The Minister for ICT and National Guidance Hon. Frank Tumwebaze representing the First Lady yesterday launched Entrepreneurship and Incubation Centre at Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Nakawa.
Hon. Frank said he is very pleased that the drive now in most of our universities is towards skills-based learning which he termed as innovations.
He added that knowledge products are and will be the future of our economies.
“ I represented Mama Janet Museveni at MUBS Nakawa to launch their entrepreneurship & incubation centre. I thank Prof Waswa Balunywa for the innovative leadership and the Partners AFDB Group and Mount Kenya University for the support towards the MUBS entrepreneurship,” Frank said.
Economic, civil and human rights activist, Frank G Gashumba has backed the first lady on the proposal that schools should open at 9:00am. The motivational speaker voiced his support to the first lady through his Facebook wall. Below is what he wrote;
First Lady Janet Museveni (C) wants schools to open at 9:00am
“I do not subscribe to the ‘yellow’ ideology but as a genuine parent I strongly support the First Lady on having schools open at 9am.
As a social and economic activist and a motivational speaker, I have visited hundreds of schools, kindergartens, universities among other learning centers.
Why would schools manage lives of our children? It is only in Uganda where you find a kindergarten child aged 5 years or below at 4.30am in a taxi heading to town!
Again it is in Uganda where you find school buses and shuttle cars picking children from various city suburbs as early as 4am!
To make matters even worse, schools in the name of minimizing costs collect children for instance from Ggaba and make them traverse different suburbs to pick their schoolmates.
By the time the kids picked early in the day reach school they are already tired, frustrated and exhausted making them unfit to grasp in class.
Frank Gashumba has backed the idea of the First Lady
Upon reaching school, the children are given work as if they are doing a PHD at Havard University!
When did Kindergarten schools become research centers? Why are aiding our own children to get frustrated of education at an early due to the heavy workload!
Please if am wrong, anyone can use any search engine or an English Dictionary to find out what really a Kindergarten is!
In this regard, kindergarten is a place where kids go to play and fun, basically to socialize unfortunately in Uganda it is exactly the opposite!
Indeed a recent study at Oxford University UK revealed that 98% of children tend to concentrate in class after 11am. Now the question will be, if they tend to concentrate after 11am; why would they leave homes at 4am!
If I can ask, for the last 20 years our children have gone through this ‘dead’ syllabus, Can anyone tell me one small innovation that has come out of Uganda?
All major innovations that have transformed humankind have roots in Europe, China, US among other parts of the world, talk of social media innovations like WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook among others.
So as parents, I think we should support the First Lady on this because it never so happen that schools do love our children more than us the parents. I know some kindergarten that beats children for not putting full stops and commas and when I tell you what happens in O and A Level schools, you may collapse.
H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been elected National Chairman of National Resistance Movement and endorsed as the Party Presidential Flag bearer for 2016 elections.
He was endorsed today at NRM delegates Conference taking place at Namboole today to tomorrow evening.
NRM EC Chairman Tanga Odoi declares Yoweri Museveni as NRM flag bearer in next year’s elections
Museveni will be nominated on Tuesday morning by the National Independent Electoral commission as presidential candidate at Namboole. He will later address a rally at Kololo Airstrip to kick off his campaigns.
NRM is a Party of correct ideology ─ uniting the people of Uganda and rejecting sectarianism of religion or tribe as well as being against gender chauvinism (discriminating against women, youth or disabled).
This is how the NRM healed the disunity of the people of Uganda. When you hear the NRM garnering 75% in 1996, 69% in 2001, 60% in 2006 and 68% in 2011, it is because we healed those sicknesses.
First Lady Janet Museveni at Namboole on Sunday
We healed the sicknesses of sectarianism. The people of Uganda are now more united than at any one time in the last 500 years. This is because before colonialism, we were divided into small tribal states ─ Bunyoro, Buganda, Nkore, Bukiri, Gani, Busoga chiefdoms, etc.
During colonialism, in addition to tribal sectarianism, religious sectarianism added itself. On account of sectarianism, the Ugandans could not build a capable State ─ Army, Judiciary, Civil Service, etc.
One of the Chief Justices was actually murdered by the President of that time. That meant that there was no peace.
Hence, this is the first time Uganda has got unity and peace for the first time in 500 years. After Independence, the lack of unity and lack of peace got worse, until the NRM time.
President Yoweri Museveni on Friday launched his campaign song that was sung by top artistes in the country. The song Tubonga Nawe was launched at Victoria Ballroom, Speke Resort Munyonyo. The president gave the artistes Shs 400m to start a SACCO.
Chameleone, Bebe Cool, Janet Museveni and President Museveni at Speke Resort Munyonyo on Friday
Big size singer Bebe Cool thanked musicians and entertainers for turning up to support M7 ahead of 2016 presidential elections. Below is what he posted on his wall;
Bebe Cool: I want to thank all musicians, comedians, actors and actresses, radio and TV personalities, members of the press for the time they put in yesterday during the unveiling of the TUBONGA NAWE song. One may wonder why TUBONGA NAWE.The entertainment sector joined hands this time around to execute appreciation towards what is visible to our fellow Ugandans, the development of the entertainment industry of Uganda. This has been mainly because the present government (NRM) has put an environment that has favoured several businesses to grow.Yesterday a musician/comedian was not a person to respect by our community but if u look today, we r totally respected in all aspects. There has been major growth of our sector in the last 25 years that we today compete beyond borders representing our country and carrying our flag high with pride. [adrotate banner=”3″]
Jobs have been created and many Ugandan youths have individually earned a permanent living. Our industry is now a major channel through which the government can earn taxes if it is organised and protected even more. We as the entertainment sector organised this dinner to thank HE the president of Uganda YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI for the contribution he has done to our country and to reassure him our support come 2016 campaigns. You may not have seen that specific artist u support during the function but not everyone one could be able to make it but all were represented faithfully.Just like hotels, taxi drivers, business men, bodaboda men, farmers, teachers, doctors etc have for a long time invited and had meetings with HE, it was high time our fraternity did the same.In my language Luganda they say, ENTASIMA EBULA AGIWA.If u wanna be rich, dine with the richIf u wanna be successful, dine with the successfulAs they say birds of the same feathers………And lastly they say if u can’t beat them,……..And don’t forget u reap what u ……..Remember musicians are Ugandans and they too have a right to choose a political side and vote too.Thank you your excellence YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI and first lady mama JANET MUSEVENI for accepting our invitation.
