Museveni rallies Kitagwenda on homestead income, free education
President Museveni reiterated his commitment to free education in both primary and secondary government schools, revealing plans to invest more in recruiting teachers and building classrooms.
President Yoweri Museveni making his remarks during a rally at Kichwamba Secondary School in Kitagwenda district. (PPU photos)
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President Yoweri Museveni, accompanied by First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Maama Janet Museveni, has thanked Kitagwenda residents for their co-operation in maintaining peace and rejecting rebel activities.
He has credited the prevailing peace to the National Resistance Movement (NRM)’s politics of interest rather than identity, its commitment to women’s emancipation, and non-discrimination based on religion or tribe.
The President has also highlighted that while infrastructure like tarmac roads and electricity are important, they cannot uplift individuals without a source of income.
He stressed that the Government’s current priority is to boost homestead income, arguing that financial stability begins at the household level.
President Museveni has assured citizens that even those with small land holdings can succeed, citing Richard Nyakana from Fort Portal, who runs a thriving one-acre farm.
This was on Sunday, May 18, 2025, during a rally at Kichwamba Secondary School in Kitagwenda district.
He outlined the Parish Development Model (PDM) as a key initiative to support poor Ugandans lacking startup capital.
Under the PDM, each parish receives shillings 100 million annually, and beneficiaries can borrow shillings one million at a 6% interest rate repayable in over two years.
He insisted the money belongs to the people and will never return to government coffers, urging locals to report any officials misappropriating the funds.
President Museveni reiterated his commitment to free education in both primary and secondary government schools, revealing plans to invest more in recruiting teachers and building classrooms.
He announced the donation of buses to Kichwamba Secondary School and Humura Secondary School and contributed sh 60 million towards the construction of Kitagwenda Mosque.
Local leaders, including Kitagwenda Woman MP, Hon. Nyakato Dorothy and Kitagwenda County MP, Hon. Nulu Byamukama, thanked the President for creating Kitagwenda District and for initiating the PDM initiative.
Hon. Byamukama also appealed to the President to tarmac roads in the district to ease coffee transportation to markets.