FIRST LADY | YOUTH | DEVELOPMENT 

The First Lady, Janet Museveni, also the Minister of Education and Sports has challenged youth who do not want to work on their parents’ land to develop themselves and yet yearn for most expensive items.

“It is indiscipline to acquire money in unlawful ways,” she said.

The First Lady noted that it is unfortunate for the people of Africa, a beautiful, blessed land, to be poor. She said Ugandans should be proud to have a government that is people-centred and plans for its people.

The First Lady, made the remarks as President Museveni, was speaking at the ‘scientific’ launch of Buikwe Youth Model Farm.

The Mufti of Uganda, Shiekh Ramadan Mubajje, who is also the chairman of IRCU, called for support for the unemployed, the homeless and former street children.

The youth, he said, comprise 78% of the total population and are part of the process of securing the future. “The youth are the owners of the future,” he said.

Bishop Joshua Lwere, the overseer of the National Fellowship of Born-Again Pentecostal Churches of Uganda, said the council, which comprises seven different religious denominations, has mobilised over 2,416 youth that he described as ‘disgruntled young people’ from around the country, who have participated in the council’s rehabilitation programme.

The major objective is to address the problem of the youth being homeless and to reform them from criminal activities.

“This model farm and others yet to be established in different parts of the country will also be beneficial to the surrounding communities,” he said.

The youth leader, Abdul Nasser Magezi, said in the process of mobilising the youth, IRCU looked at ways of harnessing their economic empowerment by targeting untapped resources for social, economic benefits and security of the youth groups.