First lady also minister for education and sports Janet Kataaha Museveni has asked women to make commitments as they mark women’s days if the days set up by the United Nations organization is to have meaning.
Speaking during the celebrations to mark the belated women’s day for Ntungamo district held at Kajara county grounds in Rwashamaire yesterday, said celebrations of eating, dancing and singing have no meaning whatsoever if no commitments to what women must do are made.
Ms Museveni castigated women for abandoning their duties and turning up to celebrate women’s days instead of working towards fulfilling their goals and those of their families.
She urged women to start engaging in small savings groups that would make them more easily access credit than going for money lenders.
Ms Museveni, who is also the Ntungamo district NRM party chairperson, argued with politicians to stop early campaigns and allow elected leaders to perform for the time left in their term of office.
The Rushenyi county MP Ms Naome Kabasharira said there was a need to prioritize local investment in sectors like tourism by improving infrastructure.
The Host MP, Ntungamo woman MP Ms Baata Kamateneti said there has been gross abandonment of key government programs and neglect of the programs by civil servants who are meant to implement them, challenging government that even the Parish development Model may collapse in the hands of citizens who are not aware of how it is going to be implemented.
