What Tarehe Sita meant to Rukungiri
Feb 09, 2009
THE Tarehe Sita celebrations that were held in Rukungiri recently, marked the beginning of a new relationship between Rukungiri and the UPDF. For the first time Rukungiri experienced a soft touch of a military oozing with professionalism that President M
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THE Tarehe Sita celebrations that were held in Rukungiri recently, marked the beginning of a new relationship between Rukungiri and the UPDF. For the first time Rukungiri experienced a soft touch of a military oozing with professionalism that President Museveni promised in the 2001 elections.
Since 2001 the UPDF has metamorphosed into a powerful and meaningful force.
Before Tarehe Sita celebrations the army freely interacted with residents, providing free medical services, cleaned our semi-urban centres and constructed schools and health centres.
Many residents of the district are now flocking Rwamahwa health centre in Rukungiri Town Council to get free-eye testing and treatment.
The dilapidated wards of this health facility are getting renovated at a lightening speed and sanitation facilities for Rukungiri Police Station are getting refurbished. In the hard-to- reach Bwambara sub-county, Kikarara Primary School women staff quarters are being constructed.
In Rwakabengo, the village of the FDC president, Rwakabengo Health Centre is being fenced with modern wire mesh and in the hitherto deprived Nyakishenyi subcounty, Marashaniro Primary School construction is getting under way. We thank the UPDF for what they did for Rukungiri and Uganda during Tarehe Sita.
The UPDF has provided a paradigm shift from the post-colonial armies of Obote and Amin that seemed to have a licence to torture, murder, rob and maim the citizens they were in effect meant to protect! It is, for instance, amazing that town residents in Rukungiri district are demonstrating keen interest in speaking Swahili, a language which was used by the reckless forces of Amin while robbing and killing people.
The professional acts of the UPDF will, no doubt, change the image of the army which is important for the fruition of both vertical and horizontal integration of the East African community.
I believe the future of the force will be underpinned by the continued strategic relationship between civilians and the men in uniform.
The writer is chairman, NRM Youth League – Rukungiri District
THE Tarehe Sita celebrations that were held in Rukungiri recently, marked the beginning of a new relationship between Rukungiri and the UPDF. For the first time Rukungiri experienced a soft touch of a military oozing with professionalism that President Museveni promised in the 2001 elections.
Since 2001 the UPDF has metamorphosed into a powerful and meaningful force.
Before Tarehe Sita celebrations the army freely interacted with residents, providing free medical services, cleaned our semi-urban centres and constructed schools and health centres.
Many residents of the district are now flocking Rwamahwa health centre in Rukungiri Town Council to get free-eye testing and treatment.
The dilapidated wards of this health facility are getting renovated at a lightening speed and sanitation facilities for Rukungiri Police Station are getting refurbished. In the hard-to- reach Bwambara sub-county, Kikarara Primary School women staff quarters are being constructed.
In Rwakabengo, the village of the FDC president, Rwakabengo Health Centre is being fenced with modern wire mesh and in the hitherto deprived Nyakishenyi subcounty, Marashaniro Primary School construction is getting under way. We thank the UPDF for what they did for Rukungiri and Uganda during Tarehe Sita.
The UPDF has provided a paradigm shift from the post-colonial armies of Obote and Amin that seemed to have a licence to torture, murder, rob and maim the citizens they were in effect meant to protect! It is, for instance, amazing that town residents in Rukungiri district are demonstrating keen interest in speaking Swahili, a language which was used by the reckless forces of Amin while robbing and killing people.
The professional acts of the UPDF will, no doubt, change the image of the army which is important for the fruition of both vertical and horizontal integration of the East African community.
I believe the future of the force will be underpinned by the continued strategic relationship between civilians and the men in uniform.
The writer is chairman, NRM Youth League – Rukungiri District