President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged the newly commissioned cadets, Assistant Superintendents and non-commissioned officers of Uganda Prisons to desist from taking alcohol and prostitution for service delivery.
While passing out 364 prison officers at Kololo independence grounds, Museveni said alcohol is only bitter and there is nothing good about it.
“Don’t squander yourself with alcohol and umalaya. As an old man, I can tell you the advantage of discipline is good. You see, in September I will be 77 years old but I don’t have space for alcohol. I have never known why people drink alcohol,” he said.
Museveni said: “I had never tasted alcohol before, then one of my friends convinced me to. I tried beer; it’s so bitter like omululuza (bitter leaf). I asked why they were drinking it, he told me ‘you’ll know the sweetness later.’ I tried Johnnie Walker and it was like fire.”
“I am going to be 77 and I can walk any distance. Health is wealth; don’t play around with your life. Exercising is part of discipline and if you have health, you get time to do more things. The longer you live, the more contribution you can make if you are healthy,” Museveni said.
