President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday December 4, 2025, launched his Rwenzori Sub-region campaign trail starting with Kasese district at Nyakasanga Playground, Kasese Municipality.

Addressing the gathering, President Museveni elaborated on some of the seven contributions the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has made to Uganda over the last 40 years, emphasizing peace, development, wealth creation and job creation as pillars that have transformed the country.

He told residents that Kasese is among the best witnesses of peace because of its proximity to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), noting that Uganda is currently hosting 700,000 refugees from Congo who cannot return to their country due to continued instability.

The President said groups that attempted to destabilize the district were defeated and peace in Uganda “will remain like ripe bananas—you only see them but you cannot touch or eat them.”