The national coordinator of the National Patriotism Corps, commissioner Hellen Seku has urged young Ugandans to embrace patriotism, discipline and a transformed mindset for national progress.
Seku was delivering an inspirational lecture to 915 trainees at Nyakasura School in Fort Portal. The session was part of a joint patriotism training involving Nyakasura School and Bukuuku Community secondary school aimed at equipping learners with ideological clarity, self-discipline and a renewed commitment to national values.
Addressing the trainees, Seku emphasised the power of knowledge in shaping a progressive generation.
“You should love knowledge. Research and read good books outside your academic syllabus. Don’t do cram-work. Read to understand because in the 21st century, we should love knowledge. The more you love knowledge, the wiser you become,” Seku noted.
She reminded the young patriots that knowledge, discipline and a strong value system form the backbone of national development. Seku encouraged the trainees to take responsibility not only for their education but also for their surroundings.
She questioned whether Fort Portal still holds its title as Uganda’s cleanest city and urged the youth to participate in community work.
“You patriots should clean hospitals, roads and markets to demonstrate to the public what we are supposed to be doing,” she said, calling on them to lead by example. Seku urged the students to cultivate discipline, rise early and reject laziness.
“We should change our mindset as young people. We should not sleep like we are competing for a certificate with dead bodies. When you are at home, wake up at 5 am and take a shower before starting work. Be women and men of substance, not circumstance.”
She stressed that the future belongs to those who are prepared, focused and ideologically grounded. Seku revisited the effects of colonialism on Uganda’s cultural and spiritual foundations.
Referring to Lord Macaulay’s 1935 letter advocating for the introduction of English in Africa, she argued that the language was used as a tool to weaken African identity and self-esteem.
“Colonialists destroyed Uganda’s consciousness, identity and pride. Ugandans adopted foreign languages and names, abandoning their own.” She warned that patriots remain alert and prepared to defend the country from any form of renewed external exploitation.
“If colonialists return to steal and destroy Uganda, patriots are ready to crash them,” she said.
The National Patriotism Corps continues to roll out such engagements across the country as part of its mission to build a disciplined, ideologically conscious generation.
It is ok for the Baku of this country to engage in partisan ideological activities including brainwashing ASCHOOL KIDS with the anti colonialism nonsensical National Patriotism Corps’ falsehood.
In other words, whatever is not true is a nonsense.
E.g., for the starters and oblivious, who in his/her right state of mind does not see that: For the last 40 years and counting, Ugandans are already under a worse DOMESTIC COLONIALISM, bordering a Concealed Apartheid Class Segregation social system/service delivery.
E.g., what is patriotic about liquidating the Uganda Commercial Bank (UCB) and replace it with the Kenyan Commercial Bank (KCB)? SHAME!
Since launching the SGR in 2012 at Munyonyo Commonwealth Hotel (together with Paul Kagame and Salva Kiir); what was patriotic about completely destroying the 1903 (102-year) Uganda Railways, which the so call colonialists put in place and working, BUT now, without the money to replace the colonial one and from scratch, start fidgeting with the construction of SGR? STUPID!
{For the last 40 years and counting, Ugandans are already under a worse DOMESTIC COLONIALISM, bordering a Concealed Apartheid Class Segregation social system/service delivery.
what is patriotic about liquidating the Uganda Commercial Bank and replace it with the Kenyan Commercial Bank? SHAME!
Since launching the SGR in 2012 at Munyonyo Commonwealth Hotel (together with Paul Kagame and Salva Kiir); what was patriotic about completely destroying the 1903 (102-year) Uganda Railways, which the so call colonialists put in place and working, BUT now, without the money to replace the colonial one and from scratch, start fidgeting with the construction of SGR? STUPID!}
Lakwena, thanks.
What will be the situation when Rwandese Museveni dies of old age finally & what do tribally divided Ugandans without Common Goal nor Common/National Leader, expect from his son, the only replacement?
Why are tribally divided ruled Ugandans who don’t have a country any more, ensuring they remain slaves of Rwandese Museveni & family for good legally, officially, constitutionally with fake elections?