Don’t name schools after me - Museveni
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The President was speaking at the inauguration of a school named after him in Mbale District.
Mbale.
President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday commissioned a Primary School that has been named after him in recognition of his role, initiative and support to the Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme in Uganda.
The school that became fully operational in 2008 has 1,249 pupils, 642 of whom are girls and 607 boys. It is located in Namatala Ward, Mbale Municipality.
President Museveni told the overjoyed pupils and parents of the school on Tuesday that he normally does not accept his name to be used in public institutions or currency and advised them to, in the future, use names of departed heroes like the late Kasimoto and Kwesiga who were killed by Amin’s soldiers in Maluku Estate that lies a few kilometers away from their school in Mbale Municipality.
Yoweri Museveni primary school by Mbale Municipal Council built in recognition of M7 role and initiative for UPE . Photo credits to Lindah Nabusayi
“I don’t usually accept people to use my name on schools. Better use names of heroes. That is why I don’t want to put my head on your money. If I want to see my face I open my album,” he told the gathering.
President Museveni also reminded parents of the reason why government introduced the UPE programme saying it was targeting the rural poor but it has been grossly misunderstood to-date.
He explained that government’s role in UPE is to pay teachers, construct class rooms and science laboratories.
