By Aggrey Baba
Gen. Salim Saleh, Senior presidential adviser on defence and security, who also doubles as President Museveni’s brother, has told off NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine), saying he does not understand Yoweri Museveni’s economic thinking (Musevenomics).
Saleh made the remarks in response to comments from Bobi Wine, who had earlier asked the First Family to convince the President to retire peacefully. Saleh, as the NewVision reports, said the NUP leader should first take time to understand what guides Museveni’s long-term plans for Uganda’s economy instead of rushing to attack him and his family.
According to Saleh, Musevenomics is not just politics but a complete economic plan that focuses on creating wealth at the grassroots, keeping the economy stable, and helping Ugandans move from small-scale survival to productive business.
He explained that Museveni has spent years building this model, which is based on nine key ideas, including turning peasants into income earners, promoting value addition, fighting corruption, ensuring peace and security, and supporting private businesses.
Gen. Saleh, who also heads Operation Wealth Creation, said he too once asked his brother (Museveni) to explain some of these principles in detail but the President then referred him to the NRM Central Executive Committee (CEC) resolutions of 2018 and his 2020 Delegates’ Conference speech, which both explain Musevenomics as the backbone of Uganda’s development agenda.
He said Uganda’s economic progress, peace, and rural transformation programmes such as the Parish Development Model (PDM) are a result of this philosophy, which many critics do not take time to understand.
Bobi Wine, while campaigning in Nakaseke last week, had described Saleh as “the only reasonable one” in the First Family and asked him to advise the President to leave power voluntarily, warning that staying longer could anger citizens.
But Saleh dismissed the suggestion, saying that Museveni’s leadership is guided by vision and long-term planning, not emotion or pressure. He said those who rush to judge the President without studying his approach are missing the bigger picture of Uganda’s transformation journey. (For comments on this story, get back to us on 0705579994 [WhatsApp line], 0779411734 & 041 4674611 or email us at mulengeranews@gmail.com).
