Technical school students want government start-up tool kits to use acquired skills

The youth were celebrating the belated International Youth Day District celebrations at Nyakasanga play grounds in Kasese Municipality.

Mumbere Junior Amuza, a student at Mubuku Industrial Hub studying hair dressing, said that government needs to provide accessible and affordable financing avenues for them to run own businesses after they have undergone government-funded training.

Muhindo Fahd Shikhuran Bitwamba another student, said that a lack of employment opportunities and capital render the skills they acquire futile.

Elias Mugora, doing carpentry and joinery at the skills hub, bemoaned the high cost of acquiring machines in his field to start work.

Moreen Kabugho, a student at Kasese polytechnic, said that a number of students who undergo the programs don't have strong financial backgrounds to support them in starting workshops.

The Director Kasese Youth Link for Development, Ronald Kato, says that more government support is needed towards female youth especially child mothers and survivors of domestic violence.

Kasese District has already allocated the youth five acres of land where an inter-locking brick making machine, offered by the President, will be installed.

Former minister of Defence and Bukhonzo West legislator, Crispus Kiyonga, asked the District leadership to schedule a seminar in which government programs impact among the youth will be assessed.