Dubai Royal family member receives top award as Uganda marks 35th Heroes Day

Uganda has held the national heroes day celebrations to commemorate both civilians and combatants who were killed during the liberation struggle which ushered the country’s president Yoweri Museveni to power.

Uganda has held the national heroes day celebrations to commemorate both civilians and combatants who were killed during the liberation struggle which ushered the country’s president Yoweri Museveni to power.

Museveni, who was chief guest during the Sunday celebrations which were held in the central district of Gomba, said they succeeded in the 1980s protracted liberation war because of the correct principles of the National Resistance Army/Movement (NRA/M).

“What enabled us to succeed were the correct principles of the NRM because you hear that there were other groups which tried to fight but they could not manage,” he said.

The President explained that as fighters, they believed in Patriotism, Pan-Africanism, building a new society through socio-economic transformation and democracy.

He advised leaders to be patient with those they lead in order to put ideas in their heads so that they can be able to achieve their goals.

“People can listen and move with you if you are patient with them,” he said, before challenging Ugandans to fight poverty by embracing the NRM wealth creation incentives.

President Museveni further reiterated his call for Ugandans to embrace government programmes such as the Parish Development Model (PDM) and Emyooga to improve their livelihoods.

“With PDM we are giving Shs1 million per borrowing. The reason we had Shs1 million is because it was enough to give you one acre of coffee. If we are sending Shs100 million per parish per year, that means 100 homesteads will be able to move and if it performs well we can even increase to Shs. 200 million, so stop listening to the ones diverting you, start. Then there’s Emyooga for every constituency,” he expounded.

“We have solutions for every problem now. For agriculture, PDM is there, Emyooga money is also there, now this money is for low-income people. For the richer people, there’s money in Uganda Development Bank. So please don’t listen to those people who want to mislead you.”

The President directed the new Inspector General of Police, Abas Byakagaba to install 18 police officers per sub-county with facilities and link the villages to telephones in order to deal with the issue of crime.

“Fighting crime in Uganda is very simple now. When the IGP puts the 18 policemen per sub-county with transport, then you have telephones all over the place, it is very simple. These sub counties are no longer big.  Therefore, with the communication, which is everywhere, it is very easy to control this crime.”

During the occasion, 49 distinguished persons were awarded medals for their exceptional contribution towards the socio-economic transformation of the country.

Among the awardees was Sheikh Mohammed Bin Maktoum Bin Jumah Al Maktoum from the United Arab Emirates who received a distinguished Order of the Crested Crane 1st Class Medal. He is a businessman and a member of the Dubai Royal family.

The day was celebrated under the theme, “Hail our legends: A Secure Uganda Is Now a Reality“.

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