Yoweri K MuseveniAccount verificato

Again, I congratulate the graduands and I urge you to listen to the counsel of your vice chancellor. He said, keep alive. Be disciplined and do not get ruined by alcohol, sex, food, etc.

For those running universities, know that we shall assess the success of your institution by employability of your graduates. If your graduates just walk the streets, then you would have failed. If they cannot get jobs then they must be able to be entrepreneurs.

Then Basajjabalaba also came, saying he wanted to start a university. What I have emphasised is meeting the minimum set standards. All universities must adhere to and satisfy standards set by the regulator, the National Council of Higher Education.

Once Muslims started, then Catholics came. I gave them Nkozi TTC, and they started the Uganda Martyrs University. Shortly after, the Church of Uganda also came, starting the Uganda Christian University in Mukono.

In 1986 I raised the issue. Again, the same sentiments came up. But I reasoned that Muslims were part of our society. I also learnt that admission would be on merit & non-discriminatory. I then made the decision to allow the IUIU to operate. I even offered them Nkoma SS in Mbale

Finally, back to the army. Our strategy is have a small, professional, well-equipped army, backed with a large reserve force. Our military capacity is robust created over last 50 years. We have capacity to defend Uganda. I thank you.

Government will acquire more scanners under the Uganda Revenue Authority to check all containers coming into and exiting the country. Criminals hiding guns as cargo will be grabbed. The era of weak or non-existent state authority ended.

Criminals use social media to threaten violence and create panic. We are going to acquire capacity to quickly locate criminals abusing social media. The government does not want to block these sites but we shall pick out the jiggers. We will not cut the entire foot.

The enemy can also use drones to promote crime. The defence committee has authorised 30 UAVs. We have 130 applications while 500 have been impounded. They were being smuggled into the country. The responsible minister will bring a law to regulate use of these drones.

On the speed of response and how quickly we arrive at the scene, I have directed the police to revive the 999 and reform the Flying Squad. It should be a real flying squad. We are providing UAVs (drones) and light helicopters and motorbikes for speedy response.

Even other elements like sweat, saliva, hair will also be analysed. If you want our country to be peaceful, why fear to offer DNA for storage? I ask that you support me so that we stabilise our country.

The other measure is building a modern foresinc laboratory. I thought the national ID project should have done this. We shall capture thumb prints and DNA of criminals so that we can trace once blood is left at the crime scene.

If necessary, the cameras will have thermal sensors. Should criminals try childish games of covering their heads, they will be seen at the command post.