By Eva Namugga
As the Kabaka’s birth day run draws near, the speaker of Parliament Annet Anita Among and her deputy Thomas Tayebwa escorted by a handful of MPs paid a visit to the office of Katikiiro Charles Peter Mayiga on 2nd April 2024.
The contingent boy running kits worth UGX 50 million in support of Kabaka’s cause of fighting the spread HIV/ Aids pandemic.
The birth day run is slated to take place on this Sunday, 7th April, 2024 and will be graced by Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II the Speaker of Parliament and other high ranking government officials.
In a text speech message he issued to all believers on Easter Sunday read by his representatives in the different churches, Kabaka said that the fight against the pandemic has so far yielded positive results were he noted that out of the eight districts in Buganda region, the HIV prevalence is still predominant in only three districts.
I am immensely honored to pay this courtesy visit to the Royal Kingdom of Buganda and to be part of the Kabaka Royal Birthday Run, 2024.
As Parliament, we bear a moral obligation to lead by example, rallying our collective strength to eliminate this scourge.
“As the Parliament of Uganda, we identify with this year’s theme; “Men are stars in the fight against HIV/AIDS to save the Girl Child”. Reads Rt. Hon. Amongi’s X- handle (Twitter)
“We are cognizant of the effect of HIV/AIDS on our population and we welcome the effort of the Buganda Kingdom in complementing Government’s effort in combating HIV/AIDS,’’ “ I call upon all companies and citizens of goodwill to support the Kabaka’s cause if we are to combat the monster.’’
Besides just registering for the Run, we are here to officially declare our support for the Kabaka Royal Birthday Run, 2024.
This will certainly contribute to the UNAIDS target of eliminating HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that have a common cross-cutting health theme.
As the Parliament of Uganda, we identify with this year’s theme; “Men are stars in the fight against HIV/AIDS to save the Girl Child”.
“We are cognizant of the effect of HIV/AIDS on our population and we welcome the effort of the Buganda Kingdom in complementing Government’s effort in combating HIV/AIDS.’’ The speaker said
She also said that this will certainly contribute to the UNAIDS target of eliminating HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that have a common cross-cutting health theme.
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