YOUTH DAY CELEBRATED IN MASINDI, AMINDST CALLS FOR ACTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was on Saturday the chief celebrate at the international youth day celebrations held in Masindi District, Bunyoro sub-region. International Youth Day is observed annually on August 12, following a 1999 UN resolution, to recognize the role of young people in development. According to the 2024 National Census, Uganda has one of the youngest populations in the world with 73.5% below the age of 30, thus considering its youth a strategic resource for socio-economic transformation. This year’s event, was held at Masindi Golf Course grounds, under the theme: “Youth Advancing Socio-Economic Transformation through Technology and Partnership,” and brought together youth leaders, government officials and beneficiaries of various empowerment programmes. In his keynote address, President Museveni said he was proud that the NRM government had delivered on its core plan of peace, which now provides a firm foundation for development. “Some people confuse pledges with plans. The major plan of the NRM government is peace and that one is firm. Nobody can bring war here again,” the President told the cheering crowd, while also cautioning that crime and corruption remain threats that must be confronted. Turning to health, he noted that Uganda’s youthful population is a direct result of successful immunization campaigns that have drastically reduced child mortality. However, he expressed concern over the persistent theft of drugs from government health centres. "Our children are alive because of immunization. But the drugs for treatment are being stolen not in Congo or South Sudan, but here in Uganda. That means it is you, the citizens, who must take responsibility and stop this theft,” he said. The President emphasized that the fight against poverty must begin with commercial agriculture, citing real-life examples of model farmers who have transformed small acreage into multimillion-shilling enterprises. He singled out Hon. Fred Byamukama, the State Minister of Works, who earns over Shs55million a month from poultry farming alone and Mr. Richard Nyakana, a model farmer from Fort Portal, who employs 15 people on one acre of land. “Please, listen carefully to the NRM message! Plan number one is commercial agriculture. From there, we go to manufacturing and then services, including digital. These are the pillars that will transform Uganda,” he added. The President announced plans for an industrial park in Hoima, near Karuma Dam, and pointed to factories such as Kinyara Sugar, which already employs over 20,000 people, as proof of the manufacturing sector’s potential to absorb the youths. He further urged them to embrace services such as tourism and digital technology, which he described as critical enablers in today’s economy.

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