President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday extended more financial support to roadside market vendors in Luwero and Nakasongola Districts
KAMPALA, Uganda, May 30, 2025/APO Group/ --
For the last three years, President Museveni through State House has been offering support to various roadside market vendors along major Highways like Gulu, Hoima and Mityana roads to boost their household incomes.
The 928 vendors who benefited from this latest business booster package were drawn from Kakooge Daily Market in Nakasongola, Kiyenje Daily Market and Balikyewunya Market (both in Luwero). The vendors who received Shs100,000 each, generally ply their trade in agricultural produce, roasted chicken and muchomo as well as beverages.
The package was delivered by State House officials led by the Senior Presidential Advisor-Elderly, Princess Pauline Nassolo and Private Secretary to H.E the President, Ms. Flora Kabibi.
Princess Nassolo revealed that President Museveni extended the financial support to the vendors with an aim of improving their household incomes.
“Mzee wants you to work and improve your livelihoods that’s why he always empowers you economically,” she said.
“The last time we came here, you told us that some of you have never benefited from the Parish Development Model or Emyooga programs so H.E the President decided to offer you this support of Shs100,000 to each one of you as you wait to benefit from other government programs.”
Princess Nassolo also cautioned the vendors against unconstructive politicking, advising them that they should instead focus on fighting poverty through stabilizing their homestead incomes.
“When time for politics comes, go and vote then come back to your workstations and always support someone who supports you. I’m very sure Mzee has played his part, now it’s your time to reciprocate,” she added.
Additionally, Princess Nassolo urged the parents to take good care of their children and groom them to be responsible citizens of Uganda.
“Our country is facing a lot of challenges when it comes to morality. Advise your children against immorality and criminality. We want to have morally uplift citizens of Uganda.”
In a special way, the Senior Presidential Advisor appreciated the youth of Greater Luwero for listening to President Museveni’s message of wealth creation.
“Thank you for joining the money economy. Mzee is proud of you.”
On her part, Ms. Kabibi called upon the vendors to appreciate President Museveni for being a visionary leader who cares for the wellbeing of all Ugandans.
“Because he cares, that’s why he sends this financial support to you to grow your businesses,” she stated.
“Although the package is small, please utilise it well. H.E the President will send you more support,” she assured.
The Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Luwero District, Mr. Richard Bwabye Ntulume asked the vendors to utilise the financial support from the President well.
He said the package is meant to empower them economically and that they should vote for the President again in 2026 for more development.
On the other hand, the vendors expressed gratitude to President Museveni for offering additional capital to their enterprises.
The Chairperson of Kakooge Daily Market, Ms. Sofia Namusisi hailed President Museveni for always extending a helping hand to ordinary Ugandans.
“He has done us good. Some of us even received PDM and again he has offered us more support. All I can say is that our people are so happy. Long live President Museveni,” she said.
“Your Excellency, thank you also for sending a trustworthy and transparent team, the package has been well received.”
Ms. Namusisi further disclosed that she was going to use the money to add capital into her business.
On the other hand, she requested President Museveni to set up a modern market for them, saying that the current one is in a poor state.
Ms. Betty Nazziwa, 75, a vendor at Kakooge Daily Market also thanked the President for the financial support.
“Thank you, President Museveni, for helping a poor woman like me. I’m going to use this money to grow my business so that I can properly look after my family,” she said.
Another vendor at Kakooge Daily Market, Mr. Joseph Kato Tebandeke also expressed gratitude to the President for helping ordinary Ugandans like him to improve their household incomes.
“This support from President Museveni is going to boost my matooke business,” Mr. Kato said.
Mr. Muhammad Ssonko, the Chairperson of Kakooge Chapati Operators Association thanked President Museveni for the various programs meant to help Ugandans fight poverty.
“As youths, we are now able to make money and look after our families because of President Museveni’s support. We are with him, and we shall support him again come 2026 general elections,” he noted.
Furthermore, Ms. Juliet Nababi, the Chairperson of Kiyenje Daily Market prayed for the good health of President Museveni so that he can continue leading and developing Uganda.
