Colonel Emmy Katabazi, the Deputy Director General of the Internal Security Organization (ISO), has called upon the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) to guard the environment from the western world, who disguise themselves as activists yet are after the resources of the country.
In order to achieve this, Col Katabazi called on NEMA to equip themselves with ample knowledge through training and reading books that will change their mindset and align them with the government’s mission to protect the country from enemy activities that threaten the environment and the country at large.
“Be aligned with the vision of the government so as to bring transformation to the country. Defend the environment jealously against the western world, which only wants to steal the resources of the country. Read a lot of relevant information that will change the enslavement our minds have been put into through education,” Col Katabazi said.
He said this on August 21, 2024, as he was closing a 10-day course at the National Leadership Institute (NALI) in Kyankwanzi district. The course was attended by 126 staff members of NEMA for ideological enrichment.
Col Katabazi also urged participants to be cautious of enemy organizations that disguise themselves as environmentalists and only want to influence them to fight against the country.
He encouraged NEMA to practice patriotism by protecting leaders of value in Uganda who do not conform to the standards of the enemy, hence being viewed as threats.
“A revolutionary government is one that confronts issues and brings about change in the status quo of Uganda. The NRM has put down more than 30 rebel groups, and the enemy sees this as a danger to the world of order,” he said.
“We ought to protect such leadership because, in the past, we have seen them being assassinated. Amilcar Cabral, Thomas Sankara, Samora Machel, and Patrice Lumumba, to mention a few, were killed for being good leaders,’’ Col Katabazi added.
The deputy Director General recognized that the enemy organizations front monetary resources to influence Ugandans, yet what environmentalists need to conserve is mindset change and sensitization, and the monetary resources can follow suit.
“There’s no dollar given to you to help you conserve the country, but it is given to you to enslave your mind to and depend on them, laming your brain from critical thinking. Sufficient commitment, ideological change of human behavior towards the environment, and sensitization are what are needed in conservation. Go to radios to influence and sensitize Ugandans about environmental change. If all 45 million Ugandans decided to plant a tree, the country would be conserved. Does that need money?” he questioned.
Col Katabazi urged the participants from NEMA to ensure government programs prosper and be intelligent enough to analyze information that will help the country be liberated from foreign enslavement.
