Dear Mary Nagadya,
This is a referendum-cum-third-term budget. Please ignore the details. Gruesome. And those Western donors, those vultures!
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>From: Mary Nagadya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: ugnet_: Govt tp pay for post primary students
>Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:57:35 -0700 (PDT)
>
>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.
> >
> >
> > © 2004 The Monitor Publications
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