Editorial
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reiterated that empowering women has been a deliberate focus of his administration since the National Resistance Movement (NRM) came into power.
The President, who was accompanied by the First Lady and Minister for Education and Sports, Maama Janet Museveni, made the remarks on Saturday while officiating at the International Women’s Day celebrations held in Kyankwanzi district.
The day was held under the theme “Accelerate Action for Gender Equality,” which calls for bold and strategic interventions towards a gender-equal future.
President Museveni’s comments were triggered by a speech delivered by the Ambassador of Sweden to Uganda, Her Excellency Maria Håkansson, who recognized Uganda’s significant progress in achieving the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and recognized that women’s rights are human rights.
The President, however, advocated for the emancipation of the whole society through free education, which was introduced in Uganda in 1997.
The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, was among the notable Ugandans who were awarded medals for exceptional service.
Rebecca Kadaga has had a distinguished political career, serving as Uganda’s first female Speaker of Parliament from 2011 to 2021.