President Museveni said in 2006 he reached a point of returning to the bush if parliament didn’t listen to his advice towards financing development projects.
Museveni who was commissioning a new 183megawatt power sub-station in Mukono industrial park said in 2006 he put down his foot asking parliament to put more funds in road construction and electricity generation.
Museveni said he first called the cabinet to deliberate on his suggestion, before meeting the NRM parliamentary caucus.
Museveni said that when the NRM came into power in 1986, Owen Falls dam was supposed to generate 150 megawatts because it had 10 small turbines each producing 15 megawatts.
According to Museveni, Uganda now has enough electricity to power factories and for other uses but noted that everything hinges on the 2006 decision he made to have more funding to electricity.
President Museveni has throughout his campaigns emphasized the role to be played by factories in providing employment to over one million Ugandans.
He has told voters that in order to ensure this, the government will set up industrial parks in several regions throughout the country.
