Former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi on Monday announced that he would run for the presidency in the 2016 general elections. I will be seeking your vote, first within my party the NRM (National Resistance Movement) as its flag bearer, and later on in the whole country for president in the 2016 presidential elections, Mbabazi said in a five minute video released here by his press team. Mbabazi now becomes one of the strongest contenders against incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, with whom he has worked for over 40 years. Museveni fired Mbabazi from the post of prime minister last year after reports from the NRM that Mbabazi was running for the top post in the country. Mbabazi was also fired from the post of secretary general of the ruling NRM party. The coming election is about the future, about making Uganda work for everyone. It is about reinvigorating our country and making it fit for the 21st century and beyond, Mbabazi said in his declaration. We need to revive our mission to improve education, health and public services and ensure that they are delivered fairly and to high standards, he added. Uganda will hold its general elections in February next year. The legislators of the ruling NRM have already chosen Museveni to run as the partys sole candidate for the presidency. Museveni has been in power since 1986.The opposition has also formed an alliance, the Democratic Alliance to compete in the elections. Agencies
