Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s early unofficial countrywide presidential campaigns lack the much-needed transformational messages or evidence of his capacity on how he will improve the lives of Ugandans, minister Godfrey Baluku Kabbyanga has said.
The state minister of ICT and National Guidance challenged those promoting Muhoozi as a presidential candidate in the 2026 elections to stop just exciting people and instead acknowledge that the living standards must be raised from the current levels.
He also urged Muhoozi’s supporters to mobilize youths to engage in productive work and take advantage of the existing government development programs. Kabbyanga emphasized the importance of positioning young people well to participate in the political process, but he called on them to focus on production and development rather than unproductive political debates.
“What that chairman should have told MK is that, ‘please MK since you and the father are the same…People who come from the industrial hub, if you’re in carpentry person come out with a jack plane such that we start working immediately. If you’re working in the salon, come out with a shaving machine or a dryer. Those are things I want you to generate, and me as a patron, that is what I want…But this shouting oyee…oyee arghhh! not at all,” said Kabbyanga.
Some Ugandans, such as Johnstone Muhindo, a youth who runs a mobile money outlet in Nyakasanga ward are concerned that political aspirants are not addressing critical issues like unemployment, especially among young people.
Muhindo, who holds a diploma in business administration, doubts that Muhoozi’s camp has solutions to current national problems. Henry Basaliza, a coordinator for the “Muhoozi movement,” acknowledged that their current efforts are focused on mobilizing grassroots structures. He assured Ugandans that the movement would share essential development messages when the right time came.
Source: The Observer
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