PRESIDENT MUSEVENI COMMENDS BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR FACILITATING REGIONAL AND GLOBAL MARKETS

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commended the business
community for ensuring national stability, peace and facilitating regional
and global markets.

The President made the remarks yesterday while officiating at the
Kampala Business Forum at Kampala Serena Hotel which was held
under the theme: “The Power of Collaboration: Public -Private
Partnerships for National Transformation”.

President Museveni also applauded the Kampala Business community
for supporting government initiatives of economic transformation.
“You are the middleclass people who depend on what we call profit.
Profit is a difference between the cost of production and the final price.
You are profit makers, you are the middle class not peasants,” he
remarked.

Furthermore, the President reaffirmed the government’s commitment to
a structured infrastructure development and market access.
President Museveni also urged the business community to keep
embracing productive investment, noting that prosperity comes from
deliberate efforts.

“The Bible says that whatever a man does, that is what he reaps, and
this business forum is exactly what NRM has planted,” he said.

“The middle class, the bourgeois were part of the French revolution
because it was the Fedalists who had brought taxes, therefore what we
are seeing here is you the middle class coming up and discovering the
interest of integrating a United Uganda and also a United East Africa”,
Museveni said.

President Museveni also noted that economies grow when people focus
on shared economic goals instead of identity differences, saying that
Uganda’s emphasis on interest-based politics has created a stable
country for investment.

The business community led by the Chairman of the Presidential CEO
Forum, Mr. Emmanuel Katongole thanked President Museveni and the
NRM government for creating a conducive environment that enabled
their businesses to thrive.

“His Excellency’s leadership has connected the doors of national
development like a master planner ensuring that no sector grows in
isolation. These are the gains that we must protect,” Mr. Katongole said.
“Business and industry love peace and stability, without peace and
stability businesses fail and families get disgruntled. That is why we are
here today. We are the business leaders and the beneficiaries of that
level of peace and security.”

The Kampala Business Forum also formally endorsed President
Museveni’s re -election and resolved to support him in the 2026 general
elections.
President Museveni welcomed the endorsement with gratitude.

“I congratulate you and welcome your endorsement,” President
Museveni said.

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa thanked
the business community for endorsing President Museveni.

“I want to thank the Private sector for endorsing President Museveni,
you have made our work easy in driving national development,” he said.
The CEO of Great Lakes Safaris, Mr. Amos Wekesa thanked President
Museveni for boosting tourism, noting that there are many tourists
around the country.

“Your Excellency, I want to thank you for the tourism industry. It's now
doing wonders. We now have many tourists travelling around Uganda,”