This is one President "loved" by his people.
"Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has said the people do not want
him to retire although he does not "need power".
The long-serving leader said this ahead of a highly anticipated ruling
party conference next week.
Museveni, aged 70, has been Uganda's leader since 1986.
He has already been chosen as the ruling National Resistance
Movement's (NRM) candidate for presidential elections due in 2016.
There have, however, been increasing murmurs of discontent within some
sections of the party.
While appearing on a radio talk show during the weekend, President
Museveni was challenged by MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda to announce his
retirement date.
"I don't think the Ugandans are as obsessed with my retirement,
because whenever I go for elections, five million tell me not to go,
but stay," Museveni was quoted as saying by Ugandan newspapers.
"I do not lack where to retire to, but I am also a member of a party
and I do what it tells me.
"I don't need power. For what? I don't need power as a person," Museveni said."
Source: The Nation (Kenya)
