UGANDA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SEALS 7TH TERM AFTER NEARLY 40 YEARS IN POWER AS CRITICS CALL UGANDA A “BANANA REPUBLIC

Timeline Museveni rule of law, which region has been at the center of power, Kitchen Cabinet from 1986 to date. Uganda is still in a Banana Republic; poverty is the hallmark. Uganda faces a critical school dropout crisis, with approximately 40 per cent to 45 per cent of primary school students leaving before completing P7.

Roughly 4.5 million pupils drop out annually, and only about 32 % of pupils finish the 7-year primary cycle. Secondary school dropout rate is also high, hovering around 30%. According to my findings

Since President Yoweri Museveni took office in January 1986, the Vice Presidents of Uganda have been primarily hailed from the Central and Eastern regions of Uganda; the office was vacant from 1986 to 1991. The individuals who have held the position from 1001 to May 2026 include:

 Dr Samson Kiseka (1991-1994), Central, Dr Specioza Wandira Kazibwe (1994-2003), Eastern region (First female VP in Africa). Gilbert Bukenya (2003-20011), Central region, Edward Ssekandi (2011-2021), Central Region, Jessica Alupo (2021 present), Eastern region.

We need the president to liberate the economy; how can corruption take center stage, from the National Resistance Movement (NRM)? Ruling party nepotism syndrome is the order of the day. NRM awarded education scholarships to their own inner cycles, the rural population remains at schools of free government Uniserial Primary Education, poverty and death rates soar higher, with mortality morbidity rates at 1000 per month in the Acholi sub-region.    

GULU CITY-WEDNESDAY 13M 2926.

By Okumu Livingstone Langol, Uganda Correspondent

Emeritus Prime Minister of Puranga chiefdom faulted President Yoweri Museveni’s 7th term in office after 40 years of reign of power.

The government of Uganda has so far failed to tackle corruption.

Okello Mawa mention the key corruption in Uganda is mainly by a skewed power dynamic, allowing those in power to continue to redirect cash flow unhindered, and misuse of public funds accounts for as much as 20 % of Uganda’s government revenue.

Furthermore, because the enforcement policy and judiciary are some of the most corrupt in the nation, corruption often goes unpunished, and the economic development is shifted by political corruption, as money intended for development purposes is redirected for private corruption.

Finally, the transparency campaign seeks to improve the availability of information have been effective by lowering the level of corruption.

Okello Mawa Francis argued that the UDC was created by the British administration in 1952 to facilitate the industrial and economic Development of Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) Act 1952.

“The objective of the UDC was to provide and assist in financing management or establishment of new undertaking schemes for the better organization and modernization of the more efficient carrying out of undertaking, of any undertaking of research in the industrial and mineral sectors of Uganda.

Francis Okello Mawa outline the challenges facing the region, particular he mentions that Uganda is virtually Agricultural production, that need heavy mechanization, big modern farming, and marketing production coupled with supply and demand.

Stressing that when Uganda gained independence in 1962, the then President, Dr Apollo Milton Obote, through Uganda Development Cooperation

Otherwise, Uganda, with the new swearing in of President Museveni’s 7th term in office, has been engulfed in   political social upheaval.

“President Museveni’s 2026–2031 campaign, launched in late 2025, centers on the theme “Protecting the Gains & Driving Uganda to High Middle-Income Status,” focusing on economic transformation, stability, and wealth creation. He emphasizes the “four-acre model” for agriculture, infrastructure development, and increased use of technology to combat poverty.

Is President Museveni really living to fulfil his Presidential Manifesto and walk the talk for the post-war conflict recovery?

Northern Uganda is the most affected, particularly the Acholi sub-region that bears the brunt of the UPDF-LRA war rages. The International Civil Society CSO intervention failed to address the post-war conflict. Acholi Sub-region still face substantial failures in reducing high poverty levels and ensuring sustainable livelihoods. The key constraints include pervasive corruption, poor monitoring, elite capture of benefits, and a focus on infrastructure over addressing deep-seated psychological trauma and Agricultural market needs.

Takes home

Francis Mawa Okello, Acholi Spiritual leader, observed that, coupled with the elites’ capture of benefits from the Northern war ravages, there has been continuous mischief from the local community in the mindset of Agade. In the past, people contributed to political leadership, especially when they would turn up to vie for a political position. The community would have collected food rations, and even cows would be given to him, but on the contrary, the event turned those voters into asking for money.

Added, in the past, the community believed in hard work; however, with the new mindset, the Acholi community’s new generation, after the International People Displaced camps, used NGO handouts, and the NGO syndrome. And yet the economy talks about productive age wealth today with reason above, where is President Museveni swearing help.

A woodworker in Gulu City, when asked what the President Museveni’s 7 terms means to him. Okello John, not a real name, wonders whether the President was swearing in or not; it does not matter to him.

“Whether President Museveni is elected or not, swearing in or not swearing in, it does not matter for me, the swearing in of the president is not important in my life, my life goes on as planned? Okello alluded.

Odong Benson, a carpenter in Gulu City, commented that everybody knows that the president either won the election or rigged the election; is now the president of Uganda, for that matter, let life go on.

“Those people who went to witness President Museveni swearing in, either they have gone for money, or they will be given money. What matters to us, the businessmen, the fluctuation of the economy, swearing in of the president must add value to us; we must take our children to school.

Evelyne Akullu from Wilobo Main Market, Laroo-Pece Division, City Division. The election and swearing in of President Museveni should mean to us business’s people improved education standards in Uganda, poverty reduction in Northern Uganda, and high mortality rates in the Acholi Sub Region.

“We need President Museveni to come out with a solution, research findings on why we are losing per day over 100 people. What has happened? Who is killing Ugandans?” Evelyne Akullu argued.”