Uganda, April 22 -- Youth have been urged to embrace one of the core values of patriotism - love for one's country, East Africa and Africa - in order for them to prosper especially amongst their families and also as a way to conserve the environment.

The call was made by President Museveni during the launch of the National Patriotism Environmental Protection Campaign and commissioning of two new multipurpose halls at Kitebi Secondary School, in Wankulukuku, on Friday.

According to President Museveni, the initiation of the issue of patriotism in 2009 was to educate Ugandans about the word 'prosperity' because families needed to devise means to become prosperous by ensuring that they produce a good or service, sell it out sustainably and ...