Pastor Kayanja tasks professionals to impact communities

The Rubaga Miracle Centre Cathedral Senior Pastor, Robert Kayanja, has implored all professionals to effectively use their expertise and resources to impact their home communities for a better future.

The founder of the Robert Kayanja Ministries made the passionate call at a thanksgiving ceremony he and his wife, Jessica, hosted at Miracle Centre on Saturday to honor God for enabling Dr. Henry Kamugisha attain Master’s Degree in Global Health from Notre Dame University in the US.

Dr Kamugisha is one of the beneficiaries of Kapeeka Orphange home in Nakaseke district, which was founded by Kayanja in 1986 to among other things offer a home to children affected by the Luweero-Triangle liberation war.

Kayanja congratulated Kamugisha and his entire team that passed through Kapeeka Orphanage Home for not losing focus, which has enabled them to become responsible citizens who are of great value to society.

According to Kayanja, Kapeeka Orphange Home has produced thousands of professionals including judges, doctors, and lawyers, who are serving both in Uganda and abroad.

He tasked them to use their expertise to impact lives in their local communities.

"We started the Kapeeka Orphanage way back in 1986 soon after the bush war that brought in the NRM (National Resistance Movement) government. Though we started small, we were able to educate a number of young orphans and other underprivileged children,” he said.

Despite education liberalisation and other state-driven initiatives such as free primary, secondary and tertiary education by the NRM government, Kayanja regretted the fact that children are still dropping out of school due to lack of school fees and other scholastic materials.

"We must applaud the Government for introducing UPE (Universal Primary Education) and USE (Universal Secondary Education), but still there are other necessities that children lack and this has made them drop out of school and I call upon those that can afford, to spot the needy children and educate them since education empowers one to think for themselves, thus building Uganda's future, " Kayanja said.

He stressed that Uganda no longer needs to beg for funding from Europe, America and other parts of the world but rather needs joint efforts to address the challenges around her starting with the local communities

The best gift one can give a child, Kayanja stressed, is proper education.

He thanked Kamugisha and his peers for not forgetting their humble beginnings.

"Uganda is a poor nation with little resources, but if we all help to educate the next generation in practical skills, Uganda can develop. Everything should not be left to the Government. If one has the means to help, please educate the future generation,” he appealed.

Citing his Karamoja Cry Project, Kayanja called for efforts to salvage communities in hunger-stricken areas.

He said people have taken up planting food in the hitherto pastoral region, which has helped locals to become self-sustaining.

On his part, Kamugisha thanked Kayanja for identifying him at a tender age of four and taking him to Kapeeka Orphange Home where he got a chance to attain education and become a responsible citizen.

He pledged to always stay focused and help the needy.

"I am a malaria prevention expert and since many young children die of malaria in Uganda, I hope to play my part in the fight against this deadly disease,” he said.

Kamugisha, who joined Kapeeka Orphanage in 1999, commended the Kayanjas for educating him along with other needy children and pledged to emulate them by educating other children.

Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries of Kapeeka Orphange Home, the chief magistrate at the Uganda Wild Life Court, Gladys Kamasanyu, applauded Pastor Kayanja for his generous heart that has enabled thousands of orphans in the country to attain quality education.