{"id":4347,"date":"2021-10-22T12:03:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T12:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=4347"},"modified":"2021-10-22T12:03:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T12:03:15","slug":"nrm-secretary-general-todwong-promises-better-government-services-to-grow-partys-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/nrm-secretary-general-todwong-promises-better-government-services-to-grow-partys-support\/","title":{"rendered":"NRM SECRETARY GENERAL TODWONG PROMISES BETTER GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO GROW PARTY&#8217;S SUPPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is no sub region with more land problems than the Buganda, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretary General Richard Todwong  has said and promised that the party will mobilise the people of Buganda to solve the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May after President Museveni swore in for his sixth term in office, he made it clear that one of his priorities would be to end the rampant evictions, which he blamed on Mailo land tenure which is predominant in Buganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Museveni referred to the Mailo land tenure system in Buganda as \u201cevil and unfair.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While appearing on NBS TV\u2019s Face-Off Show , Todwong said there are several issues in central Uganda that have contributed to the land problems in the sub region including movement of people into Buganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBecause of this, transactions and dubious things are happening, and the government takes the blame for all that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On what needs to be done to see that the party regains the support of the Buganda region, Todwong explained that there is need to mobilise the government to deliver and there is no need to blame anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet there be clean water, good roads for the people, remove people from the swamps, regenerate businesses. You will see the results. People are right to get angry at the leadership. The leadership has a task to explain why some services have either been delayed or not been implemented in time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Todwong said some people are trying to bring artificial tension between the&nbsp;NRM&nbsp;and Buganda yet there is no tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe understand the social and economic pressure that Buganda is facing.&nbsp;NRM&nbsp;should now provide answers to these issues. We shall make sure the government performs. In our manifesto, we have outlined several things on how we are going to transform the country,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no sub region with more land problems than the Buganda, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretary General Richard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[168,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-development","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG-20211019-WA0164.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3690,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/kabaka-now-resorts-to-prayer-to-save-buganda-land\/","url_meta":{"origin":4347,"position":0},"title":"Kabaka Now Resorts to Prayer to Save Buganda Land","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"July 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Kabaka of Ronald Muwenda Mutebi has now put the protection of his kingdom's land in the hands of Allah.He has appealed to all Muslims preparing for Eid al-Adha tomorrow to pray purposefully to God to save the kingdom\u2019s property which he says is being targeted\u00a0by ill-intentioned people. 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