By: Joseph Buwule
MOROTO- PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has today commended the Missionary Congregation of the Evangelizing Sisters of Mary for their charitable efforts towards the people of Karamoja Sub region in Eastern Uganda.
“The Missionary Congregation of the Evangelizing Sisters of Mary has been a blessing to the people of Karamoja, Uganda and the rest of the world. I commend you for your passion and dedication to preaching the gospel and extending charity to the needy and vulnerable groups in society,” he said.
The president’s message was contained in a speech delivered by the Vice president Jessica Alupo during celebrations to mark the Golden Jubilee of the Missionary Congregation of the Evangelizing Sisters of Mary, at the Merciful love of Jesus Cathedral, in Moroto district on August 15, 2026.
Museveni further recognized the efforts of the Sisters in supplementing the government’s efforts to provide health and educational services to the people of Uganda.
He thanked them for integrating social and anti poverty eradication programs into their evangelization mission.
“This is proof that you are concerned about both the material and physical well-being of the believers. You are emulating the example of Jesus Christ, who, besides praying, preaching and fasting, also earned his bread as a carpenter. Besides food, you need clothes, shelter, medicine, etc., which must be bought with money,” he said.
He informed believers that Poverty in Uganda is due to the fact that 30% of Ugandan households are still trapped in producing only for food (subsistence farming), with no surplus to take to market.
The president explained that to save people from the vicious cycle of poverty, the NRM recommended four sectors in which they can select profit-making enterprises. They include; commercial agriculture, services, industries and ICT.
Additionally, Museveni highlighted that wealth funds, such as PDM, Emyooga, Youth Fund, Women Fund are available to provide financial assistance to organized groups engaged in producing goods or services for the market.
The President called upon everyone to get involved in wealth-creation initiatives since the government has put in place the necessary socio-economic infrastructure.
“The economic advantages that the NRM has created must translate into jobs and wealth for households. Therefore, I appeal to believers to work hard and embrace the ongoing wealth-creation campaign,” the president said.
Museveni thanked Rev. Sir. Drazia Clementina, the Provincial Superior, Missionary Congregation of the Evangelizing Sisters of Mary, for inviting him as Chief Guest as they celebrated the Golden Jubilee.
In her own words, the vice president congratulated the Sisters upon celebrating the Golden Jubilee, and thanked them for nurturing Ugandans. “You have taught us values of integrity, good morals, self-sustainability, resilience and bravery,” Alupo said.
Currently, the congregation has about 400 professed sisters, 73 communities serving in 11 countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, South Africa, Zambia, Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland, USA, and Cuba.
Rev. Sr. Clementina, the Provincial Superior, noted during the 50-year journey, the congregation has seen the bringing up of a whole person to totality of human dignity by uplifting the whole person spiritually, psychologically, socially, intellectually, morally and materially.
She explained that these services are rendered through training or equipping sisters with adequate knowledge in social work, education, health and pastoral ministries.
In attendance was the minister of state for Karamoja Affairs, John Baptist Lokii, the Most Rev. Emmanuel Obbo, the Archbishop of Tororo Archbishop, Rt. Rev. Damiano Guzzetti, the Bishop of Moroto Catholic Diocese and Sr. Prof. Mary Jacinta Adhiambo among others.