State House has rejected claims that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s convoy was responsible for the heavy traffic gridlock experienced along the Kampala–Masaka Road on Monday night.
In a press statement issued by the Presidential Press Unit (PPU), State House described the allegations as false, misleading and politically motivated.
While acknowledging the inconvenience caused to motorists, the PPU stressed that presidential movements involve limited, carefully coordinated and time-bound road closures, similar to standard practice around the world, and therefore cannot be solely blamed for the congestion.
According to the statement, several other factors significantly contributed to the traffic situation, including:
- Heavy end-of-month traffic as many motorists returned from upcountry holidays
- Poor road discipline by some drivers, who created multiple illegal lanes and blocked the road
- A heavy downpour that reduced visibility and forced some motorists to temporarily park and wait for the storm to subside.
- State House further noted that similar overnight delays happened around the same period last year, even when there were no presidential campaigns along the route, underscoring that the situation was not unique to the President’s movement.
“It is therefore incorrect to politicize and wrongly attribute this unfortunate event,” the statement said.
