NRM gears up to make a statement against Bobi Wine's People Power in Southern Africa
Preparations are in high gear in Pretoria as members of the NRM Southern Africa chapter are set to host President Museveni.
Museveni will on Saturday address Ugandans in Southern Africa countries including South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland that fall under the SADC.
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According to the NRM Diaspora chairman, Hajji Abbey Walusimbi, they will use the function as a springboard to launch other activities that would rally support for the ruling NRM party in the diaspora.
“Because the diaspora seems to be a stronghold for Bobi Wine, we want to obliterate his base and the Saturday event where we will endorse President Museveni as our sole candidate will also see be a springboard for a series of other activities in the diaspora to mobilise our supporters,”Walusimbi said.
He revealed that from South Africa, they would head to Abu Dhabi, another stronghold for People Power’s Robert Kyagulanyi, Turkey and China where they would launch other activities.
According to Isma Luzige, the chairman, NRM Southern Africa Chapter they have started mobilizing party supporters to grace the Saturday event.
“We have met with the various chairmen from the various countries and provinces to draw a strategy ahead of the Saturday event. We want to shake Southern Africa and make a statement against Bobi Wine’s People Power,” Luzige said.
“We want to mobilise a big number of people to grace the function where we will endorse President Museveni.”
The Deputy High Commissioner in South Africa, Kintu Nyago recently said the event on December 7 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg will bring over 1000 Ugandans together to receive an address from the President but also chat a way forward in terms of developing their own country.
He said that at the function, a number of issues will be discussed as one of the ways to create safe avenues for Ugandans to work in South Africa but also to have other South African investments back in Uganda for the development of the country.
“Because South Africa is the most industrialized country in Africa, it has a well- established service sector which can employ as many Ugandans as possible but they too can do business here,” he said.
“We expect the President to address the concerns of Ugandans this side but also the Ugandans will report to him the challenges that they would want to be solved,”Nyago told the Nile Post.
This comes at a time when Bobi Wine is expected to address Ugandans in South Africa over the weekend.
