Who’s out of touch? Inside the First Lady, Dr Nyanzi war

Controversial academic Stella Nyanzi’s use of coarse language on social media while commenting on socio-political and economic issues got under the skin of First Lady Janet Museveni.

It also got the country talking about a wide range of issues from the way children are transported to school, what they eat at school to sanitary towels to keep girls in school.

Dr Nyanzi’s post was provoked by a press conference by the First Lady at State House days earlier in which she advised parents either to walk their children to and from school or ensure they are driven in cars. She also warned parents against transporting more than two children on a boda boda.
On the promised sanitary pads for girls, Mrs Museveni said there was no money allocated her ministry to fulfil the campaign promise, noting that nearly all ministries would suffer a 10 per cent budget cut to fund critical infrastructure projects especially in the oil rich Albert region, to facilitate quick production of oil.
Uganda, which has discovered about 6.5 billion barrels of oil along the Albertine Graben, is preparing for oil production by 2020. The government plans to build a pipeline from Hoima in western Uganda to the Tanzanian port of Tanga. It also plans to build a 60,000-barrels per day refinery in Kabale, Hoima to process some of the oil for domestic use and regional markets.
“I honestly forgave that lady,” Ms Museveni said, “I did not know that I could deserve what she said about me today.”
A section of the public sympathised with the First Lady, especially on the language used but agreed that Dr Nyanzi had raised legitimate questions.

Who’s out of touch? Inside the First Lady, Dr Nyanzi war

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