The next National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate must be a grassroots person, a man or a woman of the people, who easily identifies with them, appreciates their works and the person who appreciates peoples’ village folks and cultures in diversity.

Gen. Salim Saleh says that the person capable of replacing Museveni as NRM National Chairman and consequently the party’s flag bearer must be one who can share his/her  experiences in regards to rural mobilization and at the same time mingle with the urban folks and opposition leaders.

He says that the person to replace Museveni must know what it means to get politically fired up and remains sober and getting the votes out from the electorates.

Saleh, while chatting with NRM cadres at the NRM party head offices in Kampala yesterday said that the next Party presidential flag bearer’s job must be getting the party support into real voters which will amount to winning an election for NRM candidates at all levels like the way Museveni has been doing.

The general says that the people preparing to replace Museveni must not only be theoretical speakers, conference paper presenters and lecturers but people who are willing to fold their sleeves and get to work. He says that some people persuade Museveni to leave the party leadership but NRM still lacks tested, proven worthy, committed and hardworking persons like Museveni is doing.