By Mubiru Ivan
President Yoweri Museveni has called upon Ugandans to love one another as they love God.
“Love your neighbour with all your heart and soul as you love God,” he said adding that it is not correct for one to say he/she loves God whom you have never seen and hate your neighbor that you live with every day.
The president made the remarks on Tuesday as he joined Christians at St. Luke Nshwerenkye Church of Uganda in Kiruhuura District to celebrate the 2018 Christmas. First Lady Janet Museveni was also in attendance.
Quoting from the Book of Genesis, Museveni said that God created man and commanded him to go fill the world and establish dominion over nature.
“You have obeyed the first part of the command in the Book of Genesis and neglected the last one,” he observed
He, therefore, advised the people of Kiruhuura District in particular and Ugandans in general to look after the environment, as it is their responsibility as per the scriptures. He also thanked the people of the area for listening to his advice of shunning the habit land fragmentation.
“You should never divide land amongst yourselves when the owner dies but instead divide shares’ dividends from the projects on the land. I am happy you have followed my advice,” he said.
Museveni also warned the people of the area against using any the acalicides to fight tsetse flies from their animals but disclosed that the concerned Government Agencies were gathering research on the appropriate drugs to be used to fight tsetse flies and they will be informed soon.
The First Lady who said that she had made 70 years this year, praised and thanked God for bringing Uganda this far and thanked the Christians for loving God.
“Thank you for loving God. I thank God for the love in this church and enabling you to come and celebrate Christmas,” she happily noted.
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