Museveni managed to get the Karamojong, a group of semi-nomads in the sparsely populated north-east that had never had a significant political voice, to align with him by offering them a stake in the new government.
Museveni lyckades få karamojong, en grupp halvnomader i den glesbefolkade nordöstra delen av landet som aldrig hade haft en betydelsefull politisk röst, att ansluta sig till honom genom att erbjuda dem inflytande i den nya regeringen.