“We thank you, Your Excellency, for supporting us, especially women. This market is generally occupied by women, and we are your ardent supporters.”
Another vendor in Kiyenje Daily Market, Ms. Nabukenya Madinah called on fellow youths to desist from being idle and work towards improving their welfare.
“We are lucky that President Museveni supports us by giving us financial support. We should utilise this chance to create wealth.”
Mr. Nsimbe Livingstone, the Secretary of Kiyenje Daily Market said, “We are grateful to President Museveni for the support. We are going to utilise this money to grow our businesses.”
At Balikyewunya Market, Mr. Mark Ssesazi said President Museveni has always supported the vendors of Luwero and that it was the second time he was sending support to vendors of Balikyewunya.
Ms. Asiat Nankinga who first received President Museveni’s financial support in March 2023, said she used the money to add capital in her matooke business.
“Even today I have received the money from our President and I’m so grateful. This money is playing a vital role in helping us to develop, we are now able to look after our families. Thank you, President Museveni.”
The LC1 Chairperson of Binyonyi Village in Luwero West, Luwero Town Council, Mr. Kabaale Joseph Ssentongo on behalf of leaders in Luwero thanked President Museveni for supporting their people economically.
He said the financial package is a very big empowerment tool to vendors and it will go a long way in helping them grow their businesses.
“When our people get such money, they don’t need money from lenders who often give out loans with very high interest rates.”
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of State House Uganda.
Now this is what I call diplomacy, we need to be on the offensive not defense.
Somaliland government should make regular contacts with other governments, especially neighbouring countries, and present our case to the fullest.
It is the neighbours which other governments will ask for opinions regarding Somaliland. We should put more strength in the diplomatic front. This trip to Kenya is good.
Kenya is an important nation but it's concern about Ethiopia's growth in particular in the agriculture sector and we already alley with Ethiopia. Kenya is playing hidden war game against Ethiopia. Ethiopia has taken over Kenya as the largest economy in the Horn of Africa, it's the leading coffee producer and also plans to take the tea from Kenya and it's not far from that so this is worrying Kenya even though it's acting cool its not relaxed at all.
Most of those aid agencies based in Nairobi will in the future move to Addis Ababa if Ethiopia continues to grow at the pace it is now. It is the 4th fastest growing economy in Africa at 9.8% after Angola (16.30%), Sudan (12.80%) and Equaterial Guinea (12.70% – dubbed 'The African Kuwait').
This one of the fastest growing nations on earth today remember the fastest growing economy in the world is Qatar (
Part 1
All the other countries Kayse has mentioned have access to sea and have achieved their remarkable growth rate thanks to their oil production. On the other hand Ethiopia has no sea and no oil is found in its territory so far!! Therefore, their achievement is much more impressive. The way things are going in the Horn of Africa, I have the feeling that Somalis will one day be at the mercy of the Ethiopians. They have a huge and growing population coupled with strong economic growth and a modernisation of its military with the help of powers like the US and Israel.
Part 2
With their population close to 100 million they will need a lot more land than they currently have and hence predictably the Ethiopian government will encourage the occupation of the Ogaden region and the displacement of the Somali people from their land. They will also control and manipulate every other Somali region as their interest dictates. The Somalis might even become like the Palestinians are today – squeezed, surrounded, exploited, and oppressed. As a Somaliland citizen, it pains me to see the lack of foresight of my follow Somalis. I wished that the Somalis in the South, Puntland, and Ogaden knew better and looked after their national interest and the future of their people instead of being their own worst enemy.
