SAD!! Young Girl Tries Killing Herself In front Of President Museveni

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on Ugandans to rebuild and reinforce community support systems for young people, after a schoolgirl in Kibuku broke down and revealed that she had once considered ending her own life due to lack of opportunities and overwhelming despair.

The girl’s story, shared during the President’s campaign stop at Kibuku Primary School on Thursday, cast a spotlight on the often unseen emotional battles many children across the country endure—particularly those pushed to the margins by poverty, broken education pathways, and illegal school charges that keep them out of classrooms.

A Heartbreaking Story That Captured the Nation’s Attention

As he addressed education challenges in the region, President Museveni revisited a painful moment from one of his engagement sessions with trainees at the Presidential Skilling Hub in eastern Uganda.

“One of the girls told me she was thinking of killing herself,” he said. “But when she joined the skilling hub, she got hope. In six months, they are producing items we used to import from China.”

The President explained that her transformation—from hopelessness to productivity—illustrated the urgency of reforming free education in Uganda. He said the pressures faced by children, ranging from emotional distress to financial strain, are worsened by illegal fees that continue to frustrate government efforts.

“School fees are killing the future of many children in Uganda,” the President warned, noting that some school administrators persist with unauthorized charges that push students out of school and into despair.

Museveni added that many children lose hope not because they lack intelligence or ambition, but because they cannot access the opportunities meant to uplift them.

Museveni’s Call for an Inclusive National Transformation

At the rally, the President went beyond education and painted a broader picture of Uganda’s ongoing structural transformation. He said national progress must be driven jointly by government investment and household participation.

“The first contribution is peace,” he said. “Because of peace, we expanded roads, electricity and telephones. Social infrastructure like schools and hospitals must reach every parish and every sub-county.”

Museveni highlighted infrastructure upgrades taking place in Kibuku, including improvements at health centres in Nabiswa, Kituti, Nakodo, Dodoi, Kenkebu, Nandere and other communities. He explained that these developments are designed to create an environment where families can thrive.

But he reminded citizens that infrastructure alone cannot lift households out of poverty unless communities embrace wealth creation practices, including the four-acre model and other enterprise activities.

“You can have development and people still remain poor. Wealth is individual,” he noted, urging families to make use of the opportunities created by government investments.

Jobs From Productivity, Not Solely Government

The President also addressed employment concerns, saying that economic growth is tied directly to productivity.

Museveni revealed that factories now employ about 1.3 million people and stressed that jobs emerge from business activities, services, agriculture and manufacturing—not only from government offices.

“NRM is telling Ugandans to wake up—jobs come from wealth,” he said.

He encouraged local leaders overseeing the Parish Development Model (PDM) to ensure that every household enters the money economy, moving away from subsistence farming towards income-generating ventures that create dignified livelihoods.

Strengthening Free Education After Elections

Reflecting on the Kibuku girl’s emotional testimony, President Museveni said the story would help guide the NRM’s plans to revisit and reinforce Uganda’s free education policy after the elections.

“The government has set up skilling hubs so that young people who fail because of fees can still succeed,” he said. “No child should ever feel like ending their life because they lack school fees.”

He insisted that the education sector must be cleaned of illegal fees and strengthened so that no young person is excluded from learning or left to struggle alone.

NRM Leaders Rally Behind the President

During the event, NRM Vice Chairperson for Central Region, Rt. Hon. Anita Among, urged residents to rally firmly behind President Museveni and all NRM candidates, describing the President’s commitment to youth empowerment and community development as unmatched.

District Chairperson Hajji Shalif Ssebakaki expressed gratitude to the President for establishing the Presidential Skilling Hub in the area, saying it had already transformed many young lives. He requested that the programme be expanded to offer even more opportunities.

A Promise to Protect the Next Generation

President Museveni concluded his address by reaffirming the NRM’s message built on five pillars—peace, development, wealth creation, jobs and free education. He said Uganda’s transformation depends on keeping these pillars aligned, strong and accessible to all communities.

Above all, he emphasized that the nation must ensure that no child ever feels abandoned or so hopeless that they consider ending their life.