President Museveni speaks ahead of Thursday elections | FULL ADDRESS
Summary
TLDRThe speaker addresses the challenges faced during the campaign, including violations of COVID-19 regulations and voter intimidation. He urges registered voters to vote without fear, ensuring that security forces will maintain peace. The speaker emphasizes the importance of fair elections, condemning cheating, intimidation, and violence. He highlights the country's economic progress and the government's commitment to improving infrastructure, security, and social programs. He also warns against foreign interference and social media bias, advocating for national sovereignty and a clean, transparent electoral process.
Takeaways
- 😷 Some contestants defied COVID regulations by gathering in large numbers, risking infection.
- 📻 The speaker campaigned using indirect methods, including small meetings and radio broadcasts to avoid large crowds.
- 🗳️ The speaker encourages all registered voters to vote, assuring them that security forces will protect them from intimidation and violence.
- 👮 The government is prepared to deal with any threats or riots, ensuring a peaceful election process.
- ⚖️ Cheating in elections is considered treason because it undermines democracy and prevents leaders from being accountable to the people.
- 🆔 The electoral commission has introduced a fingerprint verification system to prevent fraud and ensure a fair election.
- 🚫 The speaker warns against voting irregularities, including tampering with voting machines and using fake ID cards.
- 💡 The country is doing well economically, with Uganda ranked fifth in global economic growth by Bloomberg, despite challenges like COVID-19.
- 🔬 Plans to improve sectors such as defense, infrastructure, healthcare, education, and the salaries of scientists are highlighted for the next term.
- 📵 Social media channels like Facebook were blocked due to perceived bias, with the speaker stressing that Uganda will not tolerate external interference.
Q & A
What were the COVID-19 regulations that some contestants defied during the campaign?
-Some contestants defied regulations by congregating in large numbers, which could facilitate the spread of infections.
How did the speaker ensure compliance with COVID-19 regulations during their campaign?
-The speaker campaigned using indirect methods, such as holding leaders' meetings with no more than 200 people, separating larger groups in the same venue, and using radio broadcasts.
What was the speaker's approach when encountering spontaneous large gatherings during the campaign?
-The speaker avoided coming out of their car to wave at spontaneous large gatherings. Instead, they waved from inside the car and continued on their way.
What message did the speaker give to registered voters regarding intimidation?
-The speaker urged registered voters not to fear intimidation, stating that security forces are ready to protect them and that no one will be allowed to intimidate or attack voters.
What is the speaker's stance on electoral cheating and violence?
-The speaker warned that cheating and using violence to intimidate voters is considered treason. They emphasized that leaders should win support through persuasion, not through force or fraudulent means.
Why does the speaker believe cheating undermines democracy?
-The speaker believes that cheating or using violence to win elections undermines democracy because it renders the voters' will meaningless and leads to leaders who feel no obligation to serve their constituents.
How does the speaker describe the new electoral system introduced by the Electoral Commission?
-The speaker described the new electoral system as foolproof, requiring voters to use their unique fingerprints to vote, which would eliminate ghost voting and other forms of electoral fraud.
What instructions did the speaker give regarding malfunctioning voting machines?
-The speaker urged the Electoral Commission to suspend voting at any polling station where machines malfunction until the issue is resolved, to ensure that voting occurs through the fingerprint system.
What role does the speaker assign to peacekeeping during the election period?
-The speaker stressed that keeping peace is a duty, not a favor, and warned that anyone attempting to disturb peace will face consequences from security forces.
What is the speaker’s perspective on Uganda’s economic performance?
-The speaker highlighted that Uganda is ranked fifth globally in terms of economic growth speed, attributing this success to good management and resilience, despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Outlines
🚨 Violation of COVID-19 Regulations and Call to Vote
In this paragraph, the speaker addresses the violation of COVID-19 protocols by some contestants who gathered large crowds. He contrasts this with his own campaign, which followed guidelines through small meetings and radio communication. He urges all registered voters to participate in the upcoming election despite intimidation and assures them of security, encouraging them not to fear potential threats from opposition groups.
