Uganda: Museveni spent 50 billion on re-election

The Uganda National Resistance Movement spent about Shs50 billion on President Yoweri Museveni's re-election last February the director of Economic Affairs and Monitoring in the Office of the President, told a workshop on the media coverage of the general elections adding that the "commercialization of politics" was leading to "lower returns" in terms of votes. 50 billion shillings is enough to finance the (Shs10b) budget of the Mulago Hospital Complex for about five years and all the hospitals in the country for two years. NRM's main rival, the opposition Forum for Democratic Change said they spent about Shs 740 million.