounds, Amolatar
“People of Lango you need to liberate yourselves from liars. Now they talk of land, that the NRM wants to steal land. We have been in government for the last 24 years, show me one acre, which we have stolen?” Museveni asked.
“If we have not stolen land in the last 24 years, why should we steal land in Lango?” he asked.
Museveni, who received 54 UPC defectors, said those claiming the government wants to grab land are desperate and should not continue confusing people. “Last time somebody (Kizza Besigye) went to Amolatar and said Museveni had sold Lake Kyoga. When I heard this, I reported to the police. The police looked for them and instead they decided to run to the constitutional court.”
Besigye was interrogated by the police early this year when said the government has sold Lake Kyoga to a South Africa company.
The President added that anybody who peddles such lies can be disqualified. He asked voters to continue supporting the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party because it is the one with capacity to deal with the issues of Uganda. “Before UPE, Dokolo district had 24,000 pupils but now you have got 50,000. The number has gone up two times,” he said. The water coverage in the district has also gone up,” he added. He said the Government had put aside sh34b to pay former soldiers and said those who missed will also be considered.
y because it is the one with capacity to deal with the issues of Uganda. “Before UPE, Dokolo district had 24,000 pupils but now you have got 50,000. The number has gone up two times,” he said. The water coverage in the district has also gone up,” he added. He said the Government had put aside sh34b to pay former soldiers and said those who missed will also be considered.
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