rally at Kidda. He received a rousing welcome from 4000 people who were so excited and enthusiastic that they literally accompanied him to the next rally venue at Tengeza. 

In his remarks at Tengeza, Kizza Besigye said people are telling Museveni to go because he has forgotten them.  People have assessed Museveni’s performance and seen that poverty is increasing, there are no social services, no medicine in hospitals, and the quality of education is poor so they have decided to elect a FDC leaders to replace Museveni’s government.

Hear-Hear-Hear!!! Thousands of FDC supporters at KB's rally in Kyazanga

At Namukaka there were about 5000 people and KB addressed them briefly before heading to Kabonera where people threw flowers in the road to welcome him. He drove through to Kyamulibwa waved and reached Bukoto where he addressed 6,000 people, repeating the same message on poverty eradication through responsible leadership.  At 1:32 p.m. KB arrived at Kiwangala and upon thanking people for their prayers while in jail drew lengthy ululation from the crowd.  KB said all Ugandans were now on ‘Bunkenke” (tension) and people have been relegated to eating fish bones,  while women are losing children in hospital because there is no medicine.  He decried the failure of government to create jobs for students who leave institutions of learning and find themselves unemployed for years.  He promised that all this was about to change because Museveni is going.

At 3:19 p.m. Kizza Besigye was at Kyazanga where he received a thunderous welcome from about 15,000 people.  He said that while ordinary Ugandans have been forced by poverty to eat fish bones, NRM leaders had stolen all they could from the country’s treasury and then crossed to DRC to plunder there as well.  He said in 2001 we chased graduated tax and now it is time to chase heavy indirect taxes.  He castigated Museveni for going around the country with pick-up loads of campaign posters instead of taking pick-up loads of drugs to hospitals.  At Kyazanga, Kizza Besigye received into FDC Lawrence Matovu National  Chairman of Uganda Young Movement and Charles Jaggwe Chairman of Uganda Young Movement for Buganda region.

Welcome aboard! KB receives the National Chairman of Uganda young
movements who crossed to FDC in Kyazanga.

At Mbirizi KB thanked about 10,000 people for their prayers.  He told them that Museveni had left the people who sent him to State House and now people have also decided to leave him.  He asked supporters to vote for leaders who will work with the new FDC government to improve people’s lives. 

At 5:00 p.m. the entourage arrived in Mateete to a rousing welcome from about 30,000 people.  KB elaborated that people pay taxes so that government works for them.  Instead of working for the people those in the NRM government work for themselves and then wait for election time to form women and youth groups to whom they distribute a few coins.  He said that ironically election campaigns have become the time for corrupt leaders to bring back to the people some of the money stolen through scandals like the valley dams and Global Fund for AIDS fiascos.  He added that the thieving, which has been going on for 20 years, would stop when FDC gets into government in May 2006.  He told people that whereas Museveni says he is not leaving power it is not up to him to decide but the people who sent him to State House are the only authority and when they decide that he must leave then he has to go. At Mateete KB was given a symbolic key to State House.

KB then addressed a final rally of about 6,000 people in Sembabule Town before proceeding to Masaka town where he spoke on Radio Buddu.  Dr. Suleiman Kiggundu, Mr. Kanamala Kanamwangi, Justin Jjukko forme international boxer, Livingstone Kizito, and Hon. Yona Kanyomozi accompanied him on today’s campaign trip.

Tomorrow after court the campaign heads to Western Uganda.

Ends.

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