don`t worry somali strategic interest have been covered years ago, the siyaad barre goverment was not stupid, and he didn`t hand idiot somalis the faith of somalias strategic long term intrest
we joined the arab leaguge to counter ethiopias influence in AU
somalis have secret agreements with kenya since the 80`s to contain ethiopia
we have secret agreements with china, united state ever since the reagan administration(why did you think america never excepted somaliland or aididUNOSOM II)
americas somali office is based in kenya and ethiopia or djoubuty why its because the former policy makers of somalia are in kenya
Ambassador Michael E. Ranneberger…fagash
ronald reagan fagash
george hw bush big big fagash
bill clinton corned fagash but commited and loyal to former agreements
george w bush unknown but his advisers where fagash policy makers of the 80`s
obama unknown potencialy a enemy of fagash but we hope Zbigniew Brzezinski guides the young president and educates him about the past since he himself was educated and shown his policies of the 70s where experimental and that they failed
gen Brent Scowcroft has guided Zbigniew Brzezinski back to fagash policies
the future looks brights wale
ethiopia is not enemy of the south, ethiopia wants acces to the red sea to counter eritrea and arabs, and I support their quest a nation of 70 million can not be landlocked, I propose land for land deal, hargeisa is 30 minuts to the ethiopian border:pB)
Abraham you mean the sub humans who kill eachother over a cigarrete in Somalia
Elmi,
It is ironic that your name and words are complete opposite.
I wear that with a badge of honor knowing it came from a fakash.
Abraham… Somalia is Finished! and it's been finished for a long time now.
It's time for the world to recognize somaliland.
And we isaqs should stop calling ourselves somalis! and have nothing to do with thoses backward handicapped self hating fools!
Walahi the somali name has been killed by darood and hawiye, so we isaqs should change our countries name to the republic of Isaq and STOP CALLING OURSELVES SOMALIS.
We shouldn't care about what gadabursa or dhulbahante think, it was us isaqs that created somaliland with no outside help, and it's us isaqs that have been defending it.
So we should change our countries name and have nothing to do with somalis!
Amen changes, I wish we had more people who think like you. Everytime we utter the words "I'm Somali" our recognition takes a step backwards and we are thought of as people who are waiting for the mess in Mogadisho to clear so we can work out a deal and be Somalis again. Lets all hold hands with the killers who butchered our children and women and sing kumbaya. This week the idiots who run our government opposed a plan to reach out to the government of Israel they are the same ones who call walaweeyns our brothers, so tell me how do we expect any country to take us seriously when our name and our leaders are pro Somalia?
Abraham(?… unusual spelling for a Somali person) has raised some intersting and valid points. I have long pondered what the future holds for somali people in the context of this information. Today what is there to stop Ethiopia from encroaching its borders (further) into Somalia & Somaliland. Somalis, do not have a government or army to take charge, speak for and protect its people and are therfore very vunreable. In a similar way gaza's government (Hamas) is de-ligitimised.
As well as government and military action, Ethiopians openly live in Somalia & Somaliland in significant numbers, moreover in Somaliland in growing numbers. Ethiopia has shown that it will not allow a government is does not approve of to be established in Somalia, we have all wittnessed its military intervention. So the question for Somalilanders is how can it protect its citicens in both the short and long term. We are all aware of the abbhorrent way in which Somalis in Ogaden are treated, how palastinians are treated in Palastine/Israhell; is this what is coming for somali people. At least now they live in their own chaos. Somalilanders may be poor, but at least they have some freedom.
"squeezed, surrounded, exploited, and oppressed", Somalis already are. Talking about it is not good enough. It is up to us, up to you, to change this.
“We must be the change we wish to see in the world”.
Correction of spelling error: Israel.
@Elmi &Changes
It's beacause of people like the two of you Somalia is where it is! The faqash who burned down our cities had the exact same mentality! You need to stop this qabiil-bullshit! You're talking as if we Isaaqs are any different than our fellow somalis – you should know that qabiil does not stop at ISAAQ. Just look at the city of Burco – strictly divided between two of our subclans.
They say the present is always pregnant with the future – and if we dont change the way things are headed, it's only a matter of time before we end up in the same situation as our brothers and sisters in the south!
@Elmi &Changes
It's beacause of people like you Somalia is where it is today! You need to stop this Qabiil-B¤LL-Sh%&T! Nothing you do or say we'll ever change the fact that you are and will remain a SOMALI. Somaliland prides itself on being rid of qabiil – and sick, resentful people like yourselves keep undermining our efforts!
