President Yoweri Museveni, the Chief\nTrekker of the \u2018Africa Kwetu\u2019 195 Km walk that started over the weekend has\ntoday continued with the 7-day journey from Bukomero Technical Institute in\nKiboga District and was expected to camp at Ndiraweru village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to the Trek, President Museveni\nwho camped at the late Ssetuba’s home, in Kagogo last night, paid his respects\nto the deceased by laying a wreath on the grave. In his condolence message to\nthe family, Mr. Museveni described the late veteran as a hero who gave shelter\nto him and his men during the liberation struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We were coming from Lwamata to\nMatugga. We stayed here and slept at his home and then left for Matugga the\nnext day. The first time we passed here, nobody knew. After we got ammunition,\nwe stayed here in the mountains and news came out that we were here in these\nhills near his home. The Tanzanians heard about it, came and killed him,”\nthe President narrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before embarking on the 12 Km Trek, President Museveni explained to the trekkers that it was in Bukomero where Gen. Elly Tumwine organized one of their first ambushes that saw one of the Tanzanian lorries blasted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was also at this place, he continued, Gen. Tumwine lost an eye during the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It was from Bukomero that we abandoned\nthe vehicles and walked 19 miles from here to Kaginzi because we didn’t want to\nbe seen by the enemy,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Narrating some of his ordeals of the\njourney to the amusement of the trekkers, Mr. Museveni said that it was a hard\njourney for he lacked a blanket and a toothbrush to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I tried to use the fire to warm\nmyself to sleep but it couldn’t help. I would get warm on one side and feeI\ncold on the other side. I then got a very smelly blanket but at the time it was\nthe sweet smelly blanket. For toothbrush, there was a son of Dr. Sebuliba who\nhad studied at Makerere. He donated to me his own tooth brush and I had to boil\nit and sterilize it,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Museveni, who energetically\nled the trek up the Kateera hill where he made several stopovers encouraged\npeople to endeavour to increase their household incomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While at Kateera Church of Uganda\ngrounds, President Museveni encouraged the people to always fear God because,\nhe said, He is the source of wisdom and that if they trust Him, everything else\nwill fall in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He thanked the parents of the\nBazzukulu for joining arms with him during the liberation struggle and told\nthem it was time for the Bazzukulu to fight against poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Tarmac roads cannot get you out poverty; otherwise this place would have no poor people. I also see electricity poles but they still won’t get you out of poverty because you need money to pay for the bills. Government has done its part of developing infrastructure but you also must do your part of fighting poverty,” he explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Museveni again advised the people to take their children to school, saying a country cannot do well without educated people. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Yoweri Museveni, the Chief Trekker of the \u2018Africa Kwetu\u2019 195 Km walk that started over the weekend has today continued with the 7-day journey from Bukomero Technical Institute in Kiboga District and was expected to camp at Ndiraweru village. Prior to the Trek, President Museveni who camped at the late Ssetuba’s home, in Kagogo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":13054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-13053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n