President Yoweri Museveni has hailed U.S. President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy, urging Ugandans living abroad to abandon what he described as the “diaspora illusion” and return home to develop their motherland.
“I like Mr. Trump so much because he has said, ‘Don’t come here to America.’ I thank him for chasing those people away. What are they going to do in America? Why are you going? I love Trump for chasing people who do not care about their own country and are always moving all over places,” he added.
“ Please Love Africa. Why? Because you need it. If you try to depend on other people’s markets, they keep changing,” President Museveni said.
The President urged Africans to build their own capacity at home.
“This teaches you that you must build your own capacity within Uganda and within Africa. This is the belief of the National Resistance Movement (NRM): love Uganda, love Africa. That is how we built a strong NRM party that unites the whole country, a strong army, police force, civil service, and judiciary. These institutions maintain peace, supported by good politics,” he said.
President Museveni made the remarks while meeting National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders from all districts of the West Nile sub-region at the Muni University playgrounds in Arua City.
The meeting aimed to redeploy NRM teams across West Nile to intensify party campaigns and sensitise communities about the NRM manifesto ahead of next week’s national elections.
During the engagement, the President guided leaders through key components of the NRM manifesto, highlighting achievements such as peace and stability, social and economic transformation, job creation, industrialisation, and improved infrastructure including roads, schools, and health centres.
General Museveni also tasked West Nilers to promote peace to prevent a return to the historical instability that previously hindered develPresident Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said he supports U.S. President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy, urging Ugandans living abroad to abandon what he described as the “diaspora illusion” and return home to develop their motherland.
He stated that Uganda now has the capacity to support wealth creation through strong institutions, a capable civil service, and a professional national defence system
He further asked Ugandans to tap into the growing opportunities at home instead of pursuing livelihoods abroad.
The meeting aimed to redeploy NRM teams across West Nile to intensify party campaigns and sensitise communities about the NRM manifesto ahead of next week’s national elections.