Former Presidential candidate Venansius Baryamureeba has said that President Yoweri Museveni’s plan to be the longest serving national leader will be realized after his plans to rule Uganda for 50 years are effected.
Writing on his official Facebook Account, the academician noted that in 2021, President Museveni will have ruled Uganda for 35 years and the that the constitutional amendment being sought by Igara West MP Raphael Magyezi will push his plans further.
“With the constitutional amendment of removing age limit and re-introducing two 7 year terms for a President, he will be able to have another 14 years making it 49 years in 2035,” the former Makerere University Vice Chancellor argued, adding that by that time the President will be 91 years old.
To make his 50-year rule come to reality, Prof. Baryamureeba added: “In 2035, President Museveni will push for a transitional government/ government of national unity of 2 years to bring onboard all political actors to come up with constitutional and electoral reform and level the ground for Presidential Elections before holding the Presidential election.”
According to the former presidential candidate, the reforms to be spearheaded by Museveni will last one year and the other year will be for conducting the Presidential Election and then handing over office to the next President.
“In 2037, when President plans to handover to another President will be 93 years old and he will have been President of Uganda for 51 years, and he will have broken the record of the longest serving President in the whole world with the exception of the Queen of England,” Baryamureeba wrote.
He warned Ugandans to ‘tighten their seat belts as the road ahead is going to be very bumpy in the next 19 years of President Museveni rule’.
