FDC’s Fungaroo hails president Museveni

The Obongi County MP Kaps Hassan Fungaroo caused excitement in Moyo district when he openly praised President Yoweri Museveni for what he described as ‘his good leadership and work that has greatly developed the country’.
“Although I belong to the opposition Forum for Democratic Change, am impressed and is always supportive of the president’s views on national development as well as his Pan-African agenda.

“It does not matter whether am from FDC but your views on Pan-Africanism are unquestionable and I have liked them since my secondary days at St. Mary’s college Kisubi and I am also fully supportive of your government programs because I never mix politics with development,” Mr Fungaroo said.
Mr Fungaroo was speaking at a rally addressed by the president in Obongi County, Moyo district.
President Museveni is on a four-day wealth creation campaign in West Nile and Northern region.

During his address, President Museveni said in order to fight poverty and unemployment in Uganda, especially among the youth, there is a need to emphasize the teaching of production skills that can enable young people to be self employed, produce goods and services and participate in the money economy.
According to Ms Lindah Nabusayi, the deputy presidential press secretary, Mr Museveni’s mobilization campaign aims at ensuring that each household has an income generation activity.

The President said after acquiring formal education, the youth should be trained and equipped with production skills that are in line with the labor market demands and be empowered with the ability to be job makers rather than job seekers.
“Young people need skills to be able to be employed or to employ themselves, you need to acquire practical skills such as computer skills, carpentry, pottery, metal works, motor mechanics, weaving and farming skills and engage in production and employ yourselves and get rid of unemployment and Poverty,” he said.

According to Mr Museveni, Ugandans need to differentiate between national development programs and the need to get rid of poverty at individual household level.
He noted that government has endeavored to avail infrastructure development and therefore Ugandans need to take adavantage of roads, electricity, education, health and ICT, among other developments to raise income and better their living.

“The country will not realize meaningful development if people don’t exploit these development initiatives to improve their incomes. It is improved income at each individual household level that can quickly translate and lead to national growth and transformation,” he said.

The president revealed that government had allocated Shs5 billion to fight Hepatitis B in the 11 districts, among which include Yumbe, Adjumani, Moyo and Arua, among others that have been hit hard by the disease.
Earlier the President commissioned the newly build Riyadh mosque of the Obongi Muslim community and pledged Shs50 million towards its completion.