The Minister for East African Affairs and First Deputy Prime Minister Kirunda Kivejinja has lashed out at those who want to take up leadership in this country, saying it won’t come on a silver platter.
In what appeared like a dig at the musician and Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, Kivejinja told reporters in Kampala “you can’t just come from the ghetto to be the President”.
Kivejinja was addressing the media at the President’s Office in Nakasero where he was talking about the achievements of his ministry in delivering NRM 2016-2021 manifesto.
“We have to put in a little of patience because the world is not ending tomorrow. If you want to be a president don’t push it, it will come because the world is still around. Of course it has not been a smooth sailing as indeed challenges must have been faced. Don’t imagine that you will just wake up from the ghetto and become a president. There must be hurdles.” Kivejinja said.
He said that when they came from Bush, they had a formula of how they would rule Uganda but a quarrel developed in 2001 which forced them to go for multi-party system.
“In 2001 there was a quarrel because we had a formula that the way we fought, is the way we shall officially keep the country together. But those who didn’t even read the history had imagined that multi party was the basis of development, and because there were many people we gave in and turned ourselves into a party.” Kivejinja said.
