Joseph Kabuleta promises to liberate Ugandans from an economic civil war. His slogan is ROCK. COURTESY PHOTO
Kampala, Uganda | Prossy Nansubuga | Joseph Kabuleta has sworn to beat Museveni in the 2021 elections and become the next president of Uganda.
The former sports reporter and bible teacher while addressing the press this morning said that he is running for the office of President not as an opposer but a proposer who is going to liberate Ugandans from an economic civil war.
Kabuleta said that Ugandans have been held captive and bondage by a government that doesn’t want them to thrive for 35 years but he is here to change that.
“I have a 100 percent chance of winning these elections because I’m unique, I stand for financial liberation of this country and my message is about money, financial equity and equal distribution of resources,” he said.
According to Kabuleta, Uganda is a rich country with over 27 mineral resources like oil and iron ore in Kabale but Ugandans haven’t had an equal share as they have instead become observers of them being exploited because the government hasn’t let them be partners.
“Now we stand up to Reclaim Our Country and Kin (ROCK) and we are here to break that ceiling; to create a system that will guarantee that the wealth of Uganda will belong to all Ugandans, not just a select few who perpetuate themselves in power for that very purpose.
He said that his government is going to be like a parent to the underprivileged Ugandans, make them part of the wealth of this rich country because the next two years are the most important years of Uganda for acquisition of wealth but that will only be achieved if this current system which makes Ugandans poor is changed.
On scientific elections, Kabuleta said that he completely disagrees with this move in fact yesterday he was in court challenging the motive.
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FULL STATEMENT
Fellow Ugandans
We are privileged to be born in a country richly endowed by the creator.
Uganda is blessed in the air with a friendly climate and incredible weather; blessed on the ground with half of East Africa’s arable land and blessed beneath the ground with rich extractives which include 27 different minerals spawned across the country in commercially viable quantities, as well as billions of barrels of explored oil with a lot more to be explored.
In the next few years, Uganda will become a proper oil producing nation, churning out in excess of 260,000 barrels of crude per day and the mining industry will take off in earnest. With proper investment, according to a recent World Bank report, the same period could see Uganda’s Tourism sector pull in an annual revenue of $10bn, about three times its current input.
So in many ways we are heading into a golden era of Uganda’s wealth exploration; a fact that should fill the citizens of this nation with enthusiasm and expectation. But yet we know, sadly, that with the current leadership in place (or any ‘successor’ they might have in mind) most Ugandans will simply be observers rather than partakers in this wealth distribution.
There is a ceiling that has been built over the decades that separates the privileged few at the apex of the income pyramid from everyone else, including the middle-class, who for so long have been feeding off the crumbs that fell through. That ceiling, however, becomes less porous every passing year and the people below it become increasingly desperate.
But now we stand up to Reclaim Our Country and Kin (ROCK) and we are here to break that ceiling; to create a system that will guarantee that the wealth of Uganda will belong to all Ugandans, not just a select few who perpetuate themselves in power for that very purpose.
This oppressive regime is only as strong as the fear it imposes on the population. But when the people rise up, as we are doing now, they will encounter an empire that is very weak and crumbling; and is there for the taking. Our desire for change must be stronger than our fear. We have a lot more to gain than we have to lose. Great are the challenges ahead; but greater are the opportunities.
My name is Joseph Kiiza Kabuleta and I have written to the Electoral Commission to inform them that I am offering myself for President of Uganda at the upcoming elections.
A vote for us is a vote for financial liberation; a vote to break the ceiling. That vote will, for every Ugandan, be a first step towards a country of our dreams; one in which government is our ally rather than our tormentor; a country where wealth is fully harnessed and equitably shared. A Uganda where growth will not just be figures flying out of budget speeches, but will be a formidable force in our pockets.
That is a Uganda we all aspire to live in. One we are finally going to live in.
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