The Uganda people’s congress UPC has noted with concern that there is a wider range of challenges that affect member States of NAM and deserve urgent attention.

The heavy debt burden has enslaved NAM members since the Arab – Israel war of early 1970s and this has reduced the capacity to invest in the economies and trade as well as create viable opportunities for the youthful population.

UPC head of communications Muzeyi Faizo has called upon the ongoing NAM Summit to come up with practical solutions to the debt trap.

He added that other troubling challenges which NAM ought to pay attention to, are; food insecurity, climate change, poor health, unemployment, migration and terrorism.

UPC demands focus and decisiveness by NAM so as to restore hope for a better future.

The NAM members who have made a breakthrough in development should act as a model to inspire others, which is consistent with the theme of the ongoing NAM Summit, “deepening cooperation for shared global affluence”.

Meanwhile, the media has been awash with domestic violence cases claiming people’s lives and/or maiming victims, which are raising serious concerns. Police have intervened at some points and aligned the culprits before the courts of law. However, domestic violence is on the increase! Children are being subjected to this difficult situation with threats not to report anywhere and this seems to be responsible for the fewer cases reported on time.

UPC calls upon the line government agencies, religious institutions and Non-Government Organisations to go the grassroots and start working closely with various families in the communities in a bid to wipeout this unfortunate behavior.