Museveni jungle walk “wasteful”, says Bobi Wine

Ugandan singer turned activist Bobi Wine has described President Yoweri Museveni’s six-day march through the jungle as “wasteful” and called on the President to instead resign.

Museveni is walking 195 km (121 miles) through the jungle, retracing the footsteps of his rebel forces’ in 1986 when they took power following the fall of Idi Amin and Milton Obote.

Don Wanyama, Museveni’s senior press secretary, said “This is a journey that the president is leading, a journey through the past to appreciate the present.

“The journey will take a week through the jungle, a route the liberators led by Museveni took to liberate the country”.

The march will end in the town of Birembo, the site of a fierce battle between the forces of Museveni and the then-president Milton Obote, on 10 January.

Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, told the AFP news agency “My advice is, rather than spending taxpayers’ money on such trips, Museveni should know time is up for him to leave power.

“The time for hoodwinking peasants has passed him”.

Similarly, opposition MP Asuman Basalirwa, called the march a “campaigning tool”.

“Ugandans deserve better than a president walking through a jungle”.

“Time spent should be used for other important issues affecting the country, especially how he plans to hand over power”.

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