President Yoweri Museveni has warned members of parliament against engaging in corruption, describing the vice as a serious threat to national development.
Speaking while closing the 2026 National Resistance Movement (NRM) retreat for Members of Parliament-elect at the National Leadership Institute (NALI) in Kyankwanzi,
Museveni urged leaders to reject corruption and focus on wealth creation initiatives.
“I do not want to hear of corruption in parliament,” he said. “If there is corruption in Parliament, how will you control others? You are the oversight body.” He warned that corruption could undermine the country’s progress.
“It will kill Uganda; it is suicide and must not be tolerated,” he stressed. The President also condemned reports of MPs soliciting bribes to approve budgets.
“I have heard that some people demand money before passing budgets. One official refused and reported the matter. This must stop,” he said.
Museveni cautioned that anyone found engaging in bribery to secure positions would be disqualified.
“If we hear that you are giving bribes to get office, you will be disqualified,” he warned.
On the Parish Development Model (PDM), Museveni emphasised the need for proper utilisation of funds, noting that the programme has the potential to transform livelihoods.
“This money we are sending to the people can change their lives if used properly,” he said, urging citizens to avoid unnecessary borrowing.
“Do not rush to money lenders or banks because of pressure. Use the resources you have wisely.”
The week-long retreat, which began on April 7, was held under the theme: “Aligning the NRM leadership towards protecting the gains and making a bold, qualitative leap towards a higher middle-income status society.”
Ahead of the closing session, Museveni hosted MPs at Ngoma State Lodge and Farm, where he led them on a tour of the area, including the confluence of River Mayanja and River Kafu—locations he described as historically significant in Uganda’s liberation struggle.
Reflecting on this history, Museveni recalled how, on February 20, 1984, a National Resistance Army mobile brigade led by Gen Caleb Akandwanaho, also known as Salim Saleh, attacked and overran Masindi Barracks after trekking for days.
“They had walked for many miles and attacked Masindi Barracks. We were monitoring by radio, and I intercepted communications from Obote’s forces saying they had been attacked and overrun,” he said.
He added that he later set off on foot to link up with the fighters in Kyankwanzi, an area he said he subsequently secured for national purposes.
“After the war, I decided to buy this land for the movement because it was a good area. Eventually, the government acquired it, and that is why we are here today,” he said.
Museveni noted that the area’s geography, surrounded by rivers such as Mayanja and Kafu, makes it ideal for reflection and ideological orientation. He also urged Ugandans to move away from subsistence living.
Highlighting progress in the cattle corridor—stretching from Isingiro through Kazo, Kiruhura, Sembabule, Gomba, Kyankwanzi, Nakasongola, and Masindi—Museveni attributed improvements to a shift in mindset and adoption of income-generating activities such as dairy farming.
“The cattle corridor has transformed because people changed their mindset and followed the message,” he said. He encouraged farmers to adopt improved pasture management to boost productivity.
“If you plant improved pasture on one square mile, you can keep up to 300 cows,” he advised.
The President also pledged continued infrastructure development to improve connectivity in the region. Vice President Jessica Alupo commended MPs-elect for completing the retreat, describing it as a key platform for strengthening ideological grounding and leadership discipline.
“We appreciate the commitment shown by the MPs throughout this retreat. It is important that leaders remain grounded in the ideology of the Movement as they serve the people,” she said.
She urged legislators to translate the knowledge gained into improved service delivery and accountability. Meanwhile, NRM secretary general Richard Todwong presented the resolutions of the retreat, saying it provided an opportunity for reflection on the role of legislators in safeguarding the gains of the revolution and advancing Uganda towards middle-income status.
The wicked cannot fight against wickedness! Therefore, museveni & his nrm sycophants cannot and will not fight corruption and misrule!
May the Almighty God help Ugandans get rid of these yellow evils.
“If there is corruption in Parliament, how will you control others? But by giving the NRM elect MPs unsolicited Shs.100 million (one hundred million only) is his typical model of corruption (buying blind loyalty).
In other words, what did the MP elects do to deserve the Shs.100 million, which he trivialized as “small”? Whose sweat and blood money is that?
And who started corruption in parliament? Himself, OUR PROBLEM OF AFRICA!
Mr. M7 thinks Ugandans are turkey heads, who on their own, can’t find their way back home, NYET!
In 2005, in order for them (NRM Mps) to pass the Bill that removed the Presidential Term Limit from the 1995 Constitution; wasn’t Gen Tibuhaburwa the first to bribe the MPs with Shs.5 million (only)?
Liar, lair and more lies! That he decided to buy the Kyankwanzi land for the movement because it was a good area. is hog washing!
First of all without a penny in his name, where did he get the money when at that time he only had a faded Kaunda shirt on his back?
In other words, lying (corrupting the truth) is Mr. M7/NRM’s ideology. Please, to lie is to mislead.!
That is how and where 40 years later and counting; Ugandans find themselves bankrupt and backward in all aspect (heavily indebted Shs.130 trillion chin-deep, add Shs.10 trillion stolen through corruption every year)!
And it was and still is: himself the corruption cheerleader, when e.g., during the Anti Corruption Day, he told Hon Betti O Kamya, to back off from implementing/enforcing her (IGG) “Lifestyle Audit”, as well leave his corrupt Generals alone when it comes to corrution.
More lies! As a Leadership Training Institute, that piece of land was already acquired by the First UPC administration in the Mid 60s for the same purpose!
Otherwise, the Hon Ruhakana Rugunda and Prof Ephraim Kamuntu (former UPC stalwarts) of this country must start telling the truth and shame Devil!
What a curse Ugandans are stuck in!
Talk about corruption? That’s a cancer that has eroded the country to the extent that there’s no basic services one can get freely.
Any fight against corruption should start from the top, unfortunately the last parliament entrenched the vice. All eyes are on the incoming legislators but wait and see when they start giving themselves new vehicle allowances etc and maybe in-session sleeping allowance!!
NRA/M (Notorious Robbers Army/Movement) came with a Legacy of Death and Destruction! After killing 1.000.000 Ugandans in Luweero and Confiscating their Land, Today They are Mocking the Same Folks by Demolishing their Premises and Homes to provoke Them!!..Nobody has ever asked Why Guns are Everywhere even on mosquito’s Heads!!It is To Keep you on Gunpoint until you are carried to your Grave!! They Never came to Develop You or see you Prosper! By the way Uganda yatandika okubawomera!!Meaning You are bound to be Gassed in Basements..!The Good news is that The Mother Devil is Minister for Graves! She is already Buying The Devils Paradise.