By Agency
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Wednesday met the leaders of the ghetto SACCOs in Kampala Metropolitan Area at State House Entebbe.
The group included 100 ghetto youth leaders who are also the leaders of the 12 ghetto SACCOs in Kampala, Wakiso, and Mukono.
The group included 100 ghetto youth leaders who are also the heads of the 12 ghetto SACCOs in Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono. The beneficiaries of the SACCOs are from; Rubaga Kakeeka Zone dwellers, Kasangati Ghetto Community, Kampala Central Division, Nakawa Division, Makindye East, Kawempe South, Makindye west, Kawempe North, Mukono industrial, Kasokoso, Nansana division and Masajja Para Zone ghetto in Makindye.
Each of the 12 ghettos was given UGX 100M in fulfillment of the pledge Museveni made during a meeting with the ghetto at Kololo Independence Grounds last year.
According to the President, the problem of the ghetto people started when the educated people failed to deal with the uneducated although also the uneducated have had their weaknesses like the failure to hold their elected leaders accountable.
President Museveni tasked the ghetto youths to advocate for the interests of the masses like free education for all and prosperity for all as well as embracing government poverty alleviation like the Paris Development Model (PDM) to uplift their livelihoods.“It’s good now that we have the group of Ddamulira which has linked up with you again, then we will be able to guide you on how to defend the interests of the masses. This is your country and home, you should defend it, you shouldn’t get involved in criminality like illegal protests,” Museveni said.
