This article was first published on the New Vision website on March 28, 2023
By Abbey Ramadhan
KOLE – National Resistance Movement (NRM) party deputy secretary general Rose Namayanja has urged parents in Kole district to have a positive mind towards education, saying with this, their children can become prominent people.
“The system of parents telling young girls and boys that there is no hope in education should stop.Parents should instead support their children to achieve their goals,” Namayanja says.
She made the remarks while presiding over the belated Kole district International Women’s Day celebrations at Bala Primary School playground in Bala sub-county, Kole on Thursday, March 23, 2023.
Namayanja said education is a strong tool that society can use to liberate itself at all levels and that parents should support every child regardless of girls and boys.
Namayanja’s warning on education comes after a report by Kole District Council Education Committee chairperson Micheal Tenga revealed that poor attitude towards education by parents is responsible for school dropouts in many schools by almost 20%.
According to Tenga, about 631 girls during COVID-19 got pregnant and were married off by their parents.
International Women’s Day is an international day celebrated every March 8, world over to analyse the progress achieved by states in advancing issues of women, plan out new approaches and legislate policies that address the challenge affecting women.
The 2023 International Women’s Day was under the theme: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality, was aimed at recognising and celebrating the women and girls who are championing the advancement of transformative technology and digital education.
According to Namayanja, the Government, under NRM, has introduced programmes such as Emyooga, Parish Development Model (PDM) and others that are geared to transforming the public still under substance farming to join the money economy.
She also called on women in the country to join the fight against corruption and follow-up service delivery.
Namayanja said Uganda was the first African country to have a woman representative per district in Parliament.
“We started with only 5% of women representatives in Parliament, but today we now have 35% of the total MPs being women,” she said.
“We had only two female ministers before President Museveni came to power, but today, we have 42% of cabinet ministers being women and for the first time in the history of Uganda, we have the Vice President, the speaker of Parliament, and the Prime minister all being women,” Namayanja added.
Judith Alyek, the Area Woman Member of Parliament, praised President Museveni for his relentless efforts to improve the status of women in society.
“We thank President Museveni for giving women a chance in this country, for the affirmative action given to women,” she said, adding that the NRM government has put in place many programs specifically to empower women calling for them to embrace them’’ Alyek, The function, which started with marching around Bala Town council, attracted several high-profile dignitaries including NRM women’s league chairperson Lydia Wanyoto, Peter Ocen, the Kole south Member Parliament and district leaders
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