MUSEVENI TO THE WORLD: If I lose, “I will go to my house and do my own things.” Although all credible polls conducted in the run up to Uganda’s much awaited and equally heated presidential polls, put President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in a firm lead, he has reassured the world that should he be defeated, he will leave peacefully to go and do “his own things.” With less than 24 hours left for the polls to open, Mr. Museveni in this interview adopted from last night’s conversation with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, an optimistic Museveni says his performance record should guarantee him a clear win, even when the majority of the voters are youthful. A bullish Museveni also downplayed his party’s long stay in power, saying that it is the will of the people.

CEO ReporterJanuary 13, 2021January 13, 2021

Buoyed by a recent Afrobarometer poll that puts him a comfortable lead against all his opponents combined, a bullish Museveni (right) told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour (left), that he is confident of victory on account of his solid performance record.

Christiana Amanpour: Okay, listen, I want to start by asking you, you know, 80% of your country is under 35 years old, they were not even born when you first came into office, and they really seem to want to change, they want jobs. Why do you think you deserve another term? President Museveni: Well, because I am the one who enabled the 80% to survive childhood diseases, and we have given them education, and we have given them a base for the economy. And we have a good budget, and we can support them; support those youths. Christiana Amanpour:…

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