Museveni reveals his birthday wish
President Museveni has revealed his birthday wish, just days after clocking 80.
Museveni, celebrated another year of life on Sunday, and spent the day at a thanksgiving ceremony held at Kijaguzo Catholic parish in Nakaseke district, Greater Luwero.
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Organised by the Minister for Luwero Triangle, Alice Kaboyo, the ceremony was attended by the first family, the clergy and other dignitaries.
Museveni's birthday fete has since attracted a lot of attention especially on social media. However, one thing remained unknown- his birthday wish.
In his Tuesday X (formerly Twitter) post, Museveni revealed that he had been asked by his well-wishers to reveal his birthday wish, a trend he claims was new to him.
"However, yesterday the Muzzukulu Hellen Seku told me that as a baby boy birthday celebrant, I had not told my well-wishers my birthday wish. Since I have not been in the culture of celebrating birthdays, I did not know about that element," Museveni posted.
To rectify the matter raised by his well-wishers, Museveni, in his post, revealed that his birthday wish was the realization of the dream of the Pan-Africanists for the creation of the East African Political Federation and the consolidation of the Continental Free Trade Area.
"These are in order to achieve the 3 historical missions of: ensuring prosperity for the wealth creators and all Africans by creating a big market for our products; ensuring our strategic- security against all threats to us on Land, in the Air, at the Sea and in Space by creating powerful integrated defence systems of the Political Federations where feasible; and using the brotherhood of the African Peoples to achieve these two- prosperity and strategic security. Here ends my birthday wish," the president stated.
Museveni, was born on September 15, 1944 in Ntungamo to Mzee Amos Kaguta a cattle keeper, and Esteri Kokundeka Nganzi.
The chairman of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), has been in power since 1986.
On January 16, 2021, he was reelected to a sixth term after winning 58.6% of the vote. It is not known if he will contest for another term in 2026.
