Summary:
- These pioneering students, at the Presidential Industrial Hub in Kamuganguzi Sub County, Kabale District, have been diligently trained in a diverse array of disciplines including Tailoring, Carpentry, Building and Construction Welding, Shoe Making, and Hairdressing.
KABALE: A total of 462 students have graduated at the Presidential Initiative Zonal Industrial Hub for Kigezi Sub-region.
These pioneering students, at the Presidential Industrial Hub in Kamuganguzi Sub County, Kabale District, have been diligently trained in a diverse array of disciplines including Tailoring, Carpentry, Building and Construction Welding, Shoe Making, and Hairdressing.
During the ceremonious event yesterday, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon Thomas Tayebwa, as the esteemed Chief Guest unveiled the government’s ambitious plan to allocate a substantial sum of 10 Billion shillings for conducting workshops aimed at facilitating the transition of graduating students from the Presidential Industrial Hub into the workforce.
Tayebwa stressed that this initiative intends to provide invaluable support to these graduates for approximately six months, allowing them the opportunity to accumulate capital and embark on their entrepreneurial journeys, thus achieving self-reliance.
Tayebwa emphasized the significance of this endeavor, highlighting its potential to serve as a robust mechanism for monitoring the progress of youth post-graduation. He underscored the pivotal role of skills acquisition in alleviating poverty within households.
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Speaking at the same function, the State Minister for Trade, Industry, and Cooperative (Industry), David Bahati, articulated the pivotal role of skills acquisition in the nation’s transformative agenda, emphasizing the imperative of job creation. Bahati pledged the unswerving dedication of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in sustaining this endeavor, citing its integral role in propelling industrialization and ameliorating the twin challenges of poverty and unemployment plaguing Uganda.
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