While representing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, at the eighth coronation anniversary of the Kyabazinga, HRH Gabula Nadiope IV on Tuesday, Kadaga stressed that Nyege Nyege is the only festival which earns both direct and indirect incomes for traders within Busoga sub region and canceling it will definitely cripple their economy.
The first deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga, has stressed that leaders
fighting against the Nyege Nyege festival to start on Thursday at the
Itanda falls in Butagaya sub county in Jinja district want to economically
sabotaging Busoga sub region.
While representing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, at the
eighth coronation anniversary of the Kyabazinga, HRH Gabula Nadiope IV on Tuesday,
Kadaga stressed that Nyege Nyege is the only festival which earns both direct
and indirect incomes for traders within Busoga sub region and canceling it will
definitely cripple their economy.
Kadaga who doubles as the Minister in
charge of East African affairs notes that the festival has already attracted
thousands of foreign revelers, who have since pitched camp at the different hotels
within Busoga sub region, Buikwe and Kayunga districts respectively ahead of the festival.
She further argues that Uganda is a morally an upright country
and it is impossible for responsible authorities to approve immorality
festivals aimed at degenerating the cultural values of society.
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Kadaga stressed that it would be totally unfair for
political leaders to agitate for the cancellation of Nyege Nyege, yet similar
festivals are carried out in the different parts of the country unchallenged.
She further challenged leaders to use their platforms in
promoting the economic interests of Busoga, rather than sabotaging them.
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Kadaga however says that the mixed reactions being peddled
by different leaders against the Nyege Nyege concept, have instead created
curiosity within the wider public domain, which has in turn rallied more
formally uninterested individuals, to flock the festival on presumed
exploration and a fact finding mission.
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Meanwhile, Gabula has rallied his subjects to embrace the
pillars of agriculture, education and accountability, as the major means of
bettering their livelihoods.
