Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six youths who were arrested for their alleged involvement in acts of gross indecency were last evening remanded to Kirinya Prison after appearing before the Grade One Magistrate’s Court in Jinja. The accused youths, who are aged between 20 and 26 include; Geoffrey Ibanda Sadic Wassajja, …
Read More »200 Ugandan youth selected to join Tilenga Academy training program
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | TotalEnergies EP Uganda unveiled 200 Ugandan youth who have been selected from the Tilenga MOOC to join the Tilenga Academy training program aimed at empowering youth with skills and international certifications to work on the Tilenga project during the production phase. The selected candidates will …
Read More »Six youth in viral homosexuality video arrested
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region, on Friday confirmed the arrest of six youth for allegedly featuring in viral homosexuality video. Their arrest stems from a viral video showing six youth practicing sordid acts before cameras as others chanted on in the background. The video was …
Read More »MTN Foundation programme receives 410 youths
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda’s corporate social responsibility arm, MTN Foundation, has welcomed 410 youths in the inaugural cohort of the MTN ACE initiative meant to sharpen skills of fresh graduates, those in and out of school, innovators, entrepreneurs and tech-driven start-ups to become self-reliant and contribute to …
Read More »Uganda-Japan ICT initiative to create over 30,000 jobs for youths
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for ICT, Dr Chris Baryomunsi said Uganda will hope to tap into Japan’s aged population in a bid to create jobs for her youthful population. “Japan and other developed countries have an ageing population and yet they have factories and other jobs that …
Read More »Namisindwa RDC orders arrest of youths over YLP funds
Namisindwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Namisindwa Resident District Commissioner, Fredrick Bango has told the police to arrest all youths who have failed to pay back money they got under Youth Livelihood Program in 2017/2018 financial year. While speaking to our reporter at his office, Bango said that out of …
Read More »Youths raise voices over climate change
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Kampala youth’s recently took to the streets to raise awareness in relation to worsening effects of climate change characterised by unpredictable rainfall patterns, drought, floods and landslides. “We are experiencing floods, Mudslides, continuous drought because of reduction in tree cover,” Oscar Ssenyonga …
Read More »MPs urge gov’t to prioritize youth interests
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Northern Uganda Youth Representative, Boniface Okot has in a motion supported by Members of Parliament urged government to calibrate all its interventions to uplift the life of youths in the country. Ahead of the National Youth Day celebrations in Gulu on Friday, 12 August 2022, …
Read More »Speaker Among tips youth to seek for opportunities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has called on youths not to sit back, but take interest in the existing opportunities. Among said that there are so many opportunities in the country, like the Parish Development Model and asked them to work hard if they are …
Read More »Western Uganda youth advised on running profitable enterprises
Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Timothy Musasizi Karubanga, an entrepreneur and Chief Executive of Tim Tech Consults, has called on youth in Greater Bushenyi district to embrace community service as a humble beginning to attaining success in business. Musasizi, an angel investor fellow also offered to finance at least five business …
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