Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday labelled members of the opposition 'terrorists', accusing them of attempting to use violence to overturn the results of the country’s recent presidential election, in which he was declared the winner of a seventh term.
“The opposition is lucky, because if all our members stood up, there would be no opposition in Uganda [...] But some of the opposition are wrong and also terrorists,” he said in Kampala on Monday.
Museveni -who has ruled Uganda since 1986- warned the opposition against continuing 'destabilising actions'.
“The plan was that gangs with machetes should attack the polling stations. And they did. When the police were defeated, they came with machetes to attack the police station, and they were shot,” he alleged.
Museveni issued 'free advice' to his rivals, saying, "We don't want our country to be like Libya. So to all the traitors, this is free advice from me: please stop what you are doing, because we know everything, and you will not succeed.”
He outlined priorities for his next term, placing the fight against poverty at the top of his agenda. He also stressed the need to reform the education and health sectors, while criticising corruption within government institutions.
“This corruption annoys people,” the African leader said, urging elected leaders to closely monitor hospitals and public services.
The vote took place under a nationwide internet shutdown, which the government said was to 'curb misinformation', while critics said it masked 'vote rigging'.
Technical failures delayed polling, prompting the use of manual registers. President Museveni, however, alleged these failures were an opposition tactic to manipulate the election.
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00:00Now I want to thank God for this victory and all the victories we have had in the last 50 years, 55 years of struggle since 1971.
00:19I also want to thank the NLM members and all the leaders who have been mentioned here, because all of them played a critical role in this victory.
00:39I don't have time to go into details, but it's enough to give that general thank you.
00:54So the opposition are lucky, because if all our members turn up, there will be no opposition in Uganda, I can assure you.
01:04But some of the opposition are wrong and also terrorists.
01:10Now the plan everywhere was that where NUP is defeated, gangs with the Pangas.
01:25You remember Pangas, with the Pangas, should attack the polling station.
01:31And that's what they did.
01:34When it was defeated, they came with the Pangas to attack the polling station, and they were shot.
01:40Seven of them were shot dead with the Pangas.
01:44We don't want our country to be like Libya.
01:46So all the traitors, this is free advice from me, that please stop what you are doing, because we know everything.
01:56And you will not do it.
01:59Either peacefully or peacefully, we shall maintain peace in Uganda.
02:05That's number one, we must end poverty in our homes, because it is that poverty which opens the gate for all these other problems.
02:17The other area is education, free education, free education in government schools.
02:27That program was sabotage here, all these children who are in the ghetto, because of dropping out of school, because they can't afford school fees.
02:41Then health, in the area of health, the shortage of immunization is doing well, but the problem is with the drugs in the hospitals.
02:57You are the elected leaders.
03:00You must monitor these programs in your area, because all these things are happening in portions of Uganda.
03:09And parishes, sub-counties, sub-counties, in your constituencies.
03:14You must monitor the drugs in the hospital.
03:18What is the problem?
03:20Are they being stolen?
03:22Or are they not enough?
03:26If it is a problem, then bring it up, and we deal with it.
03:31What is the problem?
03:35Then corruption.
03:38Corruption.
03:38This corruption annoys people.
03:41They get so annoyed.
03:45Find out from our 18 million, the 18 million of the party, how many of them are annoyed and why.
03:54By either corruption or unfairness.
04:01Then justice.
04:02To ensure that the magistrates decide the case is fair, land grabbing, resisting land grabbing, according to the law.
04:20Because all these are happening in the areas under us as a member of parliament.
04:27And then...
04:28Do they live in the streets?
04:28Then justice.
04:29They live in the country.
04:29To ensure that they have trouble with them.
04:31They have trouble with justice.
04:32So...
04:33I'm going to do it.
04:33I believe that they have trouble with medicine.
04:34I'm going to do it.
04:34I have a deal with help.
04:35And if they have trouble with medicine...
04:35I have a lot of influence...
04:36I'm going to be doing it.
04:37I'm going to go on to the side of the border.
04:37I'm going to be doing it.
04:38That's going to go on to the center of the country.
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