PRESIDENT MUSEVENI'S ZONAL INDUSTRIAL HUB INITIATIVE REFORMS FORMER CATTLE RUSTLERS INTO EMPLOYABLE CITIZENS

President Yoweri Museveni's Zonal Industrial Hub Initiative has

transformed the lives of former cattle rustlers in Karamoja sub-region.

The initiative has done this through equipping the former Karamojong

warriors with skills that they could use to engage in productive activities.

This was testified during the graduation ceremony of the first batch of

graduates at the Karamoja Zonal Industrial Hub in Abbattoir village,

Lokiteded sub county in Napak district on Friday 6th January 2023.

Addressing the audience, the State House Comptroller Ms. Jane Barekye

thanked President Museveni for initiating a wonderful project that has even

seen former cattle rustlers getting skilled to better their livelihoods through

legal means.

The Comptroller further encouraged other former warriors to join the

initiative so that they could be part of Uganda's socio-economic

transformation agenda.

“Thank you for allowing to be transformed into good citizens. Now you are

going to serve your families and the whole country and for the

stakeholders, don't discriminate former warriors, recruit them into the

skilling initiative so that they could get involved in productive and money

generating activities,” Ms. Barekye advised.

“The vision for the President is to equip youths with skills, go and get jobs.

He is tired of seeing people with degrees loitering on the streets without

jobs. We decided to get everybody from all walks of life, train you so that

you can use your hands to create jobs and make this economy very proud.”

She also handed over Level I Certificates from the Directorate of Industrial

Training (DIT) to the successful beneficiaries.

As a sign of appreciation to the President, the Kotido District LC V

chairperson, Mr. Lotee Paul Komol dressed Ms. Barekye (who represented

Gen. Museveni) in Karamojong culture attire, handed her a spear and a

chair.

Eng. Raymond Kamugisha, the Director Presidential Projects and Industrial

Hubs at State House said with such skilling initiatives in place, Uganda

shall even surpass the Middle Income Status in a few years to come.

“I would like to thank God who enabled our President with such wisdom to

think of the very many ways that can turn our country into a first world

country. I can tell you with this intervention,  it's just a matter of time that

Uganda is going to change and we shall even surpass the middle income

status in a few years to come. So let us thank the President, Madam

Comptroller who fund all these activities and for entrusting us with this

responsibility to make sure that we man this role,” said Eng. Kamugisha,

the immediate supervisor of all zonal Industrial hubs in the country.