Bushenyi – Ishaka Municipality Member Of Parliament aspirant Hajji Iddi Basajjabalaba has warned Ugandans against over spending in the now ongoing festive season.
Hajji Iddi Basajjabalaba 34 years is a son to Bushenyi’s National Resistance Movement (NRM) Chairperson and prominent businessman El Hajji Hassan Basajjabalaba (Founder of Kampala International University/Hospital) under HABA Group Of Companies.
In his Christmas message obtained by this website on Monday 23rd December 2024, Hajji Iddi Basajjabalaba admits that festive season means enjoying at some extent but advises Ugandans to spend wisely since life continues after this season especially after christmas day and new year’s eve.
“We should remember that after Christmas we have other things to do like paying school fees, caring for our families among other expenses so let’s keep it in mind that we should have a limit in spending”, Hajji Iddi Basajjabalaba explained.
Hajji Iddi Basajjalaba who has already transversed all parts of Bushenyi – Ishaka Municipality identifying peoples’ problems and possible solutions beleives that if people avoid over spending during this festive season, they will not face economic hardships at the start of the new year (2025).
Furthermore, He advised people to be disciplined, love one another, maintain peace and harmony in society if they want to receive the festive season heavenly blessings.
In Uganda and other many countries especially in Europe, many People refer the word festive season to ” 12 Christmas days which include welcoming the new year.
Christmas Day is the First Day. The Twelve Days are 25 December to 5 January, counting first and last. The Octave, or Eighth Day, is New Year’s Day and the Feast of the Circumcision, the day Jesus was circumcised according to the faith. The evening of the last day is Twelfth Night or Epiphany Eve, the next morning being Epiphany.
Then, Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.
A liturgical feast central to Christianity, preparation for Christmas begins on the First Sunday of Advent and it is followed by Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night.
Christmas Day is a public holiday in many countries, is observed religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as celebrated culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the annual holiday season.
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