President Museveni implores leaders to avoid cheap popularity

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who is also the Chairman of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has advised his party members to avoid cheap popularity and focus on social economic transformation.  

The President made the remarks at closing session for the 10-day NRM Parliamentary caucus retreat held at State Lodge Ngoma on Sunday June. 

The President remarked that for him, the retreat  has been both a nostalgic and hopeful experience, interacting with  mostly young, educated and energetic members.  

"I am hopeful that anybody who inherits the NRA spirit in leadership, is capable of resisting cheap popularity, unnecessary debts and the insult of being turned into prostitutes due to love for money, but also, of making a very big contribution to the country," the President noted. 

Museveni encouraged leaders to focus on areas that will bring prosperity to their people.  "In order to attain transformation, we have agreed that we should have  improved household income through improved methods of agriculture, industry, services and ICT," he highlighted .  

The President emphasised that the role of a political leader is to supervise government initiatives such as Emyooga, PDM, Operation Wealth Creation, the Youth Fund etc, which target that objective. 

Members of the NRM parliamentary caucus unanimously resolved to work with President Yoweri Museveni in the full implementation of the Parish Development Model and Emyooga to transform Ugandans into modernity.

The resolution came out of the 10-day retreat slated to end today at the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi district.