🗳️ The Importance of Honest Elections and Democracy
The speaker discusses the importance of fair elections, warning against the use of violence or cheating to win. He explains that winning through intimidation undermines democratic principles, as leaders who are elected this way are unlikely to work for the people's benefit. Instead, they rely on future violence or cheating to stay in power. The paragraph emphasizes that the people’s vote is a form of accountability for leaders, and any attempt to manipulate results is an act of treason.
📋 Safeguarding Election Integrity Through Technology
The speaker highlights concerns over potential election fraud, including the tampering of machines and the use of fake ID cards. He praises the electoral commission's introduction of a fingerprint-based voting system as a foolproof method to prevent cheating, such as ghost voting and multiple voting. The speaker stresses that any manipulation of the voting process should result in the suspension of voting at that station until issues are resolved, ensuring free and fair elections.
💡 Achievements and Future Plans for Uganda’s Development
The speaker reviews the progress made in Uganda's economic growth, infrastructure, and welfare programs, crediting them for benefiting millions of Ugandans. He mentions specific initiatives, such as Operation Wealth Creation, and outlines future goals if re-elected, including increased investment in defense, education, and scientific research. The speaker connects these plans to the broader goal of improving citizens’ lives and boosting the country’s economic stability.
🌍 Uganda’s Sovereignty and Response to Foreign Interference
This final paragraph addresses external interference in Uganda’s election process, particularly referencing social media platforms like Facebook that allegedly blocked government communication channels. The speaker criticizes foreign entities for meddling in Uganda’s affairs and reaffirms Uganda's sovereignty. He expresses regret over the suspension of these platforms but insists that it was necessary to ensure fairness. The speaker concludes by reassuring Ugandans of the country’s strong military and economy, encouraging them to vote confidently and maintain a peaceful election.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡COVID regulations
💡Intimidation
💡Security forces
💡Cheating
💡Voting
💡Electoral commission
💡Fingerprint verification
💡Democracy
💡Peacekeeping
💡Private sector
Highlights
Some contestants violated COVID-19 regulations by congregating in large numbers, increasing the risk of infection.
I campaigned using indirect methods, holding meetings of no more than 200 people, and using the radio to reach the masses.
Despite large spontaneous gatherings during my travels, I chose to wave from within the car instead of interacting with the crowds.
The voting day is approaching, and I urge all registered voters to come out and vote, disregarding any threats of intimidation.
There have been reports of opposition groups intimidating and attacking citizens to prevent them from voting, but security forces are ready to protect voters.
Ugandans should not fear any threats, as security forces are prepared to handle any disturbances or intimidation.
The security forces successfully defeated rioters in Kampala, showing that no threat is beyond their control.
Election cheating is considered treason, as it undermines the democratic will of the people.
Using intimidation or cheating to win elections negates the need to serve the people and compromises democratic governance.
The electoral commission has implemented a foolproof voting system that requires fingerprint verification to ensure fairness.
Security forces are prepared to deal with any attempts to cheat or interfere with the voting process.
Uganda's economy is growing rapidly, ranking fifth globally in terms of growth speed, despite the challenges of COVID-19.
If re-elected, we will invest more in various social funds, such as the Emyooga and Operation Wealth Creation, to benefit millions more Ugandans.
Uganda's strength lies in its strong economy, army, and organization, including the NRM's presence at local levels.
Foreign entities, such as Facebook, have shown bias against the NRM, but we will not allow foreign interference in Uganda's affairs.
I urge all Ugandans to vote confidently, knowing that the security forces will ensure a fair and peaceful election process.
