Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) says it joins the rest of the country and the world to commemorate the International Youth Day…
By Our Reporter
Kampala – August 10, 2022: Government has postponed the celebration of international youth day from August 12 to August 26. The decision has angered the Northern Ugandan Youth MP, Boniface Okot only for the government through the minister of Gender, Labor and Social Development Betty Amongi to apologize.
According to Minister Amongi, “It will not happen again.” She told a parliamentary sitting on Tuesday.
Earlier, Youth MP, Okot stood to move a motion for a resolution of parliament urging the government to prioritize the state of the youth in Uganda which the House adopted.
“We appreciate the work of the minister of gender to the young people. However, I want to express my utter disappointment on the shift of the international youth day from its internationally gazette date of the 12 of August to the 26 of August.”
With the party officially on August 26, on Wednesday, Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) says it joins the rest of the country and the world to commemorate the International Youth Day that falls every 12th of August, with a well-thought-out theme: Intergenerational Solidarity; creating a world for all ages.
“Indeed this is coming at a time when the world is divided into three categories; advanced countries or first world, middle-income countries, and least developed countries or third world countries where a majority of African countries including Uganda are struggling to escape from!” Muzeyi Faizo, head of media and communications at the party told the press.
“The world community has agreed that the only way to come out of poverty and improve the general welfare of our people is through the successful implementation of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is believed that by pursuing such goals, more opportunities shall be opened up that will give hope for the rest and establish societies where people live in harmony and with sustainable prosperity derived from better education, health, and employment opportunities for all people regardless of their age.”
As Uganda moves in to meet the global expectations for International Youth Day, he added, the government has opted to domesticate the theme to “Intergenerational Solidarity: the role of the youth in the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM)”.
The past is for the old, the present is for adults and the future is for the youths. It is at this point, that the government has thought to engage the youths in molding their future at an early stage.
UPC notes with great concern the so many wasted opportunities and hopes for the youths through various programs, which often fail due to poor organization/implementation and lack of enough information and data with practical aims and objectives!
“Since PDM is supposed to be implemented in the whole country, a lot of care and caution is needed so that it does not follow in the footsteps of the previous projects that have failed to achieve their sole purpose due to the aforementioned challenges!”
Much as UPC observes the pending youth explosion in the country coupled with massive unemployment, poverty, land evictions, and food scarcity, the PDM is supposed to be well thought out and implemented at a pilot scheme level.
For instance 10% – 30% of the parishes in the country! This shall inform and make the whole concept work out better in ensuring achieving the “Intergenerational Solidarity: creating a world for all ages”.
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