Africa-Press – Uganda. Members of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) in Kole district have penned a memorandum to National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate, Yoweri Museveni, assuring him of their support.
Through their fellow member, Joy Ruth Aceng, the Ambassador of Uganda to Canada, UPC members also indicated that they would vote for Museveni during next month’s presidential elections.
“His Excellency, we are ready to support you and vote for you this coming election 2021,” read the memo dated December 22, 2020.
Addressed to Museveni, through ambassador Aceng, the memorandum was signed by Joe Omodi, the chairperson of UPC in Kole town council, and William Otim, the chairperson UPC in Ayer sub-county.
According to the memorandum, UPC members have been supporting President Museveni since 2016.
They commended Museveni for his appointment of UPC members such as Betty Amongi, the minister for Kampala Affairs, and Ambassador Aceng.
Peace
They also hailed Museveni for restoring peace in northern Uganda, which they said has facilitated development in the region.
They, however, implored the President to do more in the area of economic empowerment of the locals to help them start-up economic ventures.
“As a party structure, we started supporting you and your government since 2016 up to date. But we have not yet got any support or benefited from your government,” the UPC members stated in their statement.
They also appealed to the President to appoint more UPC members, especially from Lango sub-region to the cabinet to lobby for improved economic growth in the area.
Aceng implored her fellow members to mobilise support for Museveni.
She commended them for joining hands and voting for Museveni in 2016 and requested them to do it again in 2021.
“As UPC we don’t have a presidential candidate. I requested them to vote for Museveni and they accepted but they were complaining that they didn’t benefit anything from the Government,” she said.
“So, I explained to them the issue of peace being back in the region. They can work peacefully, businesses have normalised, the number of women market vendors has increased and households’ income improved,” she added.
“They benefited from rural electrification and health centres that vaccinate their children for free,” Aceng said.
She added: “I told them it is the responsibility of their leaders, MPs to ensure that they get good services from the Government. The President doesn’t stay in Kole to know the problems of Kole people but it’s the community leaders to inform the relevant authorities about the status of their people and put to task their leaders from Parliament.”
Aceng also implored the UPC members to demand accountability from the district staff who are responsible for the funds released to the districts.
