*So Our Museveni calls for Scientists to be paid well. But his Ministry of Education is cutting back Mathematics in Secondary Schools.
The Ministry's directive to have only three A Levels amounts to sabotaging the country. We used to finish **Subsidiary Maths in S.3 and S.4 at St Mary's Kisubi. N**ow sadly **Subsidiary Maths** is the requirement for Makerere. And our * *Subsidiary Maths** is just a bag of a few tricks in computations. There is nothing Philosophically Mathematical about it. * * Forty years ago Uganda had Double Maths in A Levels. Even this is no more. We should have gone from Double Maths to Triple Maths i.e. Calculus, Finite Maths, Algebra and Geometry, Introduction to Vectors Vector Algebra and Vector Spaces, Introductory Classical Mechanics ( the one we Ugandans used to call Applied Maths), Introduction to the Theory of Functions. There is tons and tons of Maths we have to teach to these young Ugandans. It is amazing how much the world's Maths has changed in the last thirty years. Computers now do the brute calculations leaving one to do the thinking. Computer Science demands knowledge of Discrete Maths. But it is amazing, for example, how Discrete Maths makes the study of "Entropy" in Thermodynamics so clear, easy, and beautiful. South Korean Scientists and Mathematicians have put S. Korea on top of the World's Technology. We have to teach like them, Finland, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and even do intensive coaching of students. Our Ministry of Education banned coaching just as a budgetary measure, not because it has no value. It is criminal to shortchange the youths of Uganda with substandard Maths. The present Minister of Education should be fired/demoted immediately. She seems so incompetent, only concerned with whether kids in school should be caned or not. Other countries are focused on the future.... things like Quantum Mechanical Computers. This is the future of high end jobs and production processes. Like Nyerere said, while they walk we have to run. Mitayo Potosi. ====================================* On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:37 AM, Herrn Edward Mulindwa <[email protected]>wrote: Richard Kityamuwesi “However supposing the government had cleared the 20 billion shillings it owes the buganda kingdom for rent of its properties, wouldn't this have been a better deal?” What is monetary value of the services Uganda government gave to Baganda from 1966 to 2013 when those services were based into those properties? Let me simplify your question, suppose the building was a Gombolola Ya Kabaka, the government took it over and ran government services into it to serve the Baganda in that particular area, what is the total monetary value of those services? You see Baganda have been getting government services since 1966 till when the Kingdom was reinstated. I need you to get that value and subtract it from the 20 Billion Shillings, then I need to know the net value of the debt. Now recognize that I have not questioned the wisdom that brought you to the 20 Billion figure. 2} Do you recognize that whatever figure you are coming with is going to be a debt on all Baganda to pay Mengo? For as far as I know it is you and I the Uganda tax payer that is going to pay not Museveni EM On the 49th *From:* [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Richard Kityamuwesi *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:28 PM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* Re: {UAH} Gwe Richard Kityamuwesi Do you think a medal for Kabaka Mutesa II was the most important issue to the Buganda kingdom? Well I was shocked when some of our dailies/papers/FM stations fell for this bait underlying Museveni's brilliance because they helped spread the gospel. However supposing the government had cleared the 20 billion shillings it owes the buganda kingdom for rent of its properties, wouldn't this have been a better deal? Lets keep sleeping! *From:* Herrn Edward Mulindwa <[email protected]> *To:* [email protected] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2013 5:59 PM *Subject:* RE: {UAH} Gwe Richard Kityamuwesi Barigye Richard Kityamuwesi might actually be our starting point. Doesn't it surprise you that in a country we have where women are throwing themselves off the balcony of Mulago hospital and die, Rehema Uganda sees posting how Mutesa was cute as a priority? No seriously on the tragedy we have in Uganda don't you wonder why UAH is bombarded with the history than today and what do we do to alleviate the situation? I am buying Kityamuwesi a wine bottle this week end, I need to know where he is what city what address and what back account. I Need numbers from Kityamuwesi my first future Ugandan. EMN ON the 49th -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] On Behalf Of Allan Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 3:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {UAH} Gwe Richard Kityamuwesi EM, That is sadly true. We are no where near emanicipation. Anybody tampering with his assumed base -"the pizant" is quickly dealt with. Go and make lwari in town he won't care. Go to the villages and try anything..... six feet. On 1/31/13, Herrn Edward Mulindwa <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard Kityamuwesi > > > > Send me a way I can send you some money man you need a wine this week > end for you have a God damn brain. I have a wine bottle for you with > all yours truly just tell me how you can get it. > > > > EM > On the e49th > > From: Ahmed Kateregga Musaazi <[email protected]> > Subject: {UAH} MUSEVENI AWARDS MORE MEDALS TO KABAKA, OBOTE AND LEAVES > OUT AMIN, MUWANGA > To: "ugandans-at-heart" <[email