The independent presidential candidate Amama Mbabazi says he had a discussion with various countries on partnering with Uganda for food production, adding that Gulu will be the hub of the activity.
He is asked: Why are you coming out now?
“This is the time for me to contest,” he responds.
“I have explained this sufficiently. Some people have said all along I have harboured ambitions and that I had systematically built myself to stage a challenge, but it is not true.
“Many of you are young. If I had had those ambitions, why would I have wanted removal of term limits, which meant Museveni would stay on? If I had wanted to be president, I would have not led the removal of term limits and Museveni would have gone in 2006.
“I have committed myself to fighting injustice – starting from when I was young – and that’s why I have disagreed with my colleagues in NRM. I have said I have been cast into this role because of the conditions in the country.
“I will restore term limits, bring about peaceful transition from one generation to the next. That is the only way we can be sure that our struggle will move on. It will be a big failure if our struggle dies with us,” he says.
Presidential candidate Amama Mbabazi is expected in Lira today to launch his campaign. By 7am, several youth, most of them boda boda motorcyclists and pedal cyclists had thronged Akii Bua stadium to organise to welcome him right from Kamdini on his way from Gulu, some 60km away.
Meanwhile, Mbabazi, who spent a night at Larem Guest House in Gulu, will be addressing a press conference shortly before he sets for the Lira journey.
