The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga has praised President Museveni for initiatives which are a good step towards fighting unemployment in Uganda.
Mayiga made the remarks during the launch of the Presidential Skilling Industrial Hub for the greater Masaka sub region at Ndegeya Village in Bugabira Parish in Masaka.
The centre started operation in February this year and will offer free vocation training to youth aged 18 to 35 years from the nine districts that make up the greater Masaka sub region and Masaka City.
Mayiga has urged youths to seek self-development and avoid useless politicking.
“I am very appreciative of this presidential initiative aimed at skilling the youth. The most important thing for anyone is to get what to do and you can only learn what to do when you are still young. I always tell people that the opportunity moves silently but you must have the nose to smell it, you must have the ears to hear it. You even must have the tongue to taste it,” he said.
He cautioned those in leadership not decampaign the initiative.
“Matters of development are devoid of ideological inclinations, religiously or even nationalities. If you want to develop, you must be smart and to be smart is to realise the opportunities that come your way. I encourage people to adopt it without political interference, to be trained, to start something, and let us eradicate poverty,” he said.
The State House Comptroller Jane Barekye said president Museveni established the hubs with an intention of eliminating unemployment among the young people and changing the economic status of people who never had the opportunity to attain formal education in order to transform Uganda into a middle income economy.