The former President of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party, Kiiza Besigye, has asked whether Museveni could afford the cost of education if God returned him to childhood in his government, highlighting the need to revamp the funding of education to foster socioeconomic development.

According to Besigye, education was cheaper during the colonial government than in Museveni’s government, which is why Museveni was able to go through primary, secondary, and university education, which later qualified him to become the President of Uganda from a poor family.

“Look at the cost of education today. I have always used this example of Mr. Museveni himself. Would he attain the quality education that he had during the colonial regime if God returned him to childhood in his government? There is a conspiracy to kill the opportunities for our children to attain quality education. Reports indicate that each learner in a government school is allocated Ugx 7,000 a year,” Besigye said.

He, however, explained that some poor families in Uganda cannot afford quality education for their children because of the high costs orchestrated by little funding.

Besigye said this while addressing the press members at Katonga Road in Kampala on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, adding that reports indicate that 1.8 million children register for primary school every year, but about 7000 make it to primary school because there is nothing there to get, adding that education is one of the causalities of NRM’s 39 years in power.

Erias Lukwago, the interim president of the FDC Katonga faction, appealed to the members of parliament to withdraw the quest for constitutional amendment because it was already destroyed beyond repair; instead, they should discuss and prepare for power transition.

Katonga group is in the transition process from the mother party, FDC, to the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF), whose core aim is to liberate Uganda through defiance.