A section of Ugandan health workers, members of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) knelt before President Yoweri Museveni asking him to run for the head of state position in 2026.
In a video seen by the Kenya Times, the doctors led by their president Dr Samuel Odong Oledo, were going on their knees in front of the President, reportedly, during the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) Youth Patriotism Symposium at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala on Saturday.
“Your Excellency, thank you. You have uplifted us (medical practitioners). We kneel before you after assessing that you are capable. We have assessed that you have the power. You have everything needed,” Dr Oledo said.
“Help us and contest again in 2026 and take us ahead as you secure our future. We want Uganda to reach where God expects it to be.” He added.
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UMA’s deputy president, Edith Nakku-Jolaba, and the association’s secretary general, Herbert Luswata, say Oledo made the comments.
“The act of kneeling by Dr Oledo and the team doesn’t represent the Modus Operandi of the Association,” Nakku-Jolaba and Luswata said in a joint statement.
Museveni, 78, has been in power since 1986 when he ascended to power through guerrilla warfare.