Museveni Roots for Science-led Society, Lauds Efforts to Stamp out Corruption
President Museveni has reemphasized the necessity for Ugandans to generate wealth through ekibaro (calculation-based) money-making activities before reminding them that wealth is what ends poverty.
Museveni Roots for Science-led Society, Lauds Efforts to Stamp out Corruption
President Museveni has reemphasized the necessity for Ugandans to generate wealth through ekibaro (calculation-based) money-making activities before reminding them that wealth is what ends poverty.
Those who are attending the celebrations in Kakumiro today have seen how many asphalt roads we have built in Bunyoro and how far we have extended the electricity network. But the NRM has been telling you all along that you don’t eat tarmac roads; instead, you eat the food that you have either produced yourself or purchased. The same holds true for attire, housing, means of transportation, etc. The former (roads, electricity, etc.) are elements of development, whereas the latter are all components of wealth (obugaiga), according to Gen. Museveni.
The words were delivered by President Museveni on Thursday during the festivities.
Museveni and the First Lady
Therefore, we are informing you that every adult must participate in wealth creation with ekibaro, either as an employer or as an employee, in the four industries of commercial agriculture, industry, services, and ICT. No justifications for the bakongozi Even if you may have advanced, if people are asleep, you can still live in poverty. Why? This is due to the fact that wealth, not growth, is what ends poverty (obwooro, obwavu, obunaku, can, etc.).
He also underlined the importance of ensuring widespread education so that everyone in society adopts a society guided by science and sheds its ignorance and superstition, which holds that etalo is caused by edogo (witchcraft) rather than a bacteria known as straphylococcus and streptococcus bacteria that cause the cellulitis.
At the National Liberation Day ceremonies at Kakeeka Grounds in Kakumiro District, President Museveni was there.
“As a result, all emiziziko (obstacles) that hinder education, including school fees, must be eliminated. The government is required to offer free education in government primary, secondary, and tertiary schools because many households are still unable to afford to pay for education.
It is unacceptable that 64% of secondary school students drop out of school nowadays. Remain tuned. You’ll find out in a few weeks what we’ll tell you.
Regarding corruption, the President applauded various government organizations for their efforts to eradicate the evil.
He claimed to have witnessed persons being detained or made to return money they had stolen from the Parish Development Model (PDM) and emyooga.
“That’s great. It is insufficient, though. I have overheard the Bazukulu lamenting the sale of Local Government employment by the District Service Commissions. I’ve heard stories of young women being sexually abused as a form of job-bribery. Please gather proof so that we can burn those pigs and expunge them from the system.
Additionally, the DISOs and CIDs ought to be informed. How do such corrupt practices occur in your AOR (Area of Responsibility) and you are either unaware of them or, if you are, you choose not to report them? The president Museveni questioned.
“Some elements still promote sectarianism based on ethnicity and religion. Sectarianism was outlawed decades ago. It’s an electoral and criminal offense, in my opinion.
Even if someone has already been elected, they may lose their place in elected office if it is proven that they engaged in sectarianism. Why then do we keep these parasites? We remove them once we have the proof. They may also face criminal prosecution.
The President, on the other hand, urged Ugandans to protect the environment since it is vital to their survival (forests, wetlands, riverbanks, lakeshores, hilltops, etc.).
“We need water and clean air. Both of them come from wetlands and forests. You cannot say that you are a patriot of Uganda, but you damage our wetlands, our forests, our riverbanks, our Lake shores, and our steep gradients, on which our livelihoods depend. Even food is possible because of air, water, etc.
You become a munyanzigwa (enemy) when you damage these. 40% of our rain, comes from these forests and wetlands. It is the 60% that comes from the Oceans. How can we destroy ourselves in this way on account of some greedy People? Therefore, be alerted. In a few weeks, I will launch a mega effort, to get rid of this parasitism,” he concluded.
