President Yoweri Museveni has responded to the recent condemnation towards his government for dominantly awarding people from western Uganda with top government positions.
Museveni started his response by warning and stopping ‘negative responders’ from involving the Armed Forces from the nonsense of tribal debates.
“They (armed forces) have serious work to do and they have done it well. Leave them out of your confusion. The only point one can say about that is recruitment in the Armed Forces is by quotas per district. You check during the recruitment time,” Museveni said.
Museveni said those accusing his government of tribalism don’t pay attention to facts. He said he’s very comfortable working with people who are not from his tribe.
“Here in the Presidency, I am quite comfortable without many Banyankore, or, indeed, any munyankore around. Mitala- Unless he became a munyankore today – Head of Civil Service, Katuramu- Westerner- Kabalega’s land, President’s Office – Kakande- only munyankore through enkaanda, otherwise muganda from Ddwaniro- Masuliita.
State House Controller- Nakyobe – only guilty on the nkaanda side, muganda of some place. PPS to the President- Omona – Acholi, Museveni sighted examples.
“Do not tell us about those cheap things of tribes and religious sectarianism,” he said.
Museveni said even when leading the NRA struggle, he involved almost all tribes in Uganda.
“Much of my time I was in Tanzania, Mozambique etc. How many Banyankore or Westerners were there? We fought in the Luwero Triangle. Many Ugandan groups were there: Baganda, Banyankore, Barugwaara, Baruuru, Barundi, Banyarwanda, Baruuli, Banyoro,” he said.