All roads will on Friday February 25th lead to Kololo Airstrip in Kampala as the National Resistance Movement members celebrate the victory of their flag bearer, President Yoweri Museveni in the just concluded Presidential elections.
The Electoral Commission on Sunday declared Museveni to have won the 2011 Presidential elections by amassing over 68 percent of the votes cast, while the closet challenger, Dr. Kizza Besigye of Forum for Democratic Change got 26 percent.
NRM Secretary General, Amama Mbabazi
The NRM Secreatry General Amama Mbabazi says they are ready to celebrate the overwhelming victory of their presidential candidate with dancing and eating at Kololo airstrip.
He says party supporters and other leaders have been called from different parts of the country to join the NRM in celebration the re-election of Museveni.
Mbabazi says the party is also celebrating the overwhelming success of NRM MPs in the parliamentary elections, with the ruling party getting 279 MPs compared to 56 MP seats for the opposition political parties combined.
But the opposition claims Museveni’s NRM rigged the elections, and today called for mass peaceful protests against the NRM government and President Yoweri Museveni’s leadership.
Mbabazi says the NRM is not bothered by the opposition threats to protest because the party has the support of the majority of Ugandans and will continue to exercise its mandate.