President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has told the people of Kalangala islands to vote National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer Idah Nabayiga in the forth coming by elections, replacing the late Hon Hellen Nakimuli that passed on in April this year.
This Wednesday, 24th June 2026, Kalangala will be battle of the finest as the people of Kalangala vote their next parliamentarian & on the ballot are over five candidates including Nakimuli’s sister, Irene Nampala plus three independent challengers determined to grab the juicy empty seat.
“Send us Nabayiga & add her to Carol Nanyondo and Lugoloobi so that we can sort all your mess”,Mr Museveni said.
The President pledged to improve water transport on Lake Victoria by adding two more ferries to serve various routes in Kalangala.
He said government is planning two ferries that will operate on the Kasenyi-Mweena-Lwanabatya route and another from Entebbe-Nakiwogo to Kyamuswa and Lutoboka.
“We want ferries that move from one island to another, not just from the mainland to the islands,” he said.
Museveni also promised to tarmac the road from Lutoboka to Kyamuswa and address persistent electricity challenges in parts of the district, particularly in Kyamuswa.
“Kyamuswa has no power. I will sit with the elected leaders, including Nabayiga, and we discuss the power issue,” he said.
On social services, the President announced that government will construct three new secondary schools, one in each of the sub-counties that currently lack a government secondary school.
He also said that although all the district’s seven sub-counties have health centres, government will prioritize the construction of a district referral hospital.
The President renewed his call for residents to embrace oil palm cultivation, saying government remains committed to reviving the Kyamuswa oil palm project.
“The Shs50 billion for the Kyamuswa project is still intact & we shall work with the NRM MPs to ensure that the project is rejuvenated to support the people of Kyamuswa to embrace oil palm cultivation,” he said.
Museveni also highlighted tourism as another key economic opportunity for the island district, pledging continued government investment in roads, electricity and water infrastructure to attract investors.
“We shall construct roads, power and water systems so that the rich people can come here and spend their money”,Museveni added.
The president defended government efforts to regulate fishing activities, saying he had taken time to study the industry and understand the causes of declining fish stocks.
Speaking earlier, the NRM Deputy Secretary General, Rt. Hon. Namayanja Rose Nsereko, hailed the unity exhibited by party leaders and the peaceful conduct of campaigns in the island district, saying the exercise had demonstrated the strength of the party’s grassroots mobilization structures.
Namayanja said many residents had testified to the development initiatives championed by Nabayiga during her previous tenure as Woman MP, including securing bursaries, boreholes and skilling programmes.
She added that the NRM remains committed to working with leaders who can effectively partner with government to implement the party manifesto and accelerate socio-economic transformation.
We want leaders who can work closely with government to implement manifesto commitments and deliver services to the people, she added.
Hon. Nabayiga remains the right choice for the people of Kalangala,” Namayanja added.
The rally was also attended by the NRM party top leadership, including Hon Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo, Vice Chairperson for Buganda and PWDs representative Shafik Mwanje, EC chairman Tanga Odoi, Commissioners Jane Alisemera Babiiha, James Williams Kinobe, Director Mobilization Emmanuel Dombo, his Deputy Rogers Mulindwa, Ministers Katumba Wamala, Judith Nabakooba, and Robert Migadde among others.
