The Uganda Patriotic Movement (UPM) was formed in 1980 by Yoweri Museveni, Wogute, Jeremiah Opira and Bidandi SSali in preparation of Uganda’s post-Amin elections where Museveni contested as the presidential candidate in the 1980 general elections. After the elections were widely seen as fraudulent, Museveni launched a bush war that eventually brought him to power in 1986. Though brief, UPM marked his first step into national politics. and eventually the National Resistance Army (NRA).

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Saturday November 8, 2025,  took his 2026 re-election message to the mountainous district of Namisindwa, rallying thousands of supporters to continue trusting the National Resistance Movement (NRM).

In his speech, the President outlined what he called the NRM’s four major contributions to Uganda: peace, development, wealth for homesteads, and jobs from wealth creation, and added a fifth one; free education, as a cornerstone of his government’s legacy.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, also the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Presidential flag bearer, has pledged to tarmac the long-awaited 25.8km Bududa–Bubulo circular road linking the districts of Manafwa, Bududa and Namisindwa.

The President made the commitment on Saturday November 8, 2025, during a campaign rally at Bukigai Primary School playground in Nangako Town Council, Bududa District.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni assured landslide victims in Bulambuli District of a dignified and permanent resettlement, reaffirming the government’s commitment to protecting communities living in disaster-prone areas along the Mt. Elgon slopes.

“The families are waiting to be resettled on 2,000 acres. Each family is to have two acres and 10 million shillings. And there is 50 billion shillings to buy more land. That’s the current arrangement,” H.E. Museveni said.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni assured landslide victims in Bulambuli District of a dignified and permanent resettlement, reaffirming the government’s commitment to protecting communities living in disaster-prone areas along the Mt. Elgon slopes.

“The families are waiting to be resettled on 2,000 acres. Each family is to have two acres and 10 million shillings. And there is 50 billion shillings to buy more land. That’s the current arrangement,” H.E. Museveni said.