{UAH} 2016 here we come:Pres Museveni Launches Multi-billion Youth Project

The launch will be held at Kololo grounds today and as per our sources, Special Forces command has already deployed and the president is expected to arrive any minute from now.

 

The new Shs 265bn fund for the youth is expected to be managed Bigirimana with the aim of uplifting the economic conditions of the youth in Uganda.

According to Bigirimana, the Government is now taking a deliberate step to address the challenge of this high poverty and unemployment among the youth, through a more feasible and sustainable intervention that increases the participation of the youth in economic activities.

He says this involves enhancement of skills and provision of technical and financial support to enable the youth establish marketable and viable enterprises.

"The government has undertaken a number of programmes under various ministries such as skilling Uganda, Youth Enterprise Scheme, Youth Venture Capital Fund, programmes in the Office of the Prime Minister to address negative problems of poverty and unemployment among the youth," he noted, adding, "However, youth involvement in most of the programs has been hampered by attitude and mindset, mismatch of skills and inadequate information among others."

How did the youth game plan start?

As the 2016 elections draw nearer, the youth are preparing to ask President Museveni to show cause as to why they should give keep giving him their votes yet their welfare is going down the drain.

The majority is unemployed, others live in slums and some have even abandoned school due to poverty and lack of opportunities.

It's untrue that Ugandans are not creative but the lack of capital has always kept good and transformative projects just on paper.

 

Those who have tried to venture into self employment have always seen their businesses collapse in the first year due to lack of funds to cater for their expansion.

Sources in State House told Chimpreports that it is against this background that Bigirimana, upon being appointed Gender Permanent Secretary, tipped Museveni that something could be done to uplift the plight of the youth who constitute 21.3 percent of the total population of Uganda, translating into 6.5million people.

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