Transcripts
unfortunately
some of our
contestants did not follow
the covet regulations
they were defying
the regulation of not congregating
and they were gathering
size of numbers of people which of
course
would facilitate infection
i campaigned in the whole country
by using indirect methods
holding leaders meetings of not more
than 200 people
or if there are more than 200 separated
in the same venue
then using the radios
even when i would come across large
gatherings which would gather
spontaneously i would not come out to
wave to them
instead i would sit inside their car
and drive solely
waved them from inside their car and
continue
nevertheless the campaigns have now come
to an end
the voting is the day after tomorrow
i call upon all
registered voters to come out
and vote
there have been practices of
intimidation
where especially the opposition people
have been threatening people not come
out and vote
in some areas they have even attacked
peaceful citizens
i held a meeting with the security
forces
they are ready to defend you
there are four don't fear anything come
out
and vote
nobody would intimidate you would
intimidate you nobody will
attack you
if anybody tries to do that we shall get
him
or her so therefore don't fear anything
go out and vote
you saw how the rioters were defeated in
kampala here
there's no threat we cannot defeat
don't miss the chance to vote you go out
and vote we shall defend you we have got
all sorts of means
simple means and and complex means
there is no part of uganda where we
cannot reach
if not on food but by air
using all sorts of modern technology
i urge all citizens to keep peace
keeping peace is a duty it's not a favor
sometimes some youth
especially in the urban in kampala area
they come and tell me how they are
planning this how their
leaders were telling them to plan bad
things
you should tell everybody that keeping
peace is a duty
it's not a favor
if you try to disturb peace you have
yourself to
to blame the security forces
following the law are ready to deal with
any troublemaker
therefore do not be tempted
to break
the law
there's also the phenomenon of cheating
some of the groups have made have made
it a habit of trying to cheat
when it comes to elections
i want to tell you ugandans that
cheating in elections is reasonable
it is treason
why
when the people vote for me
or against me it is
a disputed disciplinary measure
by the voters
vis-a-vis the leaders
if the leader convinces people talks
well
or convinces them by actions
they vote for him or her
voluntarily
if on the other hand the people are not
happy with what you are saying
or what you are doing they vote against
you
now when you use violence to intimidate
so that you are elected
are committing your reason why
because if you win
you will not have won with the support
of the majority
now if you win like that
and you are in parliament or in
government for five years
you won by intimidation
or by the use of force
you must most likely you are going to do
very little
for the for the area where you are
elected
you are not going to develop these
people
why because you know that the next time
i can again use intimidation use
violence and be elected
therefore i don't have to
as they say in the bantu dialects
or cue the voters
to handle the voters with care
because you know that if you don't
handle them with care by
solving their problems they will vote
against you
next time
now when you get the voters when you get
the leaders
not of course we are about to
not not to act carefully in case
the voters don't turn against you
then the constitution is overthrown
the same with cheating if you plan to
cheat
to alter results to do multiple
voting so that
you you win
even when the majority did not vote for
you
it means that
the ballot of the wananchi is no longer
of any value
you can win still
by either violence
and intimidation or by cheating
that means that in five years you're in
parliament you don't have to go back
to the people to help
them solve their problems because you
know
that you would win either by cheating or
by violence
that means that the whole fundamental
arrangement
of democracy is rendered
null and void therefore
i am warning everybody
please do not try to cheat
i'm glad the electoral commission
has finally brought a system which is
foolproof this is the one where you can
only
vote if
you show your fingerprint
god gave each one of us
a unique stamp a fingerprint
my fingerprint is not the same as my
mother's
is not the same as my father's although
i came from them mine is unique and
theirs
is unique
therefore i appeal to the electoral
commission
to do not allow any voting where the
sampling is not used
i know there are some more election
officials who have been colluding
with the criminals where they want to
interfere with the machines so that they
claim that the machines are not working
and therefore they should vote using the
id cards
some of the id cards have have been
faked they are not
genuine and some of the they want to
introduce new names on the ballot
uh in the borrowed in
new ballot papers if anything like that
happens
my appeal to the electoral commission is
that then
voting on that polling station should
not take place they should suspend it
until the issue of the machine is solved
so that everybody votes through
the machine that will eliminate
ballot market for voting
it will eliminate ghost voting
it will eliminate voting in areas where
you are not supposed to be
we shall have a really free and fair
election
and anybody who is trying to cheat we
shall go for him
please don't try we shall get we shall
get you we have discussed with the
security of forces
we fought for the right to vote that's
why we fought so many wars
nobody should interfere with i appear to
you please do not waste our time by
trying to cheat
let the people of uganda elect the way
they feel so that leaders concentrate
on concentrate or know
convincing people
and when they are they have a chance to
be elected
to serving them so that the people are
happy
to vote for you again
reason one of the reasons we are
appealing to you to
to vote peacefully and
truthfully is that as i was saying
during the campaigns that your country
is doing very well
the other day i showed you this
paper which was on
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the on the tv
which was published recently by
by bloomberg we show that uganda
is number five in the whole world
in terms of the speed of the growing
of the economy and under
the those figures are there now if you
can
make them bigger so those will consume
that is uganda
at the number five yes you can see them
now
this is uganda number five and this was
because of the corona otherwise without
the corona
would have performed even better
therefore your country is moving
and we have used all these programs
to change the lives of the people i was
trying to
see how many beneficiaries
have benefited
from operational rates creation
and i have the figure here is hundred
sixty nine thousand three hundred
and ninety seven thousand
that's almost one million people who got
support from operational work
exploration
in in in since 2013.
