{"id":6055,"date":"2025-10-20T13:22:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/govinfohub.go.ug\/?p=6055"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:30:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:30:33","slug":"why-uganda-is-betting-on-skills-not-degrees-to-fix-its-youth-unemployment-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/govinfohub.go.ug\/index.php\/2025\/10\/20\/why-uganda-is-betting-on-skills-not-degrees-to-fix-its-youth-unemployment-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Uganda Is Betting on Skills, Not Degrees, to Fix Its Youth Unemployment Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By: Boy Fidel Leon<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can lead a horse to water, but you can\u2019t make it drink, unless, that is, you give it something useful to hold in its hands. Uganda is betting on a different kind of education altogether, one measured not in diplomas but in the ability to weld, to sew, to build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday at the Mengo Zonal Presidential Industrial Skilling Hub in Kayunga District, State House officials gathered with hundreds of young people who had just completed six months of free technical training. The occasion wasn\u2019t ceremonial. It was transactional.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Yoweri Museveni had just funnelled 8.8 billion Ugandan shillings into district SACCOs, savings and credit cooperatives, to put capital directly into the hands of graduates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each SACCO received 50 million shillings. The maths is simple. Train young people in skills that matter, give them the money to start something, and watch unemployment shrink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eng. Raymond Kamugisha, the Director of Presidential Projects and Industrial Hubs, laid it out plainly to the trainees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is an announcement to all the students who trained in these hubs: you are going to get cash. The President has already disbursed Shs8.8 billion to you,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scheme operates across 19 hubs nationwide, spanning 176 administrative units. Those trained in welding or basic trades get 1.5 million shillings as loans. Those in advanced courses like shoemaking, trades requiring machinery, receive double allocations, pairing graduates to work together and share both risk and investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a gamble with clear stakes. The money comes at low interest, about 6 percent annually, with a one-year grace period before repayment begins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there\u2019s also a warning woven through every official\u2019s remarks: this isn\u2019t a handout. It\u2019s leverage. Mismanage it, and the law follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe President has entrusted you with these funds to uplift yourselves,\u201d Golooba Lwanga, Manager of Financial Inclusion at the Ministry of Finance, told the gathered leaders. \u201cIf you fail to pay it back and all recovery efforts fail, you will be liable to face the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What makes this approach notable is what it\u2019s not doing. It\u2019s not pushing another wave of school-leavers toward universities already saturated with graduates. It\u2019s not waiting for corporations to solve unemployment. Instead, it\u2019s trying to bypass the bottleneck entirely. By identifying young people who\u2019ve fallen out of the traditional system and equipping them with trades that generate income immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The evidence, thin as it is at this stage, comes from the voices of those who\u2019ve already made it work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sebalamu Isaac dropped into welding and now runs his own workshop in Munyonyo, employing others from his community. Akankwasa Brian Bruno never finished secondary school, but after six months at the hub, he\u2019s clearing 20,000 shillings daily from his welding business, enough to employ two people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was a senior six dropouts without any hopes of ever going back to school,\u201d Bruno said, \u201cbut my aunt informed me of the training hubs where I applied and got a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government isn\u2019t stopping here. Officials promised a second phase, one designed to separate the performers from the stragglers. Those thriving in phase one get additional capital. Others face scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s an ambitious wager. That a nation drowning in youth unemployment doesn\u2019t need more degrees. It needs hands trained to work, pockets with cash, and accountability structures to ensure the money doesn\u2019t vanish into corruption or negligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether our government can pull it off depends less on policy than on execution, on whether SACCOs operate with real discipline, whether young entrepreneurs stay focused on their businesses, and whether the government follows through on its promises of monitoring and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, in Kayunga and across 18 other hubs, young people are holding their breath and their loan documents, betting their futures on skills instead of credentials. 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