"I've tried to see the President, but it's become futile," Nadduli said. "From now on, I'll air my advice to him through the media, and I know he'll be watching."

Hajj Abdul Nadduli, a senior presidential advisor on politics and former minister, has expressed frustration at being blocked from seeing the President.

Speaking on NBS Barometer, Nadduli revealed that despite his efforts, those close to President Museveni have denied him access.

"I've tried to see the President, but it's become futile," Nadduli said. "From now on, I'll air my advice to him through the media, and I know he'll be watching."

Mr Nadduli, who served as Minister without Portfolio from 2016 to 2019, emphasised his commitment to fulfilling his role as a presidential advisor.

Mr Nadduli appeared alongside Kiwanda Godfrey, Vice Chairman for NRM in Buganda, Betty Nambooze, MP for Mukono Municipality, and Charles Rwomushana on NBS Barometer, hosted by Zambali Bulasio Mukasa.

The veteran Luweero opinion leader is not the first presidential advisor to complain about having no access to the man they are supposed to speak to and share issues of national importance.

Former senior presidential advisor on the media, John Nagenda, famously cited a similar issue despite living most of his life appearing to be in the inner circle of those who saw the head of state at will.

Nagenda, who died in 2023, would later tell the media that Mr Museveni "does not listen anymore" while Tamale Mirundi, a former presidential press secretary sarcastically said the the presidential advisor was just a token for the salary and not a real job, asking how one could be a presidential advisor when they never really got to meet the President.

That was before Mirundi, who died last month, was himself dropped and later appointed as a presidential advisor.