Unemployment especially youth unemployment has reached its peak at 62% at least according to latest reports, a problem the government and concerned authorities including citizens must tackle immediately as it has popularly been referred to as a time bomb. The fact that Uganda churns out over 400,000 graduates from universities and other higher institutions of learning annually, with only 9,000 able to get jobs is quite saddening. It leaves many unanswered questions.
For example, is Uganda’s education system still relevant? Are government programmes/efforts towards fighting unemployment and poverty relevant? What would be the best strategies to fight unemployment in Uganda? The list is endless. It’s outrageous for parents especially low income small scale farmers to “squeeze
