{"id":44482,"date":"2023-02-07T16:53:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gen-katumba-rallies-politicians-on-poverty-fight"},"modified":"2023-02-07T18:12:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T18:12:21","slug":"gen-katumba-rallies-politicians-on-poverty-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gen-katumba-rallies-politicians-on-poverty-fight","title":{"rendered":"Gen Katumba rallies politicians on poverty fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Works and Transport minister Gen Edward Katumba Wamala has urged politicians to focus on getting Ugandans out of poverty rather than politicking.<\/p>\n<p>Gen Katumba reasoned that keeping Ugandans in politics all the time has not earned them a living.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy call to you leaders is let\u2019s help our people to take advantage of all programmes, which the government is trying to implement to get [them] out of poverty,\u201d Gen Katumba said on Sunday during the handover of Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF) projects in Mbarara City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of us leaders have a responsibility. Before you ask people to say oyee, oyee, how have you guided them, what have you brought to them, have you explained to them Emyooga?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Gen Katumba noted that whereas it is okay for the people to say oyee [to the ruling party], they [electorates] should not say it on empty stomachs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo leaders, it\u2019s our responsibility [to shape society], you are the ones on the ground,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>Gen Katumba said the Parish Development Model (PDM) was intended for poor Ugandans, but it is unfortunate that some leaders, who are already out of poverty, are taking advantage of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPDM came for the poor, but then you find some leaders are the ones benefiting, and the poor are left out in the cold,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mbarara City Woman MP Ritah Atukwatsa Bwahika said it is important for all Ugandans to work hard and that the government is a vehicle for development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitics is a means through which resources are allocated, but as politicians, we call upon the people we lead to be able to embrace government programmes and get out of poverty,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur duty is to keep reminding people that the government cannot do everything on its own, but needs the people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Works and Transport minister Gen Edward Katumba Wamala has urged politicians to focus on getting Ugandans out of poverty rather than politicking. Gen Katumba reasoned that keeping Ugandans in politics all the time has not earned them a living. \u201cMy call to you leaders is let\u2019s help our people to take advantage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":44481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-44482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gen Katumba rallies politicians on poverty fight - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Works and Transport minister Gen Edward Katumba Wamala has urged politicians to focus on getting Ugandans out of poverty ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gen-katumba-rallies-politicians-on-poverty-fight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gen Katumba rallies politicians on poverty fight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Works and Transport minister Gen Edward Katumba Wamala has urged politicians to focus on getting Ugandans out of poverty ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gen-katumba-rallies-politicians-on-poverty-fight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-07T16:53:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-07T18:12:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675776209.46.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gen-katumba-rallies-politicians-on-poverty-fight#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gen-katumba-rallies-politicians-on-poverty-fight\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gen Katumba rallies politicians on poverty fight\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-07T16:53:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-07T18:12:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gen-katumba-rallies-politicians-on-poverty-fight\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gen-katumba-rallies-politicians-on-poverty-fight#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675776209.46.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gen-katumba-rallies-politicians-on-poverty-fight#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gen-katumba-rallies-politicians-on-poverty-fight\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/gen-katumba-rallies-politicians-on-poverty-fight\",\"name\":\"Gen Katumba rallies politicians on poverty fight - 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