protected]>, > "uganda-muslim-brothers-and-sisters" > <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 7:09 AM > > Forumists, President Yoweri Museveni has awarded medals posthumouslyto > Sir Edward Muteesa, Milton Obote, Idi Amin, Yusuf Lule and > GodfreyBinaisa, and has left out Idi Amin and Paulo Muwanga. Read all > thedetails and reaction from those families and institutions in > BUKEDDEand New Vision tomorrow.SPEECH BY H.E YOWERI KAGUTA > MUSEVENIPRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDADURING THE 26 JANUARY NRM ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS30th JANUARY 2013 > KASESEFellow Country men and Country women. > I greet you and salute you onthis 27th Anniversary of the NRM’s > Liberation of Kampala on the 26thof January, 1986.The final attack on > Kampala started on the 24th of January, 1986, whenour Forces crossed > the Busega swamp and spent the night at Rubaga.The following day the > 25th of January, our Forces fought the whole dayand only entered the > sprawling Lubiri barracks at night fall. Thefollowing day, the 26th > of January, our Forces started assaultingKampala Central through Bakuli, Kampala Road up to Radio Uganda. > Thiswas the 1st Battalion, led by the late Fred Mugisha. Meanwhile, > the11th Battalion, under the late Chefe Ali, was assaulting > Nakulabye,Makerere, Wandegeya and Summit View. The 7th Battalion, > under MatayoKyaligonza and the late Stanley Muhangi, was assaulting > Makindyebarracks while the 5th Battalion, under Ahmed Kashillingi and > the lateChina was blocking Entebbe Road, at Kisubi. I held the 3rd Battalionunder the late Patrick Lumumba in > reserve, at Bulange (RepublicHouse). The 13th Battalion, under Ivan > Koreta, was blocking GuluRoad at Matugga. The Task Force, under the > late Jet Mwebaze, operatedin eh area of Bwaise and was supposed to > cross and block Mukono Roadbut they did not achieve this. Meanwhile, > the 19th Battalion, underthe late Peter Kerim, the 15th Battalion, > under Samson Mande and the9th Battalion, under Julius Chihanda were on > the Hoima-Masindi axis.I held the 21st Battalion, under the late Benon > Tumukunde, at Kasesebecause I afraid of the possible Mobutu’s > intervention from that side.Salim Saleh coordinated the attack on > Kampala while Tinyefuuzacoordinated the attack on the Hoima axis.Radio > Uganda and the Summit View were captured by about 1500 hours onthe > afternoon of the 26th but Makindye held on up to about 1900 > hours.Meanwhile, at around 1400 hours, a worrying situation developed onEntebbe Road, when a large Force from Entebbe broke through the > 5thBattalion at Kisubi and was approaching Kampala from the rear. I hadto > dispatch the 3rd Battalion, under Salim Saleh and the late Lumumbato > block this force at Najjanankumbi. I, therefore, remained withouta > Reserve. By > 1900 hours, however, good news from all around came in─ Makindye > barracks had been captured and the 900 force at Zana fromEntebbe had > also surrendered. The following day, the 27th of January,1986, I made > a broadcast on Radio Uganda, announcing the victory.When I call these > forces Battalions, our young commanders to todayshould not think that > they were the same size of our presentBattalions of 760 officers and > men. None of these Battalions was lessthan 1,500 officers and men. > In fact 19th Battalion was 1,900officers and men. We had arranged > this in order to economize on theCommand. The few good Commanders we > had would each command manycompanies (A, B, C, D, E, F, K, etc). > Therefore, the LiberationBattalions would accomplish bigger tasks than > the standard Battalions.Since that time, Uganda has moved a great > distance. The economy,which was 3.5 trillion shillings is now 50 > trillion shillings (aboutUS$ 20 billion). This means that the economy > has expanded in size 14times since 1986. Income per person which was > US$ > 264 in 1986, is nowUS$ 580 per person in spite of the population > growing 2.3 times from14 million people to 34 million people. If the > population had grownat a slower rate, Uganda would already be a > middle-income country. Ido not, however, regret the growth of our > population. It is a greatresource in itself. We have struggled to > educate this biggerpopulation and we are succeeding. As you, for instance, saw justrecently, about 565,663 of our > young people sat for Primary LeavingEducation (P.L.E.) last year. How many > of our children sat forP.L.E. in 1986? The figure was 150,000!! The > children in thesecondary schools were only 123,479 students 1986. The > figure is now1.23 million students. These are big achievements. In > 1986, theshare of industry in GDP was only 9.9% while services’ > contribution toGDP was only 36.1%. The relevant figures are now 26.8% and 44.8%,respectively. > The total export of goods and services in 1986, wasonly US$ 411 > million in > 1986 and this was because of the high coffeeprices of that time; > otherwise, the figures went as low as about US$260 million in 1988 and > it further fell to US$ 177 million in 1990because of the fall in the world coffee prices. > Last year our exportearnings were US$ 4.5 billion. Non-coffee exports > of goods went fromalmost zero to US$ 1.7 billion last year. The > International Reservesgrew from US$ 16 million in 1986 to US$ 2.9 > billion in December, 2012.Government tax revenue collections went from > five billion shillingsin > 1986 to 6.6 trillion shillings last financial year. Privateinvestment > increased from 5.2% of GDP in 1986 to 19% of GDP in 2012.Remittances > from Ugandans living abroad went from almost zero to US$879 million > last financial year 2011/12. Therefore, if you add theremittances > from to the export earnings of goods and services, thetotal inflows are US$ 5.4 billion. > Inflation was 240% in 