Rwandese families in Uganda are playing a great role of teaching culture among the next generation even though they leave far from their country. Well as there are three important things in life: time, people and planning, people are most vital because they make plans and they postpone time. Therefore, culture and the flexibility to live with people form all areas can lead to higher heights in life. A teacher by profession, an economist by choice and a soldier by anger, Major Felix Kulaije of Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) urged the young boys and girls to accept unity in diversity while at a party for Kyambogo University’s Banyarwanda Association on 18th/04/09. All graced with beauty, a gift that God has endowed to His people with out regrets; the students were steadily listening to what was said as a caution to guard jealously the beauty of their customs and traditions. “Accepting to belong to another nationality in Diaspora is not easy” admitted the outgoing chairman of Kyambogo Banyarwanda Association. But he cautioned the people present that accepting who you are gives peace and its one way of realizing who you are. Culture entails around traditions, ways of life and customs of particular societies or tribes like dances, language, discipline, heritage or history. Many people in Diaspora miss out on the privilege of knowing their culture automatically as they grow, but such avenues where elderly people of the Rwandese extraction can continue educating the young about their origin and their people promise greatness and the carrying of the Rwandese banner continuously even out of the country. Unity is a state of being in agreement and working together. Man is no island and he ought to live in harmony with those around him. That’s why some people have mentors to guide them and learn from them as life unfolds the different masks. “When you stand on some one’s shoulders, you see very far,” said Kampala International University president for Banyarwanda Association, Francis Agaba. How can this be done if we all walk tall praising the degrees and qualifications that we have in the name of spending many years in school? I wonder but it was answered by Pastor Godfrey Kagongye who said “reading is good and having a degree is great but common sense needs to be felt and put in to context. “Love your culture, your friend and your nation,” accredited Major Kulaije. Ends
