Fred Muzaale
15 August 2008
Mukono — The Katikkiro of Buganda, Mr John Baptist Walusimbi, has cautioned the Baganda against selling their land saying this would make them destitutes in their country.
The Katikkiro's warning was contained in a message read for him by the Buganda government Minister for Education, Mr Ahmed Lwasa, while addressing parents, teachers and students of Mpoma Royal College in Mukono District during the school's inter-house music competition on Sunday.
The school's magazine which would be published monthly was also launched at the function. "I want to warn my fellow Baganda against selling off their land to go for kyeyo or to do business. Our ancestors resisted all temptations and refused to sell this land, Why should we now sell it?" he asked.
Without land, the Katikkiro said, the Buganda kingdom would remain in words. He allayed fears that the ongoing talks between Mengo officials and President Yoweri Museveni on the controversial proposed land bill would not yield any fruits.
On the rampant school fires which have affected schools mostly in Buganda region, Walusimbi blamed the problem on failure by school authorities to detect such actions in time so that they take action.
"Acts like burning schools are not planned in one day but schools have failed to detect them in time so that they are stopped," he said. The Katikkiro warned schools against enrolling students without investigating considering their background.
"Schools should not only mind about how much money they get from students but also the discipline of the students they enroll. If an undisciplined student burns a classroom how much money will the school lose?" he wondered. The headmistress Ms Connie Namazzi, said the school's target is to become one of the best in the country.
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