President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Monday, January 12, 2026, returned to the Rwenzori region with a campaign stop in Busongora North Constituency, Kasese District, using the rally to outline what he described as the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) historic and future contributions to Uganda as the country heads toward the 2026 general elections.
Addressing supporters at Nkaiga Primary School in Maliba Sub-county, President Museveni, who is the NRM national chairman and the party’s presidential flag bearer, highlighted the seven key contributions of the NRM to Uganda, focusing particularly on peace, development, wealth creation, and job creation.
President Museveni identified peace as the first and most fundamental contribution of the NRM. He argued that Uganda’s post-independence instability was largely caused by what he termed as “bad politics” rooted in sectarianism along religious and tribal lines.
In Busongora North, I emphasised that the first matafari of the NRM is peace. Uganda was destroyed by bad politics based on tribe and religion. Such politics cannot build a strong party, strong institutions or a strong army. NRM rejected sectarianism and built a national party… pic.twitter.com/FHRVLCmr10— Yoweri K Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) January 12, 2026
According to the President, such politics made it impossible to build stable national parties and institutions.
“Instability had eluded Uganda because politics was based on religion and tribe. With that kind of politics, you cannot build strong national institutions.”
