President Yoweri Museveni has bought a pair of shoes at Shs200,000 to support struggling entrepreneurial youth who sell retail goods on Wandegeya streets.
.@KagutaMuseveni due at Crested Towers to visit projects under Presidential Initiative on skilling the girl child #EmpoweringVulnerableGirls pic.twitter.com/hIWDIBac9z
— Nabusayi L. Wamboka (@lindahNabusayi) June 2, 2017
Lindah Nabusayi, the presidential press secretary, said Museveni was Friday launching the Presidential Initiative on Skilling the Girl-Child project in Wandegeya, a Kampala suburban trade centre.
Presidential initiative on skilling girl child includes training for six months free meals and transport all free #EmpoweringVulnerableGirls pic.twitter.com/fX8FUO1pbW
— Nabusayi L. Wamboka (@lindahNabusayi) June 2, 2017
The launch of the ‘Presidential Initiative on Skilling the Girl Child Project’ took place at Subway, next to Crested Towers.
.@KagutaMuseveni initiative on skilling targets vulnerable girls in urban centres aged btn 16 &30. Embroidery #EmpoweringVulnerableGirls pic.twitter.com/s83W4qy9GN
— Nabusayi L. Wamboka (@lindahNabusayi) June 2, 2017
The Presidential initiative on skilling girl child includes training for six months free meals and transport all free.
.@KagutaMuseveni now in Wandegeya for the initiative to skill the girl child #EmpoweringVulnerableGirls @OfwonoOpondo @MollyNawe @Jadwong pic.twitter.com/EgzQ2MY23q
— Nabusayi L. Wamboka (@lindahNabusayi) June 2, 2017
The president then visited projects by girl children ad commended them for their hard work.
Trainee hairdressers who welcomed @KagutaMuseveni in Wandegeya. Presidential Initiative on skilling the girl child @Jadwong @Pamankunda pic.twitter.com/XjWawc60jC
— Nabusayi L. Wamboka (@lindahNabusayi) June 2, 2017
He visited a Bakery and Confectionary section, hairdressing salons, embroidery and shoe-makers, among others.
.@KagutaMuseveni took time off to shop for shoes in Wandegeya, 200k a pair. Before launching PresidentialInitiativeOnSkillingGirlChild pic.twitter.com/l9mqyS6yMV
— Nabusayi L. Wamboka (@lindahNabusayi) June 2, 2017
Museveni then took time off to shop for shoes in buying a pair at Shs200,000 before launching the initiative.
.@KagutaMuseveni also visited a womens hair saloon in Wandegeya, meeting and interacting with women on the job. @Jadwong @OfwonoOpondo pic.twitter.com/81BKt1JxWG
— Nabusayi L. Wamboka (@lindahNabusayi) June 2, 2017
He also stepped inside a women’s hair salon and interacted with women on the job.
He tells leaders to focus on issues that affect pple at grassroots but they are defiant &greedy. ‘That’s why I decided to get down myself’ pic.twitter.com/8oZZ0PcT3P
— Nabusayi L. Wamboka (@lindahNabusayi) June 2, 2017
Under the presidential initiative to skill girls, the tailors also make reusable pads, easy to clean and maintain.
Museveni’s initiative on skilling targets vulnerable girls in urban centres aged between 16 and 30 years.
Under the presidential initiative to skill girls, the tailors also make reuseable pads, easy to clean and maintain @Pamankunda @kyobesarah pic.twitter.com/jAyh7jctea
— Nabusayi L. Wamboka (@lindahNabusayi) June 2, 2017
He reminded leaders to focus on issues that affect people at grassroots but that “they are defiant and greedy”.
“That is why I decided to get down myself.”
