Mammoth crowds turned up to welcome President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the NRM presidential candidate, as he campaigned in Kibuku District, where he emphasized household wealth creation, industrial growth, and the importance of combining infrastructure with individual prosperity.
Addressing a sea of enthusiastic supporters, Museveni reiterated the NRM’s long-standing message that peace and infrastructure must go hand-in-hand with family-level income generation. He encouraged residents of Kibuku and the wider Bukedi region to embrace commercial agriculture, fish farming, and small-scale industries to boost their household incomes.
“Some of you will do fish farming in the lowlands,” Museveni said. “From a fishpond 20 metres by 50 metres you can earn Shs 100 million a year, and after costs remain with Shs 70 million.
In an acre, you can have two such ponds — that’s Shs 140 million net from fish alone, without counting coffee, milk, or fruits. You are potentially very rich people.”
The President said his four-acre model — one acre for coffee, one for fruits, one for pasture (for dairy), and one for food crops — remains the practical guide for rural transformation. He also urged Ugandans to rediscover and modernize traditional skills, saying that productive work does not only come from office jobs but from “Emyooga,” or specialized crafts.
Museveni explained that national progress rests on two pillars: economic infrastructure (roads, electricity, water, telephones, and railways) and social infrastructure (health and education). He noted that Kibuku and Bukedi have benefitted from major government investments in these areas, but warned that infrastructure alone cannot end poverty.
“You can have roads and electricity and still have poverty,” he said. “What matters most is what goes into your house — the activities that put money in your pocket.”
The NRM leader added that Kibuku’s health sector continues to improve, though more health centres will be upgraded to ensure every sub-county has a Health Centre III, while education policy remains focused on ensuring a government primary school in every parish and a secondary school in every sub-county.
Museveni also highlighted job creation as one of the NRM’s key achievements, pointing to the rise of industrial parks and factories that now employ over 1.3 million Ugandans — three times more than the number in government jobs.
Museveni concluded by reminding parish leaders to fully implement the Parish Development Model (PDM) to ensure every household benefits from government programs and contributes to national prosperity.
The rally, which drew massive attendance and vibrant support, was part of the President’s ongoing campaign trail in the Bukedi sub-region, where he continues to rally Ugandans around the key points of peace, development, and wealth creation — the cornerstone of the NRM’s 2026 agenda.