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JANET KATAHA MUSEVENI’S LIFE FROM CHILDHOOD THROUGH PUBLIC LIFE

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/DOKTmTlvgLk and political activist and living through the challenges of our times, she felt that one member of her family was enough of a sacrifice and contribution to our nation. Leaving a young family and a career ahead of her, the author explains how sacrifice is key to a better future for others and it takes a lot of courage to fight. The mother of four had planned to retire and move to upcountry where she would enjoy being a grandmother to her 12 grandchildren, looking after the family’s ranches in Rwakitura and Kisozi, and do some gardening which Janet categorically states that she always wanted to do although time has been limited until God intervened as the book says. “I was visiting another country in the latter half of 2005. It was then that I first heard of the Lord speak to me about standing for public office,” Janet writes.“I can remember exactly what I was doing when I heard Him say: “You should run for Parliament next year to represent your parents’ constituency.”The book details a lady whose journey has been a topsy-turvy affair combined with failures and victories.

Luckily, the children adjusted with ease and performed well at school. My Life’s journey is a clear revelation of Museveni’s war adventures and the determination with which her husband wanted to end dictatorial regime in the Republic Uganda well known globally as pearl of Africa.Janet rise from a  small village called Irenga through life in exile in Tanzania,then Kenya and later Sweden was worth the pain and agony in my own opinion.Common folks who are facing challenges in their lives will definitely find this book an inspiration and worth reading.I can best describe   My Life’s Journey  as the story of an African Girl, who overcame family problems to rise and become Uganda’s First Lady.
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My Life's Journey Mass Market Paperback – January 1, 2011

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Mrs. Museveni’s life’s journey

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If anyone wants a slice of the intimate life of the Museveni family, his wife’s autobiography delivers it

I have spent eight months trying to shape my views on Mrs. Janet Museveni’s autobiography, My Life’s Journey . An autobiography is an attempt to tell others that:  “This is who I am” or “This is how I see myself” and “This is how I want you to see me.” So it is an intimate self examination. Then of course, the challenge is how much to reveal about oneself – your triumphs and setbacks, aspirations and frustrations. In My Life’s Journey , I felt Mrs. Museveni did this with much greater success than most people would.

Mrs. Museveni’s autobiography is the opposite of Yoweri Museveni’s Sowing the Mustard Seed . Her husband’s autobiography is almost entirely about his political life; Mrs. Museveni’s is more about the family – the mundane and ordinary things that make life. The two met as kids studying in adjacent primary schools. Their courtship begins by a chance meeting in the parking lot of Hilton Hotel in Nairobi on Christmas day, 1972. They get married in London and Museveni is initially denied entry into England on the eve of their wedding. When they settle in exile in Dar Es Salam, a friend called Oyaka drives them to their first apartment because they did not have a car. A neighbour – a Scandinavian lady – drives them to hospital at 4am to deliver their first born, Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

In this intimate tale of trials and tribulations, triumphs and frustrations, Mrs. Museveni is open and candid about their personal circumstances. She writes about days when they lived in a small hotel room, unable to pay bills; how they shifted into an apartment without curtains or electricity; and the moments when she worried about their next meal. She once travels from Dar Es Salam to Nairobi looking for a job to supplement their family income. She is full of gratitude to friends and family who helped them when they needed it most.

The story also reveals Yoweri Museveni, the person. Mrs. Msueveni describes the young Museveni: “He dressed very badly, always wearing mismatched shirts, trousers and boots. He was prone to wear red undershirts and then cover them with another coloured short-sleeved shirt, khaki trousers and black boots with colourful socks. Even though his dress was horrendous, he was always very clean which he still is to this day.”

When she begins her courtship with Museveni, Janet Kataha had just lost her mother, after also losing her only brother four years earlier. “I felt alone in the world and I did not know what to believe in any more,” she writes in what I felt was a revealing testimony. “When Yoweri entered my life he had such a calm certainty of character, as if there was a secret he was not telling… Yoweri has always possessed that quality, a steadfast indefatigable character. No matter what came against him, he would stay standing. He seemed so sure of his purpose and direction that nothing could bother him.”

Mrs. Museveni often lived in the homes of her relatives; some lived in her home. In My Life’s Journey , she is full of praise for her relatives and friends; tales of affection and generosity. Many people who have lived with relatives tell of abuse and mistreatment. One may suspect there must have been such moments and feelings in her experience with relatives too. Yet there is not a single criticism of those who opened their homes for her to live in. Why does she ignore them? What does this reveal about her character? This positive attitude goes to her assessment of all the friends and people she has lived or worked with.

There are episodes in the book where Mrs. Museveni reveals what she never intended – like her chance encounter with President Idi Amin in a restaurant in Masaka. She was having lunch with a friend when Amin walks in for lunch too – unannounced. He sits on a table a few feet from them. The young Janet Kataha walks over to him and introduces herself. Amin extends his hand and greets her too. Her commentary about Amin in regard to this incident is inconsistent with the ordinary lifestyle of this dictator. She proceeds to say that greeting Amin posed a danger to her.

