President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has opened the 4th National Conference of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) with a call to leaders to intensify the fight against corruption and poverty as the party pushes Uganda toward high middle-income status.
Speaking at the opening session, Museveni congratulated newly elected members of the NRM structures and encouraged them to build on the foundation laid by earlier leaders.
“It is encouraging to see leaders stepping forward to continue the work that the elders began,” he said.
Under the conference slogan, “Protecting the Gains as We Make a Qualitative Leap into High Middle-Income Status,” Museveni outlined key priorities for the next term. These include fighting poverty, combating corruption, ensuring effective policing, maintaining roads, providing free education in government schools, improving healthcare, and expanding access to clean water.
The President stressed that corruption remains one of the biggest threats to national progress.
“Fight corruption in your areas. Don’t allow corrupt people to undermine your progress or steal PDM money. Trap them, and we shall arrest them,” Museveni directed.
He further pointed out that government allocates Shs1.3 billion to each district annually for road maintenance.
“We are sending 1.3 billion shillings per district to maintain old roads. If it is not enough, let the leaders inform us and we shall add more,” he said.
Museveni emphasized that achieving a high middle-income economy depends on effective leadership at all levels. He pledged to share more strategies with NRM leaders later in the week as the conference continues.
