This is where I say it plainly: Ugandans, wake up. Some people are not just confused, they are deliberate. Deliberate in spreading lies. Deliberate in stirring anger. Deliberate in poisoning young minds for cheap political mileage.
This morning, my son was genuinely annoyed. Not because of school fees. Not because of exams. But because of a lie he had heard loudly recycled on social media that schools would reopen in April. A lie repeated so confidently that it sounded like truth. That moment should worry all of us.
What kind of people deliberately mislead children? What kind of leaders-in-waiting choose to confuse learners, parents, and teachers just to score political points? What kind of politics thrives on chaos rather than clarity?
Let us be clear. According to the Ministry of Education and Sports – Uganda, the 2026 school calendar is settled: Term One starts on 2nd February 2026. Across the three terms, learners will complete 260 instructional days. There is no April reopening. None. Zero. Zilch.
Yet, some opposition voices decided facts were inconvenient. So they manufactured confusion. Because when you cannot win with ideas, you win with noise. When you cannot inspire, you instigate. When you lack solutions, you sell panic. This is not activism. This is sabotage dressed up as concern.
Education is not a campaign prop. Children are not political ammunition. Schools are not battlefields for misinformation. Any politician who toys with the education calendar to inflame emotions is not “fighting for the people.” They are fighting the future.
And here is the irony: these are the same people who knock on doors asking to be trusted with leadership. Trusted to run a country. Trusted to make policy. Trusted with national stability. If they cannot respect a school calendar, how will they respect a constitution?
Thankfully, the government did what responsible leadership does. It clarified the facts and dismissed the falsehoods, as reported by Daily Express. Calm, factual, and firm. No drama. Just truth.
Ugandans must learn to ask simple questions:
- Who benefits from confusion?
- Who profits from panic?
- Who smiles when parents and children are stressed?
Leadership is not about who shouts loudest on social media. It is about who protects institutions, tells the truth consistently, and puts the nation above ego.
So yes, Ugandans, wake up. Reject political pollution. Demand facts. Defend our children from professional liars. Because anyone willing to poison young minds today will poison the country tomorrow. And Uganda deserves better than that.