2021-05-12 10:05:16 GMT2021-05-12 18:05:16(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KAMPALA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's incumbent President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in on Wednesday to serve for the sixth five-year term in office.
Chief Justice, Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo swore in Museveni as the president of the East African country at Kololo Independence Grounds in the capital Kampala.
"I Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni swear in the name of the Almighty God that I shall faithfully exercise the functions of the president of Uganda," said Museveni amid ululations from hundreds of his ruling National Resistance Movement party supporters who graced the function.
"I shall uphold, preserve, protect and defend the constitution and observe the laws of Uganda and that I shall promote the welfare of the people of Uganda," he said.