Da Dona
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- Dec 16, 2025
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President Yoweri Museveni sends a pointed message to Ugandaโs opposition, saying that without irregularities, they would have no foothold in the country.
In his post Election Speech yesterday, Museveni highlighted that of the 21 million registered NRM voters, 18.5 million were of voting age, yet a significant number did not turn out.
โImagine if all 18.5 million of our eligible voters had participatedโopposition support would have shrunk to just 2.5 million. The opposition would effectively cease to exist,โ Museveni said.
He also recalled the 2021 elections, claiming that opposition parties, particularly the National Unity Platform (NUP), relied on cheating, including infiltrating over 2.7 million votes into ballots in Buganda and Busoga- which were NRM strongholds but still lost.
Museveni added that some Bad elements still exist within the opposition, but the government would crush them, and certain disputes would be addressed in court.
The presidentโs remarks portray his stance that the ruling NRM remains Ugandaโs dominant political force, while opposition parties continue to face serious challenges in gaining nationwide support hence no opposition in Uganda.
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Rais Yoweri Museveni wa Uganda ametuma ujumbe mkali kwa vyama vya upinzani, akisema bila kuwepo kwa dosari au udanganyifu katika uchaguzi, visingekuwa na nafasi yoyote ya kisiasa nchini humo.
Katika hotuba yake ya baada ya uchaguzi jana, Museveni alieleza kuwa kati ya wanachama wa NRM milioni 21 walioandikishwa, milioni 18.5 walikuwa na umri wa kupiga kura, lakini idadi kubwa yao hawakujitokeza kushiriki uchaguzi.
โFikiria kama wapiga kura wetu wote milioni 18.5 walio na sifa wangepiga kuraโuungwaji mkono wa upinzani ungebaki watu milioni 2.5 tu. Upinzani ungekuwa haupo kabisa,โ alisema Museveni.
Alikumbushia pia uchaguzi wa mwaka 2021, akidai vyama vya upinzani, hasa National Unity Platform (NUP), vilitegemea udanganyifu, ikiwemo kuingiza kura zaidi ya milioni 2.7 kwenye maeneo ya Buganda na Busoga โ ambayo yalikuwa ngome za NRM lakini bado walishindwa.
Museveni aliongeza kuwa bado kuna baadhi ya watu wenye mienendo mibaya ndani ya upinzani, lakini serikali itawakabili, huku baadhi ya migogoro ikipelekwa mahakamani.
Kauli za rais zinaonyesha msimamo wake kwamba chama tawala cha NRM bado ndicho nguvu kuu ya kisiasa nchini Uganda, huku vyama vya upinzani vikiendelea kukabiliwa na changamoto kubwa kupata uungwaji mkono wa kitaifa.
