{UAH} Politics is about views, not age- Museveni tells opponents

John, 

Many of them are in denial. I really don't care about age but let there be a fair and free election. He can use national resources to his advantage but he should not inconvenience others and he calls that competition. 

He is very weak and unpopular hence the use of undemocratic methods. If I am confident of my abilities, I will enter the race with my chest out! 

Peter Simon 

On Saturday, November 28, 2020, Allan <barigye.rugos@gmail.com> wrote:

Simon

But M7 is always showing how young his old age is.....whatever that means!

Pushups, running, eating kawunga etc and you want to compete?

On Sat, Nov 28, 2020, 1:32 PM Simon Okurut <sspokurut@gmail.com> wrote:

Allan, 

You young people hate us. Actually, I don't blame you because we the old are often the problem. We don't want to let go our past glory, some of us were olympics players, some were strikers in soccer teams, some were high jumpers and so forth. It's not a problem if we share with you our past successes and couch you how to succeed as we did.

 We too admired our elders especially when they narrated their experiences in the WWII, whether true or false considering that all returned to Africa, did they really fight knowing what we know about the devastating assault they faced? We should sit down to narrate our experiences but not to compete. 

 The problem is that we want to compete with you in the same game with our cracking bones, stiff joints, poor eyesight, love for sleeping at the nearest opportunity given a chair, and so forth. To succeed, we tie you, harass you, intimidate you using some other unsuccessful young men then claim our success. At least if we claim to be great, let us compete with the young people fairly using same rules. It is a shame that we hurt our own children instead of nurturing them. 

In Teso, the we the old people teach young ones how to hunt, mend huts, herd livestock, cultivate gardens, cook etc. Young people defend us and communities, they run our errands, elders participate in high profile decisions and we are respect 

Peter Simon 

On Saturday, November 28, 2020, john kwitonda <kwitonda4@gmail.com> wrote:

he is feeling the heat. age is an issue  definitely. an old man leading a young country.there must be something wrong

On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 4:48 PM 'william Ekwelu' via Ugandans at Heart (UAH) Community <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com> wrote:

President Yoweri Museveni, who is also the ruling NRM presidential candidate, has once again taken a swipe at his opponents whom he said are not aware that politics is about views and not age.

"When you talk of politics political actors and spend so much time on young and old, just know they don't know what they are doing. We are talking about solving human needs and we ask what your ideas about this are. You have been seeing in the US elections a clash of views. It(politics) is a clash of ideas and plans but not biology. You can be young but confused but you can also be old and clear-headed," Museveni said while addressing a campaign meeting for NRM leaders from the districts of Bukwo, Kween and Kapchorwa at Tuban Technical School grounds in Kapchorwa.

The NRM presidential candidate said most of his opponents don't know what is meant but politics but rather focus on age and other non-issues instead of addressing problems affecting people.

Museveni also noted that it is foolhardy for those who want to be leaders to talk about other things and forget about problems affecting the people.

"NRM must be for unity of Uganda and Ugandans but also for Africa for our prosperity to sell our products and buy from them. We have a surplus of maize, sugar, bananas, milk and industrial products like cement but you hear politicians talking about power and nobody is talking about Africa where we can sell our products."

The NRM vice-chairman in charge of the eastern region Capt Mike Mukula reinforced Museveni's comments saying that the NRM presidential candidate is gold that Uganda can't afford losing.

"In the US, the biggest economy and strongest country military wise, the people left 74-year-old Trump and voted for 78-year-old Joe Biden. President Museveni is the best candidate with experience to lead this country,"Mukula said.

The NRM presidential candidate said Uganda's problems stemmed from leaders who emphasized sectarianism basing on tribe and religions instead of common interests and problems for the people.

"Why do you emphasize tribe, religion yet these people have common problems? Like the problem of Coronavirus we have now, and it kills everybody. Why don't you handle those similar needs and leave the issue of identity as a private matter?"

Museveni said because of sectarianism, Uganda could not form a strong army but noted that with the coming of the NRM to power, Uganda's army is now strong because they focus on ability and not religion and tribe while recruiting fighters.

"Nobody can disturb Uganda because we have a strong army. The strong army came because we didn't follow the line of sectarianism," he said.

The NRM presidential candidate said that after realizing development, the remaining problem is people having money in their pockets.

He noted that leaders at all levels should emphasize the issue of commercial production for people to ensure they don't only work for their stomachs but also to have some money in their pockets.

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