{UAH} MUSEVENI HAS SCORED MARVELOUSLY ON MANISFETO GOALS

As members of the NRM executive prepare for the party's delegates
conference due for December 14-15, it's prudent that they converge
with facts to shape deliberations. These are the delegates who elected
current party leaders presided over by President Yoweri Museveni as
chairman and presidential flag bearer for 2011. They, therefore,
deserve to know in advance how their 'choice' has performed since
gaining a prominent 69% win.

Since 2011, NRM has been working to fulfill election pledges made by
the President and contained in a robust well-packaged manifesto.
These, though denied by some for their own conveniences, are there to
be seen by the fair minded. I will just roll off those I can
accommodate in this space.

The judiciary, a key arm of government charged with adjudicating
wide-ranging disputes has been a beneficiary of action on the NRM
Manifesto 2011. The pledge had to do with increasing access to justice
for all Ugandans. There has been, nearly, unprecedented appointment of
judicial officers including judges. This has come with strengthening
of systems to ensure that presiding legal officers perform
effectively, including enhancement of remuneration. More court
premises have been acquired.

Effort on the judiciary has gone hand in hand with professionalization
of the police force, which is the institution responsible for law and
order and reports to the courts when dealing with liable cases.
Welfare and capacity building through acquisition of modern equipment
and enhancement of methods of work are giving police a brand new
image. The centenary celebrations of the force with Gen. Kale Kayihura
in charge have seen police come closer to the through community
policing with a day being gazetted (Friday) to promote this cause.
Police of today isn't that of pre-2011 thanks to NRM and President
Museveni.

Through the NRM manifesto, Museveni pledged to participate in
internal, regional and international peace and security missions. This
has been done within Uganda and then abroad in South Sudan, Kenya and
Somalia. With peace and security assured here and across the borders,
the stage for economic advancement has been set.

NRM pledged to support SACCOs for youths at all sub counties; this
venture was panel-beaten to become the famous Youth Livelihood
Programme (YLP) which is addressing youth unemployment and poverty
directly by providing ready capital. Never before has the Ugandan
youth been a rallying point for development programs as it is during
this term. Aggressive programs throughout all the sectors are in high
gear for that purpose.

Members of other demographic groups haven't been left out, most
noticeably the elderly. These, as promised during campaigns, receive a
small welfare fund which in future will be enhanced and expanded to
cover all elderly in the country. With the available resources, NRM
has shown willingness to take extra care of senior citizens and more
will be done.
The roads and transport sector has perhaps experienced the most
dramatic effort under this term. President Museveni envisions that
modern infrastructure is the key and conduit of productivity and
wealth-creation which is a great way to support economies in
developing nations. Works are on going all over. New mega projects
like the Southern bypass from Kampala to Entebbe and the one at
Mbarara, the Kampala-Masaka-Mbarara-Katuna-Kigali road and the
expansion of the Northern by pass are on. Even in the countryside it's
the same story.

The railways are also being revamped with the major project of the
standard gauge line from Mombasa through Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, DRC
being the flagship. For the record, this initiative was floated by
President Museveni and sold to other leaders who readily took it on.
The President also initiated a move to reduce clearance time for goods
destined fro Uganda from Mombasa. This area had been very murky and
frustrating for Ugandan importers. Power dams (Bujagali, Karuma,
Isimba, etc) are being worked on, too. This is intended to ease access
to affordable energy to enhance productivity and good living.

NRM pledged to enhance health systems, mainly health infrastructure.
As we talk, major referral hospitals are being rehabilitated and other
set for construction. At Jinja, Iganga, Kabale and Mulago, for
instance, major works are on.

One cannot forget NAADS: such a hopeful programme had become subject
to abuser and inefficiency and the President in his wisdom decided to
salvage it by bringing on board specialized personnel from the UPDF to
turn fortunes for the better. Ugandans should embrace this move to
modernize agriculture. Efficiency will make it easier to push for a
bigger budget allocation to the sector as many advocates reason.

In the lands sector, NRM has fulfilled on organizing the land office
by computerizing systems and opening up regional offices all connected
through the computerized registry. The land office used to be in a
mess, frustrating industrious Ugandans and investors who need to
utilize their land for production. Now that is becoming a matter of
history, thanks, again to NRM's charge.

The NRM manifesto talked of setting up housing units for civil
servants. Through the National Housing and Construction Company
(NHCC), the project is on. In Tororo, for example, 200 such units were
put up and handed over. Others have been delayed like at Kasokoso near
Kireka in Wakiso district. Construction is one time-consuming sector
requiring huge resources and technical know-how and NRM knows how to.

In the education sector, more teachers (about 25, 000) have been
recruited to ease the teacher-student ratio and to make
programmes(UPE, USE) more result-oriented. It's also during this time
post-2011 season that the long-awaited university loan scheme has been
launched.

The above, and more, are no mean achievements. They have taken the
goodwill and co-operation of Ugandans to achieve. More goals can be
scored over and above projected targets. Delegates are now armed to
make a judgment that Museveni is the best captain for the NRM team -if
a manifesto is anything to go by. This is what should inform the
agenda at Namboole as opposed to egocentric sentiments being bandied
all over the place.

The author is a Presidential Aide for Media Management

Contact: kirundaf2@yahoo.com
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