Emyooga Journeys and Forecasts Underlined in Greater Mbale.
Whereas the government of Uganda under the leadership of H.E. YKMT sought the strategy to transform 68% of homesteads from subsistence to market-oriented production with the overall objective of promoting job creation and improving household incomes, Emyooga breeds as a presidential initiative aimed at empowering and transforming youths with entrepreneurial skills into money economy at household level. The Emyooga program was launched in August 2019 across the country targeting households living under 39% aged 18 and above who are organized in specialized groups or Saccos for 19 different enterprises. Over 3 billion shillings were disbursed to different entrepreneurial groups in Mbale district to prioritise and shift from substance to commercialisation as a revolving fund hence widening the tax base and threshold of the growing economy. One billion has been realised after the stakeholders engagements with the Sacco leaders at different intervals. Six years of transforma...