Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda on Tuesday said he has no plans of leaving office.
He was triggered to respond to a story published by this website which claimed that the Premier had asked the appointing authority to exclude him from the next government.
Further, this website alleged that Rugunda communicated his retirement plans to the President verbally and through a letter.
But he denied the claims before cameras suggesting that it is a lie.
“Those are lies, I have not written to H.E the president about that. Take it that it is a fabrication, a concoction by some people. Dismiss it,” Rugunda told journalists outside Parliament.
“I have also been seeing these reports in social media to the effect that I have written to H.E the president informing him of my retirement.”
He added, “we serve the people of Uganda as long as we have the energy and as far as am concerned, I don’t have immediate plans of stopping.”
Asked why he doesn’t have immediate plans of leaving office, the Prime Minister said that he is a revolutionary with a vision to achieve.
“Because revolutionaries have a responsibility to advance their revolution, to serve the population and my role is to make a contribution in service of the people of Uganda, in service of Africa and I am making that,” Rugunda said.
At 73 years, Rugunda was appointed as the Prime Minister of Uganda on September 18, 2014.