Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has counseled young people to have self-confidence, be determined while aiming higher and remain focused in order to succeed in life. He said he saw no reason for anyone not to have an ambition and work hard to achieve it.
“For me I always aim high and until I die I will aim higher,” he said to applause before adding: “What is wrong with that? Each time you fall rise up and try again, and move on even where you make mistakes because it is a sign that you are closer to your ambition.
“Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible and, therefore, when you develop confidence and determination to work don’t feel there is nothing you can’t do,” Mbabazi said.
He spoke at two separate functions; a traditional marriage ceremony (okuhingyira) at the home of Allen and Aggrey Mwesigwa, his relatives in Luzira and a wedding reception at Seven Trees Gardens in Kololo, both Kampala suburbs, on Saturday.
Phiona Mwesigwa of Nyakabungo, Kanungu district introduced her betrothed Joshua Mutabazi of Byumba, Rwanda to her parents in Luzira, while Pearl Kobusingye and Daniel Kabanda hosted their guests in Kololo after tying the knot at All Saints’ Cathedral, Nakasero.
At the okuhingyira, Mbabazi noted that the country was faced with the problem of unemployed youth but the youth must be part of the solution. He said the NRM government had fought to liberate them as well as women.
“Women must be accorded the same dignity as men and anything inconsistent with this constitutional provision is null and void to the extent of its inconsistence,” Mbabazi said.
He was flanked by his wife, Jacqueline Mbabazi who is also the NRM National Women’s League Chairperson and Senior Presidential Advisor.
On behalf of his family, Mbabazi gave the betrothed couple an exotic heifer. He also advised them to have as many children as they can look after, saying that called for hard work in order to lead confortable lives with their children.
“Now you have the responsibility of being on your own but you remain our child, and that relationship is permanent,” he noted and wished them happiness when they walk down the aisle.
In his prayer at the function, Pastor Johns Bakimi Twebaze of Kasana Community Church, Kiwoko in Nakaseke advised women to respect their husbands, saying there can never be equality in the home.
“Remember your role is to be a helper and you should treat your husband as a king in order for you to be a queen,” he said, adding that “Nations will stand or fall depending on how they respond to God’s command.”