Throughout most of the book, Museveni’s political struggles keep him away from his family. For example, in May 1978, he travels to Mozambique to join FRONASA recruits for training a day after his wife has given birth to their third child, Patience. This becomes worse when he is in the bushes of Luwero and the family are living as exiles in Sweden. Indeed, when Museveni went to visit his family in Sweden in 1985, their first daughter Natasha opened the door and immediately ran back into the house saying: “Mummy, there is a man at the door who says he is my father…”

The book makes intriguing comments on the failures of Uganda without the author making clear who she is blaming them on. For example, she criticises the Uganda education system for being outdated and concerned with topics irrelevant to Uganda’s needs. When she went to campaign for Parliament she realised that politicians win elections by bribing voters. When she became State Minister for Karamoja, she found that government has been pumping money into the region without anything to show for it. Her comments on the state of our healthcare system are as critical as those any opposition politician would make. And yet she still believes that her husband’s administration has been a very successful one.

And then one has to worry about Mrs. Museveni the politician for she couches her politics in the language of religion. For instance, her decision to run for parliament itself, she tells us, was an instruction from God. Then one has to ask themselves: If the first lady’s views in politics are guided by divine intervention, how can we mere mortals disagree with her? Would disagreement tantamount to opposing the almighty? In spite of these questions, My Life’s Journey is a must-read for anyone desirous to know the personal experiences of the Museveni’s and perhaps how those experiences have shaped their view of Uganda and its politics.

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My Life's Journey Paperback – 29 Dec. 2010

• Print length 314 pages
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If I told you Janet Museveni was the first lady of an African nation, could you name which one? Until last week, me neither. But now that I have met this talented woman in the pages of her memoir, I know that Uganda is blessed to have her as its first lady, wife of President Yoweri Museveni.

She is currently also serving as MP for Ruhaana County and Minster of State for Karamoja. This mother of four, grandmother of twelve has had a challenging life. In My Life’s Journey she tells her story beginning with her early years in rural Uganda.

After a year of college in Wales she returns to a country that is falling into chaos under the terror of Idi Amin. When some of her family members oppose him, they become a hunted lot. During her years in African exile (spent in Tanzania and other countries) she meets her husband. When she asks him what his occupation is, he says, “Fighting Idi Amin.” It turns out that fighting for Africa’s political well-being becomes the passion of his life.

Amin is eventually routed but since Yoweri Museveni is a rival of returned President Obote, the family is soon on the run again with Janet and her four children spending years exiled in Sweden before Yoweri becomes president and the family is reunited in a Uganda that is in shambles after years of civil war.

To add to the inspiration of Janet Museveni’s story as a tale of political overcoming is its spiritual aspect. After she decides to put her faith in Christ as Saviour her life takes on a different cast. She speaks openly about her practice of starting each day with prayer and Bible reading and how her faith influences the way she raises her children.

When she feels that God would have her enter politics, her faith is tested as she comes against the expectation that she will campaign using traditional means of bribery and buying votes with gifts and alcohol. She resists but wins her seat anyway.

Her motherly heart, listening ear, habit of close observation, and administrative common sense has made her a successful leader with numerous completed roads, schools, and hospitals on her list of accomplishments. In her time as leader she has asked God many questions including why Africa is so often at the bottom of the world’s nations. The answer she has arrived at contains wisdom that leaders of all nations—mine included—would do well to heed:

“This scripture (referring to Acts 17:26,28) simply put says that ‘the fault is not in our stars’ so to speak; God created all people from ‘one blood,’ which means there is no one inherently inferior to another. He also determined where people should live on the earth with a purpose …. This scripture tells me that it is impossible to find an identity and national consciousness apart from God. A nation that will stand and last for generations is one that has been built on the Chief Cornerstone” – My Life’s Journey, p. 278.

If you are interested in Africa and enjoy memoir, you’ll love My Life’s Journey . Thank you to my brother and sister-in-law, who gave me a copy after discovering this book during a recent trip to Uganda to visit their missionary son and his family. View all my reviews

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Janet Kataaha Museveni  ( born June 24, 1948) is a Ugandan  politician who has been the First Lady  of Uganda  since 1986. She is married to President Yoweri Museveni  with whom she has four children. She has been Cabinet Minister for Education and Sports  in the Ugandan Cabinet  since 6 June 2016, although her own education record is questioned.   She previously served as Minister for Karamoja Affairs  in the Cabinet of Uganda from 27 May 2011 until 6 June 2016.

She also served as the elected Member of Parliament  representing Ruhaama County in Ntungamo District  between 2011 and 2016. She published her autobiography,  My Life's Journey , in 2011.

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