People,
'He said the government would also provide lunch and
porridge with milk to UPE pupils.' is laudable.
OK, in passing it provides a big market to Ankole
cowherders, but where will the money come from?
What is Kenya's experience here?
--- Owor Kipenji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Govt to pay for post primary students
> By Richard Mutumba
> June 11, 2004
>
> PARLIAMENT — The government will pay school fees for
> students in public secondary schools whose parents
> live in IDP camps, the Vice-President, Prof. Gilbert
> Bukenya, announced yesterday.
> Addressing Parliament after the presentation of the
> budget, Bukenya said in its effort to improve life
> in camps in the north and east, the government will
> embark on the promotion of agriculture in the camps
> especially cotton and upland rice.
>
> "This will enable people in the camps to earn a good
> income," Bukenya who represented President Yoweri
> Museveni, said. Museveni is attending the G8 summit
> in the US.
>
> He said the government would also provide lunch and
> porridge with milk to UPE pupils. He said the
> Ministry of Education would give details of the
> implementation of this policy. “"We hope this would
> go a long way in improving nutrition among our
> children as well as creating a local market for
> farmers," he added.
>
> Bukenya said the way forward for peace was to
> eliminate Kony. "With the developments in the peace
> process in Sudan and the continued hot pursuit by
> the UPDF, which is partly a result of better
> equipment, Kony's chances of survival were getting
> narrower.
>
> We have kept the door open for a peaceful resolution
> of the conflict although Kony had failed to respond
> to holding talks," he said. He said he was happy
> that there has been a steady increase in local
> revenue to finance the budget.
>
>
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