Speaker decries poor reading culture
Jun 07, 2011
THE deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacobs Oulanyah, has decried the poor reading culture of Ugandans saying they should embark on instilling the culture into the young generation.
By Nicholas Kajoba
and Barbara Nambozo
THE deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacobs Oulanyah, has decried the poor reading culture of Ugandans saying they should embark on instilling the culture into the young generation.
Oulanyah was speaking during the launch of the book,
The Audacity to Change: Breaking the Berlin Wall in Africa, at Hotel Africana in Kampala. The book was written by Prof. Michael Kaluya of Cedar Valley College, Texas USA.
It traces the level of under development in Africa from an African social perspective that failed to inherit the fundamental truths and effective developmental scope started during the Stone Age. Kaluya also identifies increased dependence on donor aid as a factor that fuels underdevelopment in Africa.
Oulanyah advised political leaders to work with the Government to reduce the level of illiteracy in rural areas.
He also hailed Kaluya for his efforts in compiling the book and urged leaders and intellectuals to use the proposals given in the book to find alternatives to foreign aid.
‘’The dependence syndrome can be eliminated if governments put up facilities that help the people to become entrepreneurs. Our leaders need to change their mindset on foreign aid,†Kaluya said.
He also urged the Ministry of Education to design school curricula that encourage people to read after they leave school.
and Barbara Nambozo
THE deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacobs Oulanyah, has decried the poor reading culture of Ugandans saying they should embark on instilling the culture into the young generation.
Oulanyah was speaking during the launch of the book,
The Audacity to Change: Breaking the Berlin Wall in Africa, at Hotel Africana in Kampala. The book was written by Prof. Michael Kaluya of Cedar Valley College, Texas USA.
It traces the level of under development in Africa from an African social perspective that failed to inherit the fundamental truths and effective developmental scope started during the Stone Age. Kaluya also identifies increased dependence on donor aid as a factor that fuels underdevelopment in Africa.
Oulanyah advised political leaders to work with the Government to reduce the level of illiteracy in rural areas.
He also hailed Kaluya for his efforts in compiling the book and urged leaders and intellectuals to use the proposals given in the book to find alternatives to foreign aid.
‘’The dependence syndrome can be eliminated if governments put up facilities that help the people to become entrepreneurs. Our leaders need to change their mindset on foreign aid,†Kaluya said.
He also urged the Ministry of Education to design school curricula that encourage people to read after they leave school.