The National Resistance Movement (NRM) marks 37 years in power. This is time for us as a country to reflect on our fundamental journey of transformation and take candid stock of our milestones, weaknesses and future. Basing on the firm foundation that has been established by the NRM, the country is now in an accelerated platform of progress premised on the National Vision 2040, Third National Development Plan (NDPIII) and the NRM Manifesto 2021-2026.
While commissioning his new cabinet at State House Entebbe, President Yoweri Museveni emphasized that this new term would be different with things being done differently so as to realize the National strategic objectives underpinned in the NRM Manifesto.
The President underlined strategic directives to his new ministries which he would want to be undertaken with utmost urgency and perfection. These include; quickening the process of aiding investors, health, economy, preserving and safeguarding the environment, creation of jobs for the youths, work on critical sectors such as energy, roads, regional integration, etc.; and among other directives.
The President is keenly following up on these directives with numerous back and forth meetings with his ministers, permanent secretaries and other government officials to demand for appraisal reports on the various sectorial performance.
The President who is also the Commander-in-chief of Armed forces, recently made changes in the military where he brought on board dynamic young men and women to run the various structures of command and positions of the UPDF.
Majority of these officers joined the army towards the end of the Bush War and soon after the war. The UPDF is among the most professional and technologically advanced armies in the world today, having emerged as a rag-tag army in the early 1980s.
As we celebrate 37 years of national liberation, Let’s get determined to work as citizens of this great nation to build on the milestones we have registered over the years. The future is bright.
