As the 2026 political fever continues to heat up, Francis Mawejje, a boda boda rider has announced his presidential bid to unseat the incumbent, President Museveni.
“80% of our economy is a boda boda economy which means we live in a hands to mouth economy. People leave their homes when they actually don’t know whether they will earn something,” Mawejje, 30 said.
Describing his as a boda boda manifesto, he said the current setup of the country can only be referred to as a boda boda economy that he said pretends to grow steadily but “gets stuck somewhere because everyone is in debts.”
“People are desperate to an extent of thinking that if they spend hours in betting clubs maybe God will do miracles. Government has reduced its valued tax payers to beggars where everyone thinks in someone’s pocket, youths who are vital in the development of any country are flying out for greener pasture leaving a generation that is not productive, and those who stay behind spend most of their times in discussing the Premier League.”
“We don’t have medicines in hospitals, police and military officers sleep in dilapidated units , roads are in a poor state and civil servants are paid pea nuts, not because Uganda is poor but because there are those who think they can eat anything that exists.”
Mawejje said he aims to introduce a seven point program that he said will liberate the country.
“I want to tackle unemployment among youths, improve the health and education sectors, reduce the number of districts, constituencies, ministries, departments and agencies, put in place constitutional reforms to give voting rights to diaspora and prisoners and also clip the president’s powers,” Mawejje said.
“We have suffered enough under the current NRM regime. It is now time to end the almost 40 years of President Museveni’s rule and usher in a new generation of leaders to take the country forward.”
