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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Luwero district have listed demands that they need President Yoweri Museveni to address ahead of his visit to the area on Saturday this week.
President Yoweri Museveni is expected to commission a multi-million classroom block for Excel Vocation Institute in Luwero district on Saturday, August 10. Museveni will later address a public rally at Kalule playground.
Ronald Ssentalo, the LCI Chairman of Kalule Trading Centre, said the area is prepared to welcome President Museveni and remind him about their key challenges. He listed the local challenges as poor garbage disposal due to a lack of dumping sites and water scarcity amidst a rising population.
Abubaker Kalume of the Kalume Foundation added that the entire district is battling a poor road network despite an increment in the budget for rehabilitation. He asked President Museveni to use the visit to fulfil his earlier pledge to donate an extra road unit to enable the district to absorb the budget and work on many kilometres within the financial year.
Wasswa Tamale, the NRM Publicity Secretary for Luwero District asked President Museveni to address the delayed fulfilment of his pledge to complete the district headquarters whose completion stalled over lack of funds.
Erastus Kibirango, the LCV Chairman of Luwero district asked Museveni to fulfil his pledge to upgrade the Wobulenzi- Zirobwe-Kabimbiri road, compensate veterans and set up a juice pineapple processing plant to add value to the abundant crop.
But Shafik Mwanje the Director of Excel Vocational Institute asked all residents to turn up in large numbers to welcome the President. He said this could be an opportunity to remind him about the key demands for the area.
Since he was re-elected President in 2021, Museveni has fulfilled pledges for the construction of Luwero Hospital and the ongoing upgrade of the Luwero-Butalangu road. The government also paid compensation packages to some veterans in Luwero district despite irregularities that marred the exercise.
President Museveni registered a big drop in popularity in Luwero district in the last general election, a trend linked to a series of unfulfilled pledges over the years.
According to Presidential results for Luwero, Museveni obtained only 41,166 votes (27.94%) and his arch-rival NUP Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu scored 103,782 votes (70.45%).
Since then, the NRM Party has been struggling to win back support for Museveni and are mobilizing supporters across the district to welcome him on Saturday.
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I just wish Luwero district could bench mark the performance of other districts that suffered war effects
It requires a holistic approach to be rehabilitated
Failing to beat them I join:
There is a road called Kalulu Luteete
That road used to be nice looking , a bus called Welcome Nakigoza was seen moving up and down
I recall it is one of the roads mentioned in some budget
His excellence we need an active vernmin department
We need a budget for controlling rabies
We have many youth entirely dependant on Sand mining andsking Bricks
We need water for production
We have many factories present among residential areas
And mant besides every stream
We need to rember the Bus incident at mile 34 in 1982 plus all activies spiralling from the incident
Chair person
Luwero District
Sir
Thank you for considering the veterans
But there is a set of people who are not veterans ( veterans prime) who were subjected to difficult life around the same time
On finishing school around 1985, we started rehabilitating the set “veteran prime”
We are now a spent force
Their problems plus those of their descendants never end ( not surprising, at all)
Please let their be an effort to analyse that group , and get solutions that will be long lasting and geared towards improving the quality of life that they lead
Their lives correlate with the looks of schools that existed during the war period as seen on TV
* The census did not create a variable for these victims
The district statistics is skewed because other people came and settled in the same geographical area
Chairperson
Luwero District
In the course of attempting maintenance of the stretch between Junction of Busiika Kalagala and Kalule -Bamunanika Road and beyond
The Road Cnstruction Unit seems to be on “Cloud nine’
How do you grade what passes for personal land without talking to the owners
It is true there is a road but its width has been known for a long time
When you widen it to beyond three times ,
Do you assume the residents are so ignorant, not to raise concern?
You have delivered Culverts
So this water that you are draining is intended to end up at some destination. Why not inform the public about these new developments?
How nice it would be if you treated the population as human beings with basic minimum rights
They have to make informed decisions
Even non human primates would show interest in un
usual activities
It is Impunity