President Yoweri Museveni over the weekend clocked one million followers on twitter, becoming the first individual Ugandan to reach the milestone after just 4 years, having joined in April 2014. In his first tweet, eight years since the social media platform had been founded, the Ugandan leader saluted Kyambogo university students for overhauling a car […]
President Yoweri Museveni over the weekend clocked one million followers on twitter, becoming the first individual Ugandan to reach the milestone after just 4 years, having joined in April 2014.
In his first tweet, eight years since the social media platform had been founded, the Ugandan leader saluted Kyambogo university students for overhauling a car engine to use ethanol.
Since then, Museveni has not looked back, tweeting an average of three times a day, to make his communications to the public.
When contacted to comment about the milestone, Senior Press Secretary to the President Don Wanyama said in terms of popularity, it shows Museveni is a popular figure that deserves credit from Ugandans for being active and letting his followers know what he has been up to.
Comparing Museveni with his political competitors, Dr Kizza Besigye at 354, 000, which is over 640,000 followers short of Museveni’s. Kyadondo East’s Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as aka Bobi Wine has 264,000 followers and that is over 700,000 followers short of the popular president.