if the people of uganda electors elected
the nrm again
which i hope they will we are going to
put more money
in these worlds funds this is what i was
saying
in in the campaigns
that we are going to
for number one defense and security
number two the roads and the railways
number three the electricity
number four the health
number five education number six
good salaries for our scientists
so that they help us to fight corona to
fight the locusts
fight the floods as they as they helped
us the other day our scientists should
get
good money
because they are the ones who do most of
the work
which involves science
so that we have got a strong
economy supported by a strong
technological team i was very happy when
i was at the simba bridge
to see that the ugandans were part of
of those building that bridge
a simba bridge which is linking in
kayunga
with saga recently with
brahmati
in the coming government if you elect us
we are going to make sure that put more
money
for the
number seven are the worst funds
the wealth funds to put more money in
the
yoga fund in operation rates creation
in the youth fund in the women fund
so that instead of talking about one
million people
who have benefited after
seven years we should be talking of
maybe seven
or ten million beneficiaries
and when one person benefits
remember there are five people around
him
so if you say one million people have
benefited
it means there's another five
four 5 million who have also benefited
so the total is
80 million people
it is 6 million people
now finally we sometimes get problems
with the
some of our foreign partners
they don't understand the history of
uganda
they don't know that uganda is strong
because of our
massive organization the nrm
organized in the other seas in the local
councils
and our strong army
and a strong economy
because the economy is strong because we
handled it well
we realize the importance of the private
sector
we do not make the mistake like some of
the other african countries have made
of not understanding the importance of
the private sector
now because of that we have got a very
strong economy which will
which will be stronger if we eliminate
some of the
smaller points like the corruption and
so on
we there are four don't need lectures
from anybody
about anything because there's nothing
we don't know
now the other day one of the
international groups
in the other
social media channel
where people spend a lot of time
sending messages to one another even
me some some months ago when i had time
i used to
interact with you on that social media
now the other day one of the some of the
groups i think it is called facebook or
something like that
decided to block the nrm
missing centers
targeting them
why would anybody do that
so when i heard about that i told our
people to warn
those people say please
that social channel you are talking
about
if it is going to operate in uganda it
should be
used equitably by everybody who has used
it
if you want to take sides against the
nrm
then that group would not operate in
uganda uganda is ours it's not any
bodies
those facebook and those groups did not
respond i hear
and i'm sure the government has closed
the social media
those channels of facebook and i don't
know which one
this is unfortunate but it is
unavoidable there's no no way anybody
can come and play around with our
our our country to decide who is good
who is bad this one
will stop this one we cannot accept that
there are four i'm very sorry about the
inconvenience
to those who have been using this
this channel even myself when i had time
i
was interacting with the young people
through it but we cannot
tolerate this arrogance of anybody
coming to
decide for us who is good and who is bad
that's all we cannot accept
ugandans be confident
we have everything our economy is strong
the army is strong and experienced
the population are well organized
go out and vote
nobody will intimidate you if anybody
tries to do that we shall deal with him
or her
and do not cheat so to have got
a clean and stable country
where the vote matters
where the vote is respected
and the wielders of the vote are
respected
and therefore served by those
they elect
i thank you and i wish you good luck
happy elections
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