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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signaled a tougher approach toward government officials, warning that ministers and leaders who fail to help citizens benefit from government poverty-eradication programs could face dismissal.
Speaking shortly after the election of Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth as Speaker and Thomas Tayebwa as Deputy Speaker of the 12th Parliament at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds on Monday, Museveni said he was no longer prepared to tolerate leaders who pursue positions of authority while neglecting the welfare of the people they represent.
The President argued that after decades of introducing wealth-creation initiatives ranging from Entandikwa and Operation Wealth Creation to the Parish Development Model (PDM), leaders can no longer claim that they lack tools to transform the lives of their constituents.
Museveni pointed to the Parish Development Model as evidence that government has already provided resources needed to fight poverty.
He warned ministers that their performance would increasingly be judged by the economic conditions of the people they represent.
The President also criticized what he described as misplaced priorities among some leaders, questioning why politicians spend time celebrating European football clubs while communities around them remain poor.
