Museveni Shifts Focus to Lango, Promises Industrialization and Addresses Historical Grievances.
President Yoweri Museveni has intensified his political and developmental offensive in the Lango sub-region, using a recent high-profile tour to launch new wealth creation initiatives.
03/October/2025
by Y.emma#lcctv reporter
President Yoweri Museveni has intensified his political and developmental offensive in the Lango sub-region, using a recent high-profile tour to launch new wealth creation initiatives, make sweeping promises of industrialization, and directly engage with long-standing historical grievances of the region.
The most significant recent development was President Museveni’s multi-day tour through districts like Otuke, Alebtong, and Lira. The tour was not merely a political rally but a targeted strategy with several key news-making components:
The President personally presided over the launch of this flagship government poverty alleviation program in the sub-region. His central message was a direct instruction to households to abandon “subsistence farming” and embrace “commercial agriculture.” He specifically identified high-value crops like coffee, fruits, and sunflower for oil, alongside poultry and dairy farming, as the new gold for Lango households. This is being framed as the government’s primary vehicle for wealth creation at the grassroots.
A major headline-grabbing announcement was the pledge to establish a new sugar factory in Otuke District. The President stated that the factory, expected to be operational in the near future, would provide a ready market for sugarcane out-growers. Additionally, he promised a fruit processing plant in Lira City to add value to the region’s mango, orange, and pineapple harvests, which often go to waste due to a lack of market. These promises are being presented as the solution to post-harvest losses and unemployment.
In a notable shift from past rhetoric, President Museveni directly acknowledged the historical suffering of the Lango people during the civil wars of the 1980s. While not offering a formal apology, his recognition of this “painful history” was a key part of his speeches, aimed at fostering reconciliation. He framed his current government as the one bringing peace and development to a region that has known immense conflict.
This tour is widely seen as a strategic move to solidify support for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in a region that has shown significant opposition leanings in recent elections. By focusing on tangible economic promises and acknowledging past hurts, the President is attempting to win over a skeptical population and counter the influence of opposition figures like Dr. Jimmy Akena of the UPC and Robert Kyagulanyi of the NUP.
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