Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked cultural leaders to mobilize their subjects on wealth creation programs to boost their household incomes. The call was in a speech read by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja during the 30th coronation anniversary of Omukama Solomon Rukirabasaija Gafabusa Iguru I on …
Read More »Gov’t to support 2.5 million families per year – Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that the government plans to support 2.5 million Ugandan families per year through different wealth creation programs. The President was speaking on Wednesday during the 32nd Heroes Day Anniversary ceremony at Kololo Independence Grounds held under the theme, “Remembering those …
Read More »MPs query UGX160bn supplementary budget for presidential initiative on job and wealth creation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Budget committee of Parliament have raised a red flag over a supplementary request of an additional Shillings 160bn for the presidential initiative on job and wealth creation. The poverty alleviation initiative that has been dubbed ‘Emyooga’ targets Ugandans from 18 clusters including …
Read More »Mixed reactions as gov’t rolls out another initiative for wealth creation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government has rolled out another initiative in parishes targeting specialized groups in a move aimed at job creation and improving household incomes. In the Presidential Initiative on wealth creation and job creation locally referred as Emyooga, each Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization (SACCO) …
Read More »Kigezi leaders sceptical of industrial park project
Kigezi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Kigezi sub-region have expressed doubt on the success of the Industrial park project. The project was launched by President Museveni in April with an aim of eradicating poverty and unemployment among the youth and women. Early this month, the government allocated 130 billion …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Subsistence farming a disaster for African families
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said his recent countrywide ‘wealth creation’ campaign aimed to continue his life-long assault on the bottleneck of the archaic tradition of subsistence farming. “The traditional way, where you only work for the stomach (subsistence farming), is a disaster for the African …
Read More »Unfulfilled pledges dominate Museveni’s Kisoro tour
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The unfulfilled pledge of constructing John Kale Institute of Science and Technology and irregularity in sharing revenue generated from national parks dominated president, Yoweri Museveni’s wealth creation rally in Kisoro district on Wednesday. The rally that took place at Girosora playground in Nyakabande Sub …
Read More »Wealth creation must be driven by the private sector
Mombasa, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Nations can only get rich if they create conditions conducive enough for the private sector to thrive, President Museveni has said. Speaking at the Kenya-Uganda Business Forum at the Sarova White Sands Hotel in Mombasa on Wednesday, President Museveni noted that for a long …
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