1986 but isnow 5.5%However, the economy could > have grown much faster if it was not forsome ideological confusion on > the part of some of the actors that weare, sometimes, forced to work > with. The first problem was the delayin the modernizing our Army, > after we had reduced it from 100,000 to50,000 officers and men. Some > quarters took the views that we shouldspend less on the smaller army. > We, therefore, ended up with anunder-equipped and smaller Army. This > made our people in the North tosuffer under Kony and the cattle > rustlers of Karamoja for much longerthan was necessary. When the Army > was reduced in 1991, we should havestraight away adequately equipped > it. It was not until 2001 that wetook the decision to cut 23% from > all the other ministries in order tostart properly equipping the > smaller Army ― a delay of 10 years. Themoment we did that, that was > the end of Kony terrorism and the cattlerustling in Karamoja. ADF > terrorists are still in Congo. However, ifthey dare cross the border, > they know what happened to them last timein 2006 ― 100 of them entered > Semliki valley, only > 13 of them wentback to Congo. This delay in equipping the Army > properly was anunnecessary mistake that cost us development time.The > other problem has been the mistake of delaying industrial projects― > rehabilitation of Kilembe mines , expansion of Lugazi sugar works,the > implementation of the Amuru sugar project, the Dairy > Corporationexpansion and modernization, the Tororo Fertilizer factory, > the Muko(Kabale) iron-ore processing project, the delay of the > Bujagalihydropower project etc., etc. The delays are caused by the > need forcompensation, arguments about land rights, arguments about > theenvironment issues, internal political sabotage, etc. I do not > havetime to deal with each of these arguments here. However, delays > ofthese projects affects the tempo of the growth and transformation > ofthe economy. Most importantly, it affects the job creation for theyouth. The development-minded people must resist sabotage to thefuture of our children. > What Africa lacks most, starting with Uganda,both in the past and > today, are factories. We were colonized becauseof lack of factories. > We are still lagging behind other continentsbecause of lack of > factories, not because of lack of clans, lack offorests, etc. We have > had plenty of these in the past. Why did weremain backward?Another > cause of delays of industrial projects are either corrupt > orindifferent officials. Muko iron–ore project has been delayed > becauseincapable people were given concessions. Why do you give a > concessionto somebody who has no financial capacity to implement the > project?Kilembe Mines here, is delayed because of mis-applied > procedures.Kilembe Mines is not a procurement issue. It is an > investment issue.Kalangala is now booming because we successfully > resisted thesemisguided and quite often selfish schemes. The Palm oil > project hasbeen successfully implemented.Soon, I am going to address > Parliament, on the issue of corruption andcriminality. The NRM, from > the bush days and from the very inception,apart from our patriotic and > Pan-Africanist orientation, was motivatedby the fight against > criminality and corruption such as extrajudicialkillings, raping of > women, bribes, embezzlement, poaching of animals,etc. We stopped > extra-judicial killings by soldiers and othersecurity staff, we > stopped the poaching of animals in the NationalParks, we stopped > illegal roadblocks by soldiers, etc. Why doessomebody imagine that we > cannot end embezzlement and bribery? Therecent successes in breaking into the rackets of suspected thieves isjust a tip of the iceberg of what the NRM will do to reduce or eveneliminate corruption. > Who broke into the suspected rackets of megathieves in the office of > the Prime Minister (OPM), the Ministry ofPublic Service, the Ministry > of Finance, the Bank of Uganda (BOU), theMinistry of Heath, etc.? It > is the NRM sympathizers and the Police ―the young police officers whom > we deliberately recruited to build thecapacity of that institution. > Who insisted on recruiting universitygraduates of high integrity into > the Police? It is the NRM and someof its precursors such as the UNLF in 1979. > Before that time, thePolice and the Army were the preserve of the > uneducated or thesemi-educated. Could those have coped with the high > level fraud thatyou are witnessing today? We are going to win the > battle againstbribery and embezzlement as we won the other battles. > The onlyinconveniences we have in the fight against corruption, > criminality,terrorism and political indiscipline is the practice of giving bail tothe suspects indiscriminately. > I am going to propose an amendment tothe relevant laws in this > respect.In order to improve Service Delivery and accelerate > theindustrialization of our country, there are two factors we must > dealwith ― pay the Scientists well as well as paying the Judges well > and,eventually, pay all the Public Servants well. When the money > is,however, still scarce, let us start with the Scientists and the > Judges– so that both our Scientific innovators and our Judges > arecomfortable. One group to push the economy and the other one > toadminister justice fairly. The next clusters of public servants > todeal with on the issue of salaries will be the teachers, the > healthworkers, the army and the other security personnel.The Ugandans > say: “Kamwe kamwe nigwo muganda” – ‘one by one makes abundle’, “akwata > empola atuuka wala” – ‘the one who makes modestefforts, in the end > covers a long distance’.I congratulate all of you on the 27th > Anniversary.--
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