Uganda, March 19 -- President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans to always vote for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidates, boasting that it's only the ruling party which can perform to their expectations.

"NRM has shown that they can perform. There was a scare of Karamojong [cattle rustlers]. We came and got rid of them," he said while addressing a rally at Atabu Primary School, Bata sub-county in Dokolo District on Tuesday.

The head of state was in the area to drum up support for the NRM flag bearer in the Dokolo Woman Member of Parliament by-election, Ms Janet Adongo Elau, ahead of the election on Thursday.

"NRM has been able to make this patient called Uganda stand up again. There was no sugar in Uganda; no salt, soap, t...