President Yoweri Museveni has said that as Uganda joins the rest of the world to celebrate International Labour Day, the country’s focus should be more on how to create enough jobs for all Ugandans as opposed to discussing the welfare and enhanced remuneration of the few employed Ugandans.

Speaking at Namutumba ceremonial grounds in Namutumba District where national celebration to mark the International Labour Day were held this afternoon, President Museveni noted that whereas the welfare and remuneration of the workers are important, the need to create more jobs and do away with unemployment was more of the concern of the government and the country as only a small fraction of 10 million people where employed while the rest of the population was unemployed.
The President therefore asked all citizens to support the government programs that are focused on job and wealth creation such as the Parish Development Model that he said will help generate enough jobs for the entire population.
“If we seriously implement the Parish Development Model, we shall generate 70 million jobs in the 7 million homesteads across the country through modern agriculture alone. The colonialist created enough jobs for Ugandans and even imported labor from neighboring countries by introducing cash crops in pre-independence Uganda, ” the President noted.
The President however noted that there were two major hindrances to the country’s development agenda, singling out the “corrupt political class and civil service” who either demand bribes or delay the decision making process which he said increases the cost of doing business in the country.
He however warned that he was going to take strong action against the corrupt and errant civil servants and politicians adding that he was to put up a special office in his office where the public could directly report government officials who are either demanding bribes or delaying the decision making process.
“We are going to have a big fight with the corrupt. I don’t want you to fall victim to this negative vice. Let’s join hands and fight corruption and be part of the future of the new Africa,” President Museveni appealed to all Ugandans.
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