Dr Idi Menya, a born of Wantunda village in Busede sub county, Jinja district in the Busoga sub-region, has formally announced taking on the long-serving president Yoweri Museveni in the anticipated 2026 general elections.
He made the proclamations in Jinja City on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, when addressing journalists at Mansion Hotel.
“I thank the people of Uganda for enduring the longtime suppression. I today declare that the suppression in ending in 2026,” Dr Menya told the media.
“Uganda has been in the dictatorial rule since independence. I am glad that that the long-time awaited president has come, and it is me, Idi Menya,” he said.
The 35-year-old said lawyer says Uganda has got a president who is pro people and ready to take on the country in a Democratic leadership.
Belonging to the National Unity Platform (NUP), the aspiring president, says he is not coming as a NUP candidate and has no dreams of quitting the opposition party.
“NUP has its own man. I am coming as Menya. I assure you that I am going to win this election with 90%, Museveni will get only one per cent,” he said.
Menya says he has come to address the challenges of corruption, insecurity, land grabbing, and transforming the education sector. He is not afraid of the military regime of Museveni, and his movements shall be smooth across the country, according to him.
“I have come to fight unemployment in this country. We are going to set up industries and restore our industrial towns,” he said.
He says he has the capacity to rule Uganda, given his educational background as a lawyer and an intelligent man. As a civilian president, Menya is determined that Ugandans shall entrust him with power as he aims to extend every service to the citizens.
“My rule shall abolish abuse of our predecessors. The rule of Idi Amin, Obote, and Museveni we shall say they ended and no one shall talk about them. We shall only concentrate on ensuring the development of our country,” he further stated.
Menya, in previous 2021, general elections contested for Chairperson LC5 in Jinja district, which was futile when he failed to solicit the necessary signatures to support his candidature.
Menya wonders how the Museveni government has abandoned significant factors that would lead the country’s socioeconomic development, emphasing that his government shall prioritize agriculture as the backbone of Uganda.
“We shall support farmers by giving them loans without any interests. If one has a start-up capital of below shs2 million, the government shall support them,” he said.
On minerals, Menya said minerals resources have been mined with no accountabilities, but his government shall own all the country’s resources.
“Gold and other minerals have been mined, and no one gives accountability. I am going to make sure everyone enjoys the country’s mineral resources,” he said.
He stressed that the transport sector shall be revamped by constructing roads connecting to all important places.
