For all three times, the Lord responded to him and said, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” Up until that time, all the Jews regarded all non-Jews as unclean; they thus couldn’t enter their houses leave alone eat with them or their food! Later that day, Peter was instructed by God to go to the house of Cornelius, a Roman army officer, and there, God showed him that what he regarded as unclean were also God’s chosen people. His perspective changed from that day forward and he worked at changing the view of his fellow Jews towards the non-Jews/Gentiles. Uganda is a country that is aspiring to become a middle-income country and eventually a developed economy by 2040.
entire space science programme is being championed. The Bureau on Mobility is leading the country in innovations that will lead to the future desired transport systems, that can enable me to wake up late and still arrive on time for my planned engagements. This works with the Infrastructure Innovations Bureau which thinks and innovates modern infrastructure not only for transport but also for mineral exploitation and other STI-related work. Uganda Vision 2040 talks of industrial advancement and harnessing of knowledge with ICT to develop the capacity that the country needs to tackle the challenges for Uganda’s development and also exploit the abundant resources including the young labour force. This is being handled under the Industry 4.0+ Bureau, with a display of the players advancing the robotics field in the country and everything related to it.
The works of all these four Bureaus or Value Chains lead to the development of products that can promote Exports, Import Substitution, and accelerate the Productivity of the general public. Remember my dream, spending just that amount of time and not missing out on a career opportunity is accelerated productivity in the economy! So, Science Week was set up in such a way that we could visualize Vision 2040 under these different Value Chains and thus appreciate the efforts of all the players along the different chains.
Additionally, it recognizes and shows Ugandans that a number of things are happening and are possible in Uganda. I know many of the people who passed by Kololo this week have already had or will have dreams such as I did! Don’t brush them off, may they be an inspiration for you to plug into your space and work with all Ugandans to see that we achieve our Vision 2040. May you not be like Peter and think that every Ugandan who tells you that we can work together and achieve Vision 2040 and he/she is working towards that is a thief in Government. Every Ugandan deserves to see the aspirations of 2040 achieved and may you work like Peter to change the views of others around you so that together we achieve the Uganda We Want in 2040!! Happy Science Week 2022!
The writer is the Team Lead Policy and Planning, Science Technology and Innovation Secretariat, Office of the President
