President Yoweri Museveni has said that his national Resistance Movbement government is not worried about any possibility of being ousted by opposition protests.
President Museveni
Museveni who was speaking to Ugandans in a live video broadcast at Bukedde TV in Kampala on Thursday evening said Ugandans should not “worry about Besigye and walk to work protests” saying his government will stop the protesters and ensure “there is no disturbance” to public peace.
He dismissed claims that Besigye and other opposition leaders can overthrow his government through protests. Museveni said Besigye and other protesters have no capacity to remove his “ elected government” that has “massive support of Ugandans”.
“Leadership in Uganda can only be changed through elections. The elections ended and those people were defeated,” Museveni said.
He laughed off reports that Bsigye is planning his own swearing in ceremony as “president” on Thursday May 12th when Museveni will be swearing in for another 5-year term in office. Museveni urged Ugandans against joining politicians who he says are breaking the laws of Uganda.
Museveni did not comment on the arrest and imprionment of Besigye earlier on Thursday, just insisting that the govermnent has “medicine” for Besigye and the situation where he is granted bail by court only to “commit the same crime again”.
Museveni in the 2011 elections beat Besigye, his closest rival over the past three elections by a big margin this time, getting 68% of the vote, to Besigye’s 26%. Besigye and the other six presidential candidates however all dismissed the election as a sham that did not reflect the will of Ugandans.
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