Below are the latest questions posed to the President. Click on the View Answer link by each to read President Mao's response. Click the link again to hide it.
| Museveni Must Resign |
Mr. Norbert Mao let me ask you a question, how are you going to make sure what happened in ivory coast elections won’t be a repeat inUganda’s 2011 general elections?
Uganda can avoid a Cote d'Ivore situation by holding credible elections. Only free and fair elections can stave off post election violence. |
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| Kenneth M Kafumufu |
We love you and we have got your back, but poverty among our fellow citizens has become the national anthem. WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO ABOUT THIS BIG PROB? Thanks
We can only assure people of an income through changing the education so that people study practical skills besides academic subjects. We also need to invest more in agriculture which provides a livelihood for the majority. We have created the Citizens Economic Empowerment Fund to stimulate entrepreneurship especially cottage industries. |
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| Paul Mugeni |
What do you have to say about the government sponsorship issue for students?
We will disband the State House Scholarship scheme and make sure there is an independent and professionally run scholarship board. We can double the number of students sponsored by government within two years. |
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| David Okiring |
How are you fairing up in the campaign trail? What are your chances against the others? Happy New Year.
We are impressed by the level of support even in areas known to be traditionally NRM. The young people see me as their flag bearer and they will support me. It is a race between the past and the future. It is a race between the old and the new. Between the setting sun and the rising sun. This is an election we can win. |
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| David Watts |
How will you manage the army?
The army should be national not personal. For the first time Uganda should have a trans-regime army. As Commander in Chief my power stems from the people and the constitution. I will deal with the army in a fair and constitutional manner. The army must have a clear career track. |
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| Ivans Kaseeta |
Am dentist from Mulago and I need to know your stand on the health policy of Uganda.
We believe in raising the health budget to at least 15 percent of the national budget. We have to revamp and equip all health facilities. We also have to make drugs locally. We intend to give all health workers a living wage. We shall upgrade all HC IVs into fully fledged hospitals. |
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| Frank Sawyer |
Talk about your stand on government proposed bill on traditional rulers and regulating their activities. What a government, don’t traditional rulers have their rights?
The new bill is an affront to traditional institutions that were there even before independence and even before the Ugandan state was crafted. Though Uganda is a republic, we can still coexist with traditional institutions because they have an important role to playin our national life. |
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| Moses Quinion Galabuzi Ssedyaban |
President Mao. I don't support D.P but I support you as an individual. What are your plans for the mushrooming unemployed or underemployed graduates in Uganda? What do you hope to do about the rampant brain drain in Uganda?
The way to deal with brain drain is to value our human resource. Skillled Ugandans have no choice but to flee when they find themselves jobless and unappreciated in their own homeland. The choice is between brain drain and brain in the drain. Our plan for job creation revolves around wideranging investment inpublic works - roads and housing. We shall also give concessional loans for business. Our policy towards foreign investments is to make sure that Ugandans are employed. We shall also make sure that we revive cooperatives thus empowering communities. |
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| Hawa Bassu |
I just want to stress the importance of reaching out to as many people as possible. WE NEED CHANGE IN UG! I believe that you have the ability and heart to bring progress throughout the nation. Not only in certain parts. I think by now you know that many of your supports are sick and tired of corruption and the lack of decent infrastructure, etc. -- in the so called major cities in UG. And if only you manage to convince the other parties (get together and DEMAND to bring back Term limits!) That alone will encourage the young and intelligent (with morals – those who actually care about other people) Ugandans to get into politics knowing that there is a possibility to get elected and do something. Wish you luck – so lets get everyone on board!
Fighting corruption is one of my top priorities. In my campaign Iassure every body that I am for honest government and zero toleranceto corruption. |
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| Lillian Kobusingye |
Will Ugandans in the Diaspora be able to vote?
While in parliament we provided for dual citizenship but overseas voting is not yet operationalised. Part of the reason is that the current regime believes that the diaspora is an opposition hotbed so they do not feel any urgency in activating their right to vote. Unfortunately as matters stand now, the Ugandans in the diaspora are disenfranchised. We pledge to ensure that the diaspora enjoy their right to vote. |
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| Dan Ced |
Just what are you going to offer Uganda that hasn’t been suggested oroffered before?
The one thing Ugandans have not seen is peaceful change of government. We offer change without chaos and bloodshed. I have no blood on myhands and I offer Uganda a new beginning. We have to let go of thepast in order to embrace the future. |
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| Moses Muwanga |
How sure are we that you are not a TRIBALIST like M7?
If I were a tribalist by now it would be a known fact because I have been in the public eye for about twenty years. Secondly, being born of an Acholi father and a Munyankole mother I will be a bridge over which all Ugandans can meet and shake hands as members of one big family. |
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| Derrick Opio Hosie |
Mr. Norbert Mao, where do you see Uganda in the next say ten years with you as President? Compare that Uganda to the Uganda of Museveni today.