Israel?!!! There is a somali proverb that goes: Baahi baa ku haysa bakhtiga looma cuno!!
Sing KUMBAYA? What do you think we are Mr. Elmi. Some depressed house negros is 1800s? Get real men. We are Somalis. Full blooded ethnic Somalis. As there are Arabs and Slovaks in the world, there are Somalis as well.
It is true that we live in different regions like Somalia, North Eastern in Kenya, Ogadenia in Ethiopia, Somaliland and in the diaspora. But we are still Somalis.
The tribes and dialects just make us more unique. Otherwise we are all from the same pot. There is no tribe which is better than the other (as if that hasn't been proven so far!)
Call whatever you want to call yourself. Carry whatever document you want, but you are and will ever be a Somali.
Like Dr. MLK, I say: I have a dream. I have a dream that one day all the people of the Somali will come together and live in peace. Live in peace and harmony with itself and others. Live with respect with itself and its neighbours. Live without the Qaabil poison. Live whereby Somalis will be asking each other: Are you Habar Magal or Habar Miyi, and not otherwise.
PEACE.
To hassan.
We do not allow people to tell us what we are, we decide what we are.
And we can stop calling ourselves somalis if we choose to.
This country somalia was only created in 1960. Before that there was no country called somalia or people called somalis.
We used to call eachother by our qabil names. Now i think we should go back to that, but instead of it been qabil it should be national.
For example.
Somaliland should be called the repupliic of Isaq
and the people should be called isaqis.
Let this name somali burn! because it's a shame to be called a somali because of the shameful things darood and hawiyes are doing!
Walahi us Isaqs should stop calling ourselves somalis! it's a shame to be somali now because of darood and hawiye.
One must be a fool to bilieve "changes" is an I saaq person, He/She is definately from the deep south one of the giveaway was he reffered to Gadhabursi asq Ghadhabursa. This is like Isiayas Afewerki rooting for Meles zenawi to win a Nobel Peace Price.
As for Elmi, If you are the Elmi of your family, I would hate to meet your siblings that have less Elmi.
Long Live Somaliland…… We will overcome both Foreign and Domestic enemies.
I'm pure Isaq,Habryounis clan and Ali sied family. Both my parents are habryounis and Ali Sied infact.
If i was from the south would i have said those things i said about darood and hawiyes?
long live all the real Isaqsand may the word "somali" dissapear from the face of this earth!
Calm down dear!! this thread had descended into character assassinations. The first principle of any debate is to avoid insults and personal attacks and instead focus on the issues at hand.
Changing our name or title is as useless as adopting another language. You may speak as much Mandarin as a Hun Chinese person, but you will still be an ethnic Somali. The World outside of our borders does not distinguish between an Isaq man and a Hawiye or Darood. We are just another punch of uncivilised people in need of peace and aid. This sounds awful, but it is the reality. As an ethnic group, what we need is not name changes or name calling or not even more of the tested and tried useless clan reconciliations, but individual self reform and education. We need to stop being clan hooligans and use our clan identities just for the sake of socialising and helping each other. We need to see ourselves as a group of people with out any form of tangible security in a World where increasingly only the fittest can survive. We need to look beyond the tribal affiliations and see that half of our country is occupied by a rival nation whose ambition is to suppress Somalis regardless of their clans and displace them from their homes.
This is already happening. Harar is no longer Somali, Diridhabe (the once proud home of the Dir tribe) is officially taken off the Somali map, and Jigjiga is fast losing its Somali identity too. Did you realise that the ‘republic of Isaq’ and ‘Isaqis’ (as funny as the names sound) will do nothing more than remind the World of the hell hole that is already Iraq.
Well Saudi Arabia is named after Al-Saud tribe. Whats wrong with naming the country after the majority of its citizens and the sole clan who spell blood and wealth to free it from tyranny?
may Somalia burn in hell, may isaqland prosper in pace,may my prayer be answered.