Instill patriotism, Museveni urges teachers
Feb 17, 2009
President Yoweri Museveni has urged teachers to instill a spirit of patriotism in their students. Closing a two-day national teachers’ workshop on patriotism at TPO Psycho-Social Training Centre in Muni village Arua district on Monday, Museveni describe
,b>By Frank Mugabi and Cyprian Musoke
President Yoweri Museveni has urged teachers to instill a spirit of patriotism in their students.
Closing a two-day national teachers’ workshop on patriotism at TPO Psycho-Social Training Centre in Muni village Arua district on Monday, Museveni described patriotism as loving one’s country and willingness to sacrifice for it.
He listed elements of patriotism as avoiding sectarianism along religious, tribal and chauvinistic lines. He called on Ugandans to value each other irrespective of tribe, religion or gender, adding that everyone is useful.
“By not caring about others, you are undermining yourself,†he said. “There is no need to hate any Ugandan because you are hating somebody who is supporting you economically. They buy what you produce and thus support you.â€
A medical doctor, the President elaborated, cannot do without a patient, neither can a taxi operator do without passengers. The National Resistance Army, the forces that brought the Movement to power, excelled during the bush war because it valued people. This, he said, had enabled the UPDF peace-keepers in Somalia to equally do well.
Patriotism, President Museveni added, embraces social and economic transformation through industrialisation and modernisation of agriculture.
Museveni added that patriots must love their heritage and culture as Africans and should work with other regional groupings to advance the economy.
“East African integration is aimed at increasing access to foreign markets and having a bigger market of 125 million people instead of only 30 million Ugandans,†he
emphasised.
Addressing Arua town residents at Arua Public Primary School, Museveni urged the West Nile Rural Electrification Company to improve or else its contract would be cancelled.
The President was reacting after residents said they had been in a blackout for a month, but the power supply resumed 24 hours prior to his arrival.
The Aga Khan Foundation-owned company has a 20-year contract to supply electricity to the West Nile.
It is behind schedule by one year in the construction of the Nyagak hydropower dam in Nebbi district.
Museveni said the Government would also take over Nyagak if the company continued to default.
On security, Museveni allayed the fears that Joseph Kony’s LRA rebels could attack the West Nile, saying the UPDF had built capacity and professionalism to deal with dissidents. “Kony can’t come back, may be in another posture, but not alive,†he said.
See full speech tomorrow
President Yoweri Museveni has urged teachers to instill a spirit of patriotism in their students.
Closing a two-day national teachers’ workshop on patriotism at TPO Psycho-Social Training Centre in Muni village Arua district on Monday, Museveni described patriotism as loving one’s country and willingness to sacrifice for it.
He listed elements of patriotism as avoiding sectarianism along religious, tribal and chauvinistic lines. He called on Ugandans to value each other irrespective of tribe, religion or gender, adding that everyone is useful.
“By not caring about others, you are undermining yourself,†he said. “There is no need to hate any Ugandan because you are hating somebody who is supporting you economically. They buy what you produce and thus support you.â€
A medical doctor, the President elaborated, cannot do without a patient, neither can a taxi operator do without passengers. The National Resistance Army, the forces that brought the Movement to power, excelled during the bush war because it valued people. This, he said, had enabled the UPDF peace-keepers in Somalia to equally do well.
Patriotism, President Museveni added, embraces social and economic transformation through industrialisation and modernisation of agriculture.
Museveni added that patriots must love their heritage and culture as Africans and should work with other regional groupings to advance the economy.
“East African integration is aimed at increasing access to foreign markets and having a bigger market of 125 million people instead of only 30 million Ugandans,†he
emphasised.
Addressing Arua town residents at Arua Public Primary School, Museveni urged the West Nile Rural Electrification Company to improve or else its contract would be cancelled.
The President was reacting after residents said they had been in a blackout for a month, but the power supply resumed 24 hours prior to his arrival.
The Aga Khan Foundation-owned company has a 20-year contract to supply electricity to the West Nile.
It is behind schedule by one year in the construction of the Nyagak hydropower dam in Nebbi district.
Museveni said the Government would also take over Nyagak if the company continued to default.
On security, Museveni allayed the fears that Joseph Kony’s LRA rebels could attack the West Nile, saying the UPDF had built capacity and professionalism to deal with dissidents. “Kony can’t come back, may be in another posture, but not alive,†he said.
See full speech tomorrow