The leadership of the National Leadership Institute (NALI), in Kyankwanzi District has informed newly elected legislators from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party that electronic gadgets like phones and laptops are likely to be denied access during the weeklong retreat that will run between Tuesday 7th and April 16.
In the joint instructions notice addressed to all NRM Parliamentary Caucus members, Col. Rukogota Okei, the director of NALI said that a maximum degree of silence and concentration shall be required during plenary sessions and therefore if the phones are allowed they would cause disruptions.
“The training program is adequately big, underscoring the need to optimize time utilization during the caucus in order to fully exhaust the package in the given duration. Therefore, all participants on the retreat are required to read, understand and adhere to the regulatory points…,” reads part of the instructions notice.
Another strict guideline is accessing the canteen that has among its stock, alcohol and will only be accessible only after plenary sessions every day before it closes. Col Rukogota implored the leaders/officers to avoid drunkenness during the retreat.
Visitors are banned except when a prior permission is sought from the institute’s administration. When reporting or communicating any issue, participants are advised to follow a chain of command both at their level and Institute.
“SFC is charged with security of all persons on NALI campus; as such, no participant will be allowed to enter the Institute premises with escorts, firearms, knives and any other item deemed by the security personnel to be a weapon. Those with such items (including personal weapons) are required to declare them at the checkpoint for safe custody in the armory from where they will be retrieved at the end of the course,” reads part of the rules.
They further guide that, “Damaging and losing the institute’s property is punishable by replacing it at the current market price. No personal vehicles will be allowed entry to the Institute…participants’ movement are regulated to designated areas during specific times. Movement into and out of the campus is restricted unless it is deemed justifiable to be authorized.”
For safety purposes, Col Rukogota reminded the participants to STRICTLY use only the designated entry and exit points in and out of the institute and plenary.
“All participants are urged to exercise maximum exemplary discipline and respect for each other. Any form of rowdy behaviour, quarrelling, use of abusive language, disrespect towards peers, NALI Staff and fellow participants, will be a breach of discipline,” the guidelines read.
At the beginning and the end of every day’s business, participants will be required to recite (all stanzas) of both the National and East African Community Anthems in Kiswahili.
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