In less than five years my leadership has tramsforrmed Gulu. The social indicators have improved tremendously. Uganda will also betransformed under my leadership. Change will no longer bring fear. There will be zero tolerance to corruption. In education, we shall move from access to quality. All districts will be linked with Tarmac. No child will sit on the floor in school. We shall have a foreign policy owned by Ugandans. We shall restore term limits and ensure accountability. |
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| Kenneth Kintu |
How I wish I could pin my car around it with your posters and drive it along the streets of Kampala, give me a call i want to hear from you.
Kenneth, please wait for my call. Drop me your line via my email address [provided]. |
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| Patrick Kyeyune |
Mr. President what are you going to do about corruption in Uganda? Will you also sit back like m7 watch your officials make Ugandans suffer like what m7 has done!
I pledge to fight corruption using personal example. Museveni has failed to fight corruption because he is part of the scam. Citizens also need to be empowered to resist corruption. |
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| Herbert Herbo |
What do you plan to do about our selfish “brothers" who instead of "for God and my country" use "Awangale blur blur ..." are these the people you can trust for the good of the nation? By the way "federo" is the bullet crumpling you. The truth is you are a young innovative guy but that’s a time boooo.... Well that’s what i have been thinking about all along. Good luck Norbert!
Thank you for the piece of advice on federalism. As for the people who have subverted the state, they are sitting on a time bomb. |
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| Kenneth Nyedwoha |
My main concerns INFRASTSTATURE and AGRIC SUPPORT.
We shall make sure we have a functional public works department so that we get rid of the racket of private contractors and public officials that escalate the cost of road construction. We shall also provide road machinery to every district. On agriculture we shall set up an agro-industrial bank to finance farmers and help with value addition. We shall also raise the budget of Agriculture to 10 percent in the first year. We still believe that the Cooperative sector needs to be revived. |
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| Bernard Mugyenyi |
Mr. President, Traffic jam is a major problem in Kampala. What are you going to do about it?
We need to redesign the roads and build multiple fly overs and walkways. |
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| Mike Pal |
Would you act like Seeya if you became unpopular?
I am not Seya so there is no reason to believe that I would conduct myself like him. I engaged in the politics of principle. |
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| Emma Emussu |
Mr. President, will you reinstate term limits?
I opposed the lifting of term limits when I was in parliament and I will reinstate it immediately I have enough levers of power in my hands. |
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| Kenneth Oburu |
Mr. President your popularity worries me deep down in the villages.
Please spread the word that I am contesting because Uganda deserves better. In me Uganda has a chance to vote a rising sun as opposed to a setting sun. |
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| Richard Kimbowa |
Mr. Mao, What are your plans to restore Uganda's declining environmental quality (focus on institutions that manage the environment so that they fully discharge their duties)? Uganda has the laws.
I pledge to enforce them without fear or favour. |
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| Evelyn Namara |
Mr. Mao, first off I will say I have been a long time admirer and have followed your articulate brain from the time you were 'a gangster' on Capital FM back in the days, and I remember thinking, I wish you could stand for presidency. That aside, I want to know amidst your many agendas for this nation, what is the one thing that touches your heart that would be your first priority as President of this nation?
2. Our country has been taken far back, like 20 yrs back due to bad governance and policies, the infrastructure, health facilities, unemployment to mention but a few are appauling. How do you plan to rebuild this country?
3. How are you working on increasing your popularity? How do you plan on convincing an average rural woman who has it stuck in their heads that we do not have to go back to being governed by govt's like Milton Obote, Iddi Amin and have put you in the same category? All the best Mr. President.
1. On top of my agenda is national reconciliation. Uganda needs healing because it is hurting so much.
2. We have a concrete program of action which you can see in our manifesto.
3. I am in the field and I carry a strong message which is propelling my campaign. |
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| Richard Asiku |
What next after maybe you fail to make it through come 2011? And shall you keep discussing with us on the face book?
I am on a long journey and no matter how long it takes, we shall fulfill our destiny of giving Uganda a new beginning. And you my friends will remain my friends and we shall continue to walk together. |
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| James Akena |
Dear Mr President, I am really very concerned about the constant in-fighting by the Lubega group who are opposed to your leadership. Can you find a lasting solution to this problem? I hear he has picked the nomination form in the name of DP; where does that leave you as a President of our beloved party DP?
Since I was elected Party President, a clear line was drawn between the old Democratic Party and the New Democratic Party. A line was drawn between those who believe in majority rule and those who do not believe that a majority can co-exist with a minority. The Lubega group personifies the reactionary old DP which is parochial and cannot believe that some one like me can be DP President.
That said, we are committed to dialogue with all the dissenters in our party. Infact, many of those who boycotted the Delegates Conference are now back in the fold. The picking of Presidential Nomination Forms by Mr. Sam Lubega is a comic gesture. He talks of being part of the IPC/FDC Coalition. That group already has a flag bearer in Dr. Kizza Besigye. So Mr. Lubega is doing something of little consequence because the public records show who the DP Presidential Candidate is.
Nevertheless, the fissures in DP send a bad signal to Ugandans. It is important that we do all we can to unify the party. My team is committed to reconciling the party. We have found however that many of those we speak to seem to be heavily under the influence of rival parties. Unless our members put the party first, reconciliation will be difficult. |
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