I have unbreakable bond with youth – Museveni

KAMPALA. President Museveni has said he has a strong unrivalled connection with youth across the country.
This was contained in his speech presented by Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda during the inauguration of a two-day International Muslim youth conference in Kampala yesterday.

In his statement, Mr Museveni said he does not have to remind the country that “the umbilical cord between the youth and his government is cemented in iron and stone and no one can destroy it.”
“When we came to power in 1986, we established structures to facilitate youth participation at all levels of governance to ensure maximum youth engagement on all issues that concern and affect youth in this country,” he said.

President Museveni urged the Muslim youth to nurture the principle of peaceful co-existence and love one another regardless of their religious, tribal and political background.
“I want to remind you the Muslim youth that peace and security does not simply come by accident but is a result of scientific and progressive well-intended calculations and strategies of all of us ,” he said.
Mr Museveni disclosed that the government had embarked on promotion of youth entrepreneurship as one of the avenues for wealth creation, noting that there is a great potential and benefit from investment in youth business enterprises.

“We have embarked on the process of setting up youth-owned manufacturing industries that will allow the production of finished products as opposed to selling goods in raw form because it is no longer acceptable and we cannot tolerate it,” he noted.
More than 200 delegates from across the globe and from different faiths graced the occasion.

The Rev Fr Joseph Luzindana and Joshua Kitakule of the Inter-religious Council of Uganda also attended the meeting.
The Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Ramadhan Mubajje, said unlike in the past, Muslims have learnt to live together with members of other religious denominations, which was not the case before.
Sheikh Mubajje praised the National Resistance Movement (NRM) for upholding the freedom of worship and association in the country and prayed to God to protect Museveni for his good leadership.

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