Across section of youth members of parliament lead by Western youth MP Edson Rugumayo says there’s little to celebrate on today’s labor day.
While addressing journalists at parliament, mps says labor day celebrations makes no sense when 8m Ugandan youths are unemployeed.
They adds that even the little funds invested in different youth government empowerment programs like PDM, Youth livehood program and others have been murred with corruption tendences.
Rugumayo has also challenged government to address the issue of skill mismatch caused by the foreign theoretical teachings in our schools which has greatly contributed to the increased unemployment.
He further asked government to come upwith measures to protect new startup businesses set up by youths which in most cases die at incubation stage due to high taxes.
Meanwhile, the Central Youth MP Agnes Kirabo has reiterated the need by government to deploy the intern doctors who recently petitioned parliament.
Its from this that the youth MPs have promised to engage all stakeholders to ensure the deployment